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Democrats Retake City Council, Win 4 of 5 Legislative Seats In City

Democrats are making noise in the city of Jamestown. In legislative races, Vince DeJoy has beaten Phil Landy in District 9, 460-400, Robert Whitney has defeated incumbent Republican Tamara Dickey 483-380 in District 11 and incumbent Democrat Fred Larson has defeated Jeff Russell, 524-480, in District 12. Incumbent Tom Nelson has defeated Republican challenger Joseph Tickle. 325-223. The only Jamestown area Republican to win re-election was Jamie Gustafson, who defeated Julie Jackson-Forsberg, 831-602. All told, Democrats have taken control of the City Council. With all districts ...

Wilson Ends Frewsburg’s Streak Of 6 Straight Titles

ALLEGANY — Entering Saturday, Scott Stone had lost just one Section VI playoff game in his eight seasons as Frewsburg’s head coach. This year’s seniors were in fifth grade when the Bears lost a Class C semifinal to Portville on Oct. 23, 2018. More than seven years later, it was ...

Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove Repeats In Class B

BUFFALO — When Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove junior Kylie Kress last played Allegany-Limestone earlier this season she was kept off the scoresheet and sustained an injury in a 2-0 league loss. That injury kept her off the field for a couple of weeks and still shows its teeth. ...

Morning Blaze Destroys House In Cassadaga

A Sunday morning fire destroyed a house at 8996 Park Road in the town of Arkwright. Numerous agencies responded to the blaze, that was called in around 5:45 a.m. Those fire departments include: Sunset Bay, Sheridan, Emergency Services, Cassadaga, East Dunkirk, Silver Creek, Stockton, ...

City Man Charged With Strangulation In Domestic Incident

A city man was in jail Sunday morning after a domestic incident on Saturday. Jason A Swartz, 40, of Jamestown was charged with second-degree strangulation, unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child. At 3:46 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to a Southside address on a follow-up from a domestic dispute that took place at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. That evening, a female victim arrived at the department’s reception area with significant bruises around her neck. It was determined that Swartz was involved in a physical domestic with the victim. The defendant reportedly ...

Judges Order Contingency Funds For SNAP Payments During Shutdown

BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must to continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown. The rulings came a day before the U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown. The program serves about 1 in 8 Americans and is a major piece of the nation's social safety net. Word in October that it would be a ...