DUNKIRK --- Dunkirk Police Department announced Friday night an arrest warrant has been issued for 24-year-old Tywon W. Wright of Dunkirk, charging him with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Wright is wanted on the charges in connection with a ...
It’s been 40 years, but I remember the call as if I took it yesterday. On the line that evening in June 1986 was Ron Graham, the co-founder of the Chautauqua Striders, who had stopped at a roadside phone booth while traveling with some of his track & field athletes. He desperately ...
A 59-year-old city man is being charged in a Friday afternoon stabbing. Jamestown police report at around 2:45 p.m., officers responded to a report of a male who was stabbed in the area of the Riverwalk Path in Brooklyn Square. Officers conducted an investigation and determined the victim ...
A Jamestown man has been charged with arson after a fire that damaged a Prendergast Avenue home on Aug. 25. William El Blakey, 38, of Jamestown, was charged Tuesday with third-degree arson and second-degree criminal mischief in relation to the fire at 629 Prendergast Ave., Jamestown, on Aug. 25. An investigation into the incident was conducted by Jamestown police officers and city fire investigators as the cause of the fire was determined to be suspicious. The investigation found that Blakey allegedly ignited a mattress located on the lower porch of the structure, and the resulting ...
The Chautauqua County Health Department is reporting its first lab-confirmed measles case in a Chautauqua County resident in more than 30 years. The Health Department is working with the individual and appropriate health care partners to identify people who may have been exposed and provide ...
A Jamestown man faces three felony charges after an incident Sunday that included stealing a woman's car and attacking police officers after they had taken him to the city jail. Brandley D. Churchill, 36, of Jamestown was charged with first-degree felony criminal contempt, fourth-degree ...
