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Man Tied To Westfield Shooting Facing New Charge

A Westfield man, who is being held on $1 million bail after allegedly trying to murder a woman in March in the village, is facing an additional charge. On Monday, an investigation was conducted by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division. It was found that Jahmaul W. Johnson, 53, did contact an individual who had a valid stay away order of protection against him. Johnson was charged with second-degree criminal contempt and will answer the charges out of the Town of Chautauqua Court. Johnson was already facing second-degree attempted murder, multiple ...

Albany Sending $4 Billion To Cash-Strapped New York City

More big bucks are heading to Albany. In a news release issued Tuesday, state Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced new state support and actions to help New York City close its budget deficit ahead of the release of Mamdani’s Fiscal Year 2027 Executive Budget. Hochul, ...

Maple Grove Moves Into 1st With Walk-Off Win

BEMUS POINT — The top of the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 2 baseball standings are so tight that one pitch could decide a league champion. The latest proof came Saturday. Maple Grove trailed 7-3 entering the bottom of the seventh inning, but came all the way back ...

Fredonia Hotel Owner Fighting Closure Effort

Dunkirk Hospitality LLC is fighting the village of Fredonia’s attempts to force those staying at the former Route 60 EconoLodge to leave the building. The company filed an Article 78 lawsuit Friday asking the state Supreme Court to annul and vacate Fredonia’s April 27 direction to vacate ...

Person Stabbed Sunday In City Passes Away Wednesday

Jamestown police are investigating a Sunday stabbing that has left a person dead. On Sunday, May 3, around 4:30 a.m. city police officers responded to the area of Lakeview Avenue and East Eighth Street for a report of a stabbing victim. Once on scene, officers located an unresponsive person who had been stabbed. The person was taken to UPMC Chautauqua and then transported to UPMC Hamot via STAT MedEvac for life-threatening injuries. On Wednesday, May 6, the person succumbed to his injury sustained during the incident and was pronounced deceased while at UPMC Hamot. At this time, the ...

Three Charged After Friday Drug Raid

A search warrant executed at a Jamestown apartment Friday has resulted in charges against three city residents. Narcotics investigators from the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, the Jamestown Police Department and the Ellicott Police Department executed the warrant at 17 Norwood Ave., ...