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When Quinten Wilhelm banked in a 3-pointer from half-court at the buzzer to end the first half of Wednesday afternoon’s nonleague basketball game at McElrath Gymnasium, Sweet Home walked to its locker room tied with Jamestown, 24-all. Momentum Panthers, right? Dominic Gonzalez put a stop ...

Hochul Sends Funds To Cities, Including $1.6M For Jamestown

New York’s fiscally stressed cities have been thrown a life preserver by state Gov. Kathy Hochul. On Thursday Hochul announced an additional $150 million in financial assistance for municipalities outside New York City to assist in relieving immediate fiscal stress. This additional funding ...

Comedy Center Named Top Pop Culture Museum

The National Comedy Center has been named the #1 Best Pop Culture Museum in the country by USA Today as part of the 2026 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. The National Comedy Center was one of 20 institutions nationwide nominated as the best in the U.S. in the pop culture category by a panel of nationally recognized travel and lifestyle experts for the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards, which highlight travel destinations, attractions and experiences, lodging, shopping, food and drink, sports and outdoors, and more. Fellow nominees in the category included the American ...

Three Charged After Traffic Stop, Raid Of Water Street Home

Three Jamestown residents face charges after a traffic stop and subsequent drug raid on Water Street on Feb. 13. On Feb. 13, at about 1 p.m., members of the Jamestown Police Department pulled a vehicle over on Prendergast Avenue near Price Street. The vehicle was occupied by Miranda E. Evans ...

State Police Charge Bus Driver In Fatal Thruway Accident

A driver of a bus involved in an August fatal accident on the New York State Thruway has been charged by the New York State Police. On Wednesday, the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Violent Felony Warrant in Troop New York City charged Bin Shao, 56 of Flushing Queens, with five felony counts of second-degree manslaughter and five counts of felony criminally negligent homicide. Shao was transported to Genesee County Jail and arraigned on Friday, on a sealed indictment. Shao was remanded to the Genesee County Jail on $100,000 bail, $200,000 Bond, and $400,000 Partially Secured Bond. ...

Gonzalez Reaches 1,000 Career Points As JHS Upends Clarence 60-31

The whiteboard that hangs on a wall in Jamestown’s locker room had the following “keys” written on it by head coach Billy Miley in advance of Thursday night’s Erie County Interscholastic Conference Division 1 boys basketball game. They read as follows: ¯ Defense dictates the ...