Comedy Center Named Top Pop Culture Museum

February 18, 2026

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

February 18, 2026

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

February 14, 2026

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

February 13, 2026

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 ...

Jamestown Man Charged In Domestic Incident

February 11, 2026

A Jamestown man is facing three counts of first-degree criminal contempt and resisting arrest charges after an incident Wednesday. At approximately 11:20 a.m., officers of the Jamestown Police Department responded to a west side address for a third-party report of a possible Order of ...

County Sheriff, AXON Announce Public Safety Initiative

February 11, 2026

The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office has announced a new partnership Wednesday with AXON to deploy its Community Request integration with Ring smart camera devices. This partnership allows the Sheriff’s Office to invite Ring users to voluntarily share camera footage that may assist law ...