About a year ago at this time, Julian McGaughy was admittedly disappointed. Although he had what he thought was a fine junior season as a starting offensive tackle at SUNY Brockport, the 2022 Jamestown High School graduate was left off the Empire 8 all-conference football team. “I tried ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article first appeared in The Post-Journal on Christmas Day 2020. Five years later, the message of hope and goodness still resonates and, therefore, it was deemed appropriate to run the story again. Tim Grace loved Josh Allen before the kid quarterback threw ...
More than $3 million, including a major project for the village of Fredonia, has been awarded to Chautauqua County through the State's Regional Economic Development Council initiative that are designed to help catalyze economic growth, jump-start housing growth, and advance regionally designed ...
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo has announced that Ruben Medina, 20, of Jamestown, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy to possession with intent to distribute five grams or more methamphetamine, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a fine of $5,000,000. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who is handling the case, stated that on Sept. 11, 2024, Medina was pulled over by a Jamestown Police officer because of an outstanding probation warrant. Initially, he refused to exit the vehicle but later ...
MAYVILLE – A Brocton resident who is a corrections officer is facing charges for allegedly selling drugs to inmates. In October of 2025, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division was requested by the Chautauqua County Jail Administration to investigate ...
GERRY – One person received a minor injury following an accident involving a private plow truck and an ambulance. According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, a Falconer ambulance driven by Greg P. Scott, 53, of Jamestown was transporting a patient and county medic Walid Al-Jabiri, 44 of Jamestown to UPMC Chautauqua when they were backed into by a plow clearing the Gerry Rodeo grounds by Brian Anderson, 63, of Gerry. Deputies report that Al-Jabiri was injured when a piece of equipment in the ambulance struck him on impact. Al-Jabiri sought ...
