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UPDATE: Child Killed In Accident Involving Panama School Bus

A child has been killed near Fletcher Elementary School after being struck by a school bus. The area around Fletcher Elementary School was closed while parents were dropping children off Monday morning while Jamestown police officers investigated an accident involving a school bus. Cole Avenue near Fletcher Elementary School is expected to be closed for several hours while police continue their investigation, Jamestown police said earlier today. The New York State Police were still on the scene of the accident as of noon. Amanda Sischo, Fletcher Elementary School principal, notified ...

Altercation With Shotgun Leads To Charges For Sinclairville Man

SINCLAIRVILLE --- A village man is facing charges after discharging a shotgun during an altercation. Around 11:34 p.m. Saturday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and New York State Police responded to an address on Main Street. Upon arrival, units learned that the male was identified as 28-year-old William F. Borkowski Jr. and had fled the scene. After a thorough investigation units had located Borkowski a short time later and took him into custody without issue. He was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree criminal use of a firearm, ...

County Under Winter Weather Advisory Until Monday Afternoon

A winter weather advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties until 1 p.m. Monday. Forecasters say that lake effect snows are expected with total snow accumulations 4 to 7 inches in the most persistent lake snows across the higher terrain inland from Lake Erie. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph will produce blowing and drifting snow. The greatest accumulations will be across the higher terrain inland from the Lake Erie shore. Accumulations close to the lake including along the New York State Thruway will be less than an inch. During ...

Maple Grove Boys Earn 2nd At XC States, Emma Lewis Is 3rd In ‘C’

QUEENSBURY — The Maple Grove boys cross country team had quite the showing at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association cross country championships on Saturday morning at Queensbury High School. The Red Dragons placed a pair of runners in the top 10 of team scoring to earn second place in the Class D championship. Leading the way was senior Ethan Verbosky with a time of 16:01.6 in the 3.1-mile race for third in team scoring and fifth individually. Then Ty Kraft finished shortly after at 16:49.6 for 22nd overall and eighth in team positioning. Section V’s Port ...

McMullin’s Loss Felt Across Local Landscape

If you were a faculty member, administrator, student or community member, the library at Clymer Central School was the place to be on a February morning in 2003. The occasion was national signing day. Jehuu Caulcrick, the Pirates’ All-American fullback, was putting his name to paper, ...

Three Charged After Cocaine, Meth Found In Raid

One Jamestown resident and two Buffalo residents are facing charges after a raid on Palmer Street in the city on Thursday afternoon. At about 4:10 p.m. members of the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force and Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 516 Palmer St. in ...