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RIPLEY — The world’s largest operating steam locomotive will visit Tuesday. The Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, built in 1941, is on a 14-state round-trip tour as part of celebrations for the United States’ 250th anniversary. Union Pacific is collaborating with Norfolk Southern ...

City woman charged after alleged stabbing, robbery

A Jamestown woman faces charges after allegedly stabbing another person and robbing them Monday night. Jamestown police report Brionna S. Bush, 26, of Jamestown was charged with two counts of first-degree burglary, second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon at 11:21 p.m. Monday on Jamestown's east side after officers responded to a report of a person with a weapon and a person who had been stabbed. Bush allegedly went to the victim's house, forced her way inside, and engaged in a physical altercation. During the fight, both Bush and the other person ...

City man charged after drug raid Friday

An investigation into narcotics activity in the city of Jamestown led to investigators executing a search warrant at 33 Ellicott St. that led to the arrest of one individual. Narcotics investigators from the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office and the city of Jamestown Police Department ...

Coming Soon: Camp Onyahsa To Dedicate Health Center

Established in 1898, YMCA Camp Onyahsa will dedicate a new, year-round lakefront Health Center at its Dewittville lakefront site. The project will offer enhanced summer health services, medicine dispensary, first aid, health counseling, and education while also empowering September ...

Sherman says auditorium needs improvements

SHERMAN - Sherman Central School Board of Education members learned that the John Butler auditorium "needs a little love," at their meeting on May 11. District Superintendent Carrie Yohe told board members that the sound and light systems are inadequate, and the projector is beginning to ...

State reps continue pressure on Dunkirk finances

State Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor continue to pressure the city of Dunkirk on its troubled Fiscal Recovery Act. Borrello and Molitor released a joint statement Monday “regarding the failure of the city of Dunkirk Common Council and Mayor Kate Wdowiasz to act on the extension of the (act).” They declared that “Despite the urgency of Dunkirk’s fiscal crisis and the city’s own request for assistance, both the Common Council and Mayor Wdowiasz have failed to follow through on the Fiscal Recovery Act extension. If city officials do not step up and act, ...