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GOP Again Seeks Safer Prison Conditions

Less than one month after a brutal attack on a counselor and officer at the Lakeview Correctional Facility in Brocton, state Assembly Republicans this week offered legislation advancing 10 proposals developed by the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement (HALT) Committee to reform the severely flawed act and help address the ongoing staffing crisis in New York’s prisons. Lawmakers unveiled the bill at the Capitol alongside New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association President Chris Summers and representatives from correctional officers’ ...

A Jamestown man faces charges after a drug seizure Tuesday. According to officials, at about 12:09 p.m., Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Narcotics Investigators executed a search warrant at 313 Prather St., upper apartment. Devonte Green, 26, was charged with third-degree criminal possession ...

Catholic Appeals HOPE Day Is Today

HOPE Day, the annual 24-hour match challenge day of giving to benefit Appeal 2026 in support of Catholic Charities of Buffalo and the Fund for the Faith, is Wednesday, March 18. The first $100,000 in donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar from generous sponsors including OneBridge Benefits, EnergyMark, LLC, Lawley Insurance, Abbey Mecca Advertising, and the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph. All funds raised on HOPE Day go toward the annual Appeal’s $8 million goal. “As Western New York’s most comprehensive human services provider, Catholic Charities touches the lives of ...

Falconer Rotary Club Taking On New Easter Events

FALCONER – The Falconer Rotary Club is taking on a new event soon that will invite the community to celebrate Easter. Driven by a hope to keep a village tradition alive, the village’s Easter Egg Hunt will be continuing this year with the Easter Bunny coming to town for a second ...

Three Charged After Raid On Forest Park

Three people face charges after a search warrant was executed at 7 Forest Park on Monday morning. Jamestown police officers and Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies executed the search warrant at 10:45 a.m. Monday and reportedly seized 19.3 grams of fentanyl and packaging used for the sale ...

DUNKIRK — Dunkirk’s legal representation situation was finally clarified recently. It turns out that Jamestown lawyer Elliott Raimondo, who was city attorney last year, no longer holds the title on his own. Rather, the city is now contracting legal services through his law firm, Raimondo ...