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Taken Into Custody

A Jamestown man has been taken into custody on drug and gun charges. On Tuesday at around 11:15 a.m., narcotics investigators and police officers with the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, Jamestown Police Department and Dunkirk Police Department executed a search warrant at 49 West 11th ...

STEM Student Showcase Held At Bush School

From left, Jamestown Schools Board of Education Member Frank Galeazzo, and President Paul Abbott receive help Tuesday from Bush Elementary student Gino Brunco with programming a robotic sphere to roll through a course. The event was part of the Bush School STEM Student Showcase presentation ...

Absenteeism, Tardiness Is WACS Board Topic

At their meeting in December, Westfield Academy and Central School Board of Education members learned that, while significant strides have been made in reducing chronic tardiness, chronic absenteeism remains a problem, especially in the high school. Secondary Principal Corey Markham reported ...

Suspicious Fredonia Death Under Investigation

FREDONIA — A Northern Chautauqua County death is being investigated as being suspicious. According to District Attorney Jason Schmidt, on Dec. 28 Fredonia police, along with medical first responders, responded to a call for an unresponsive person within the village. It was later determined ...

Another View

Two Jamestown Board of Public Utilities engineers received first-hand experience with the Danish approach to thermal energy and district heating as they participated in a state thermal energy delegation to Denmark hosted and funded by the Danish District Energy Advisory Board. Kristofer ...

Rural Minds Founder Talk Tonight Canceled Due To Weather

CHAUTAUQUA — Jeff Winton, the founder of the locally based mental health nonprofit Rural Minds, was set to discuss the growing mental health epidemic in rural America during the Chautauqua Community Dinner at Chautauqua Institution today. The event has been postponed due to weather. Winton ...