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County Special Olympians take on Jamestown police officers

GERRY - The Special Olympians of the Chautauqua Lakers softball team faced off against some of Jamestown’s finest on Wednesday. The final score of the softball outing was reported as either 13-13 or 13-12, depending on who was asked. The score wasn’t necessarily important. The ...

Area Police Reports

LAKEWOOD-BUSTI POLICE - LAKEWOOD - Albert D. Pognant, 38, of Jamestown was charged with petit larceny after officers responded to the Dollar General in Lakewood for a reported shoplifting in progress. Pognant was allegedly found on West Fairmount Avenue near Winch Road. He was charged, processed and released to be in Busti Town Court later. JAMESTOWN POLICE - Tysean L. Mays, 21, of Jamestown was charged with second-degree criminal contempt at 9:26 a.m. Thursday after officers working as part of a STRIVE domestic violence detail responded to a west side home for an order of ...

Borrello lauds $8.5M in federal health care funding

ALBANY – Six health care providers serving the 57th Senate District will receive more than $8.5 million in federal funding for New York’s Rural Community Health Integration Initiative. The investment is part of the broader federal Rural Health Transformation Program, a $50 billion, five-year initiative established under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The state is using $76.2 million of its first year of federal funding for the Rural Community Health Integration Initiative. The initiative is designed to support regional partnerships ...

Only drastic measures can transform struggling cities

Maybe it is time for Dunkirk’s elected leaders to revisit a survey taken last winter regarding a financial future for the cash-strapped municipality. That poll, commissioned by state Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor, found that of 178 city residents questioned, 68% ...

UPDATE: Teen's death being mourned by Silver Creek school

SILVER CREEK — Silver Creek Central School is mourning the death of a student. Keira (Koda) Beckstrom died Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a train. Just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office responded to an incident on the CSX railroad tracks in the ...

Jamestown’s William Larson still painting at 100 years of age

William K. Larson of Jamestown will begin his 100th trip around the sun starting today. And by all accounts, the 100-year-old has lived a long, good, full life. According to his daughter, Sandra Calesina, Larson was born Sept. 24, 1926, in Jamestown, to Oscar and Signe Larson. He ...