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Panama Emphasizes Support For School Merger

PANAMA — The village of Panama’s board has been approached by multiple members of the community following the board’s February meeting about the board’s support of a potential merger between the Clymer, Sherman and Panama school districts. This week the board answered those ...

Borrello Proposing New Winter Thruway Limits

Spring is around the corner, but state Sen. George Borrello is still thinking about a Jan. 20 accident on the state Thruway. Borrello has recently proposed legislation that would attempt to better protect those on the roads during harsh winter conditions. Especially after the brutal ...

JCC To Present ‘Biloxi Blues’

He really didn’t have a background in theater, but Noah Benjamin enjoys getting to tell a story to people, to a live audience. Benjamin, of Dunkirk, is part of the cast of Biloxi Blues, a play that is being performed by the Jamestown Community College Uncommoners. https://youtu.be/ByNeeeT0Z5E “I think that’s incredibly cool,” Benjamin said of being cast as Pvt. Don Carney. Benjamin’s only other theater experience was he was cast in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 at JCC in the fall of 2025, and said he loved the experience. “But I decided that acting was ...

Second Person Charged In Relation To 2025 Shooting

A second Jamestown man has been charged in connection to an early morning shooting July 24, 2025, near East Second and Cheney streets. Jamestown police on Monday announced that Ian N. Sanchez, 24, of Jamestown has been indicted by a Chautauqua County Grant Jury on charges of attempted murder ...

Reckless Behavior: Police Pursuit Ends On Forest Avenue

A Jamestown man is facing numerous charges after a vehicle pursuit early Sunday. Tyler C. Anderson, 35, was charged with felony first-degree reckless endangerment, fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, driving while intoxicated and third-degree criminal tampering. At approximately ...

Person Charged After Shooting, Chase

A suspect was in custody after a shooting in the village of Westfield that led to a chase into the north county on Saturday night in Pomfret and Van Buren. The gunshot report came in around 7:30 p.m. at 140 W. Main St., Westfield. After fleeing Westfield, the individual drove through ...