The City Council discussed the idea of allocating American Rescue Plan Act funding to increase public safety and protection for Jamestown’s law enforcement during Monday’s City Council meeting. Doug Champ, a local resident, brought attention to the issue during the opportunity for ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge halted key provisions Thursday of New York’s latest attempt to restrict who can carry a handgun in public and where firearms can be brought, saying multiple parts of a law the state passed this year are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Glenn ...
A new Siena College Research Institute poll released Wednesday shows Democrats losing support from New York independent and third-party voters. There are some issues on which those likely voters still find common ground with Democrats, including 63% who oppose the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year to overturn a constitutional right to an abortion. However, 53% of independents and others also oppose the recent decision by President Joe Biden to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt. And when it comes to their preference for holding the majority in Congress next year, ...
BEMUS POINT — Local high school runners descended on Long Point State Park for the Red Dragon Invitational on Saturday morning, and the predominant color displayed by a few of the teams was orange. As they have before, area student-athletes came together to support a cause — this time ...
Richard Worth Alcorn, 90, of Owensville, Mo., formerly of Jamestown, N.Y., passed away Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, at his residence. He was born Aug. 23, 1932, to Worth and Jessie (Kerr) Alcorn in Titusville, Penn. He was united in marriage to Dolores Drake July 1956 in Titusville, Penn. She ...
The world was stunned — and I was left numb — when author Salman Rushdie was attacked and nearly killed as he prepared to speak to an audience in the Amphitheater at New York’s renowned Chautauqua Institution. Fortunately, he survived. But I was repulsed anew when I read a column recently in the Wall Street Journal attacking Chautauqua for bringing in too many left-wing speakers. Besides being unfair, it was in poor taste. In America, you have the right to expect everyone to condemn attempted murder, regardless of the politics of the person attacked. Chautauqua has been a ...
