Jamestown News

Police charged Megan R. Howell, 20, after responding at 5 a.m. to East Fifth Street for a report of a violent domestic incident involving a knife.

Congressman Brian Higgins, NY-26, visited the Robert H. Jackson Center on Friday to take part in events featuring current U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.

Becky Robbins, communications coordinator for the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, told The Post-Journal there was a fault in the main, 35,000-volt power line between the Dow Street substation and the power plant on Steele Street.

A Jamestown man is in city jail after police said he exposed himself in the area of four youths Sunday afternoon.

The Resource Center's Diagnostic and Treatment Center has hired Jamestown native Dr.

Century 21 Turner Brokers has added Paul V. DeFrisco, a lifelong resident of the Jamestown and Lakewood communities, to its staff.

Michael Burkey of Jamestown and the KFC/Taco Bell in Lakewood have been honored under the "Works for Me" program operated by the state Office for People With Developmental Disabilities.

In less than four months, residents in Chautauqua County will head to the polls to lock in legislative candidates for November's general election.

Jean Ellen Berry, 410 Water St., to five years probation, costs of prosecution, $325 in fees and a $1,000 fine for a charge of theft by unlawful taking.

For the grandchildren of Robert H. Jackson, the speech delivered by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts offered a strong affirmation of their grandfather's legacy.

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts is announcing two new instructors to its music program; Anne Eklund and Tim O'Brien. Eklund studied vocal performance at Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, Longwood College, Virginia Commonwealth University and Houston Baptist University.

In a comedic twist that promises to bring smiles to the faces of anyone planning to attend this year's Summer Music Festival, the Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce - in collaboration with the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, is kick starting the already power-packed weekend of entertainment with an evening of comedy on the opening Friday night.

Rose Marie Lehmann Christianson of 1535 Trask Road, Sugar Grove, passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Warren Manor.

Matt Johnson of Southwestern and brothers Bryce and Jack Payne of Panama were the tennis winners when the singles and doubles champions were decided in the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association boys tennis championships on Friday at the Lakewood Family YMCA.

On behalf of Scott and Heather Lefford Edborg and their families, we wish to thank the communities of Falconer and Jamestown and surroundings who came together to support the benefit which was held on their behalf.

Brad L. Clarkson, 56, of 428 Winsor St., died Monday, May 13, 2013, at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hamot in Erie.

In front of thousands of onlookers, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

June I. Irish, 88, a retired packer for Setter Stix, where she worked for 20 years and retired in 1987, went to be with her Lord, Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the Gowanda Nursing and Rehab Center, Gowanda, N.Y. June was a devoted member of the Roberts Memorial FM Church in Cattaraugus, she enjoyed reading and studying the Bible, and was a loving ... (more)

On Thursday, the County Legislature Audit and Control Committee discussed the 7.5 percent county sales tax and the .5 percent renewal.

The first couple wed at Our Lady of the Snows Church in Panama is returning 60 years later to celebrate their lasting marriage.