Jamestown News

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.

Doris B. Allenson passed away peacefully on May 14, 2013, at Lutheran Rehabilitation Care Facility, where she has been a resident since April 2010.

Most people in Jamestown know of the Crescent wrench and the Jamestown company that produced the Crescent wrench and many other tools for most of the 20th century.

Stephen Riczker, director of Health & Health-Related Services at The Resource Center in Jamestown, was the featured speaker at the Lakewood Chautauqua South Rotary recently.

In 1913, the clothing store of Lawson Brothers at 117 Main St., Jamestown, was burglarized early in the morning and about $60 worth of clothing was stolen.

A lifelong area resident, she was born May 9, 1927, in Jamestown, the daughter of the late Eric E. and Ruth M.E. Lawson Johnson.

On Friday, from 7 to 9 p.m., the Roger Tory Peterson Institute invites the public to a reception to open a new, major exhibition, America's Parks Through The Beauty Of Art.

David M. Austin Jr., 27, of 5548 Webster Road, Brocton, was sentenced to 3 years determinate in state prison with 5 years post-release supervision for second-degree burglary.

Police are asking for the public's assistance after a fire that destroyed a city medical complex Monday morning has been ruled as arson.