City man accused of threatening two people with a knife during a domestic incident...
A man from Jamestown has been arrested for allegedly threatening two people with a knife during a domestic dispute late Wednesday night. City police were called to a northside address about 11:30 p.m. for an earlier domestic incident. Officers say their investigation showed that 51 year-old Peter Samuelson had pulled the knife on the two people... and, he was also in violation of an order of protection. Samuelson was arrested for first and second-degree criminal contempt... and two counts of second-degree menacing. He was taken to the city jail pending arraignment.
Man from Jamestown arrested as fugitive from justice from Pennsylvania...
A Jamestown man has been arrested on the city's northside for allegedly being a fugitive from justice. Jamestown police say officers on patrol spotted 40 year-old Esteban Cordova about 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the area... and, knew there was a warrant for his arrest in Bucks County, Pa. Police took Cordova into custody... and, took him to the city jail pending arraignment and extradition.
SUNY graduations to take place at JCC, Fredonia, on Friday and Saturday...
It's college graduation weekend in Chautauqua County -- both in Jamestown and Fredonia. SUNY Jamestown Community College will first hold it's Cattaraugus County Graduation tonight at the Olean YMCA... where nursing student Alexandria Goodyear will be the featured speaker. Graduation at the Jamestown campus begins at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Physical Education Complex. The featured speaker will be Health Information Technology graduate, Miguel Cocerez. The SUNY College at Fredonia will have it's two commencement ceremonies tomorrow... one in the morning, and one other in the afternoon.
State Comptroller's audit blames inaction by village trustees for Fredonia's fiscal instabililty; Ferguson responds...
Inaction by Fredonia village trustees -- past and present -- appears to have played a significant role in the village's fiscal instability. According to the findings of a New York State Comptroller's Office audit published this week... trustees did not adopt structurally balanced, realistic budgets; did not develop and adopt multi-year financial and capital plans; and did not verify annual statements and annual financial reports in a timely manner. The audit period was June 1 of 2019 to August 21 of, 2025. Regarding the AFRs, Mayor Mike Ferguson says they were late because they had not received their third-party audit results yet... and, once they had them they provided them to the Comptroller's Office. He says they received a warning, but, were not fined. The report shows that the village ran a deficit in five of its past six fiscal years... including a $226,884 deficit in 2024-2025. Ferguson says the overspending last year was due to a lack of reserve funds to do needed paving and infrastructure work. He says the village has instituted corrective action that's incorporated in its 2026-2027 budget after meeting with Comptroller's Office officials a few months ago.
Three suffer only minor injuries in State Thruway accident in which an SUV went under a tractor-trailer...
Only minor injuries were reported after the driver of an Sports Utility Vehicle saw their vehicle get pinned underneath a tractor-trailer on the state Thruway in the town of Hanover. Crews from the Bay Creek Fire District -- a combination of Silver Creek and Sunset Bay -- responded to the scene in the eastbound lanes of the I-90 shortly before 1:45 p.m. Thursday. Sunset Bay Fire officials say on arrival, crews learned that there were three vehicles involved in the incident. The driver of the vehicle that got pinned suffered only "minor bumps and bruises," and the other two drivers involved suffered just minor injuries.
Jamestown man to ride bike 1,200 miles to call attention to need of many school students for proper footwear...
Seeing a student wearing an old pair of torn and beat-up shoes has inspired a city man to collect footwear and raise money so others can have them. Jamestown's Bradley Barmore was teaching a gym class at the Sherman Central Schools five years ago... when he saw one student without adequate footwear. Barmore says he asked the kid if he had a better pair of shoes... and, he said no. He went to a nearby Dollar General Store and bought the student a pair of $20 shoes, and his face lit up when he got them. With that... Barmore says he began planning a 1,200 mile bike ride to raise awarness... money... and, lightly-worn shoes for kids who need them. He says the "Barmore's Brix 4 Kix" initiative will take him from the Tim Horton's in Brooklyn Square to Clarion, Pennsylvania this coming Sunday morning, May 17. He'll be there from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. collecting shoes and giving away coffee, ete. He'll then do the 200-mile round trip... and, will also do it for the next five days. Barmore who is now a personal trainer... and philanthropist... says he's hoping to raise more attention to the plight of school students whose families can't afford or get good footwear.
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Barmore's initial program was a community "Mud run and walk" fundraiser that raised more than $2,500 and collected over 2,000 pairs of shoes in one day. Since then, with support from E2M Premium, Soles4Souls, and local supporters, the initiative has helped raise more than $20,000 and collected nearly 10,000 pairs of shoes for individuals and families in need. For more information... go on-line to bradinspires.com.
