City man arrested on multiple drug possession charges following raid on Euclid Ave. apartment...
A man from Jamestown has been arrested on drug-related charges following a raid on a northside apartment earlier this week.  Jamestown police say members of the JPD Metro Drug Task Force... along with Chautauqua County Sheriffs Office Narcotics Investigators executed a search warrant at Apt. 209 at 28 Euclid Ave. shortly before 1 p.m.  Inside... they located 30 year-old Tyler Perrin... along with a female.  Detectives searched... and found 26.5 grams of methamphetamine... 18.4-grams of fentanyl... 6.6-grams of crack cocaine, digital scales and packaging materials.  They also allegedly found $170 in cash proceeds.  Perrin is charged with four counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession... and two counts of second-degree criminally using drug paraphenalia.  If you have an information about drug or other criminal activity in your area...  call the JPD Tip line at 483-TIPS... that's 483-8477.  Or call the Sheriff's Department Tip line at 1-800-344-8702 or 664-2420.  

Randolph Central School student killed in car crash that also injures 56 year-old man...
The Randolph School District is mourning the loss of a 17-year-old High School Junior killed in a recent car crash.  The Post-Journal is reporting that School Superintendent Kaine Kelly sent a note home with students Tuesday and posted the letter on the district's Facebook Page.  In it, Kelly said -- "we extend our deepest condolences to the student’s family and loved ones.  Our thoughts, prayers and support are with them during this incredibly difficult time."  State Police say the accident occured on Route 62 at Waterboro Hill Road in Conewango shortly before 4 p.m. Monday.  The 17 year-old was in the car with a 56 year-old man from Randolph.

JPS District voters approve 2026-27 no tax increase budget, and school board members...
Voters in the Jamestown Public School district have approved a $120.8-million budget by about a 4-to-1 margin.  The district reports that 374 people voted yes on the spending plan to 92 against.  District officials were able to bring in another no tax levy increase.  In addition... voters also approved selling excess district property on Harrison Street to the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, 432-31.  The funding increase for the Prendergast Library was approved, 333-131.  New school board member Carm Proctor was leading vote getter with 388 tallies... and incumbants Paul Abbott and Christine Schnars were both unopposed, and re-elected.  

SWCS voters approved budget, and propositions overwhelmingly...
Voters in the Southwestern Central School District overwhelmingly approved a 2026-27 budget... and, all four propositions on the ballot.  First-year School Superintendent Molly Moore was pleased with the outcome... and expressed her appreciation to the community for it's support... for everything from concerts to the budget.  The $37.1-million spending plan was approved, 225-57.  She also looks forward to beginning the new, $8.1-million capital project... which will mainly involve the elementary school.  It passed, 225-56.  Four new buses were part of a nearly $792,000 transportation proposition... which was approved, 227-54.
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The fourth proposition to fund the Lakewood and Hazeltine Libraries... was adopted, 216-64.  As for the school board... two newcomers -- Zach Agett and Shane Uber have been elected.   Uber was the leading voter getter with 228 votes... while Agett had 223... and, incumbant Troy Durnell received 199.

The other 16 school budgets are adopted... some of the details...
In the Falconer school district... voters approved a 2026-27 budget, 110-15... and, a capital improvement project, 110-15.  Heather Cardot ran unopposed for the school board.

Voters in the Panama school district approved a $14.7-million budget, 100-28... while a transportation proposition was adopted, 92-to-38.  Betsy Eggleston was elected to the school board.

In Bemus Point... district voters approved their budget, 143-53.  They also approved a bus proposition, 133-65... and, a capital project, 141-59.  Michael Burns and Elizabeth Healy were elected to the school board.

At Chautauqua Lake... residents approved the new budget, 199-78... and Travis Bensink... Jennifer Obert and Ken Shearer, Jr. were elected to the school board.

In Clymer... the 2026-27 budget was approved, 86-8... and, Ed Mulkearn and Bethany Collins ran unopposed for the school board.

City man arrested for allegedly trying to enter parked vehicles in northeast area of Jamestown...
A man from Jamestown has been arrested for allegedly trying to enter parked vehicles on the city's northeast corner.  Jamestown police say they responded to a report of a man attempting to enter vehicles about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.  Officers located 19 year-old Connor Dale... who matched the description of the suspect.  Police knew of active bench warrants against Dale as well... and, he was found in possession of a narcotic drug.  He was taken into custody on the warrants... and one count of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.  Dale was held pending arraignment.

Langworthy again blasts state Democrats after new attacks on Corrections Officers at Collins Correctional Facility...
Local Congressman Nick Langworthy is blasting Governor Kathy Hochul and State Legislature Democrats for recent attacks on corrections officers.  The latest incident occured at the Collins Correctional Facility.  Langworthy says the attacks reports at Collins -- "is exactly what we have been warning Governor Hochul and Albany Democrats would happen when they rammed through the disastrous HALT Act and ignored repeated warnings about deteriorating safety conditions inside New York prisons."  The Buffalo-area Republican adds that since the HALT Act has been in place... "corrections officers have been treated worse than the violent criminals they are tasked with supervising."