Jamestown News

FAYETTEVILLE Junior left-handed pitcher Stephen Richards has signed a contract with the Florida Marlins ending his three-year stint with the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team.

Ralph B. Haller, 86, of 1181 Kian-tone Drive, went to rejoin his loving wife on Wednes-day, July 1, 2009.

Two men from the state of New York were arrested on drug charges Sunday evening in Pine Grove Township.

Robert J. Courson Jr., 23, of Jamestown was charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to maintain lane following a traffic stop around 2:56 a.m. Wednesday.

Local students recently graduated from Allegheny College. Receiving degrees from Jamestown are: Thomas R. Geisler, the son of Thomas and Tari Geisler and graduate of Southwestern Central High School, who earned a bachelor of science degree in chemistry; and Rebecca A. Sorenson, the daughter of Mickey and Nannette Sorenson of Jamestown, and a ...

In 1909, Mason Penfield, one of a party which went to Midway Park for a yacht ride on Monday afternoon, was a cause of much worriment to his relatives and friends Monday night and Tuesday morning.

Jesse Lee Baca, 22, of 8820 Route 20, Westfield, died unexpectedly, Monday, June 22, 2009, at home.

A Lakewood woman was taken to WCA Hospital, Jamestown, midday Tuesday after she was involved in a two-car crash on Foote Avenue Extension, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office.

A home health care aide has been charged with grand larceny for allegedly withdrawing $3,400 from the bank account of an elderly Falconer resident.

Jamestown Community College will offer its English Immersion Program for non-English speakers July 24-Aug. 14 at the Jamestown campus.

Steven J. Thayer, 53, of 106 South Erie St., Mayville, died Monday , in Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk, N.Y., following an auto accident.

Christopher P. Sundquist, 38, of Jamestown was charged with second-degree burglary, endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree assault Monday following an incident at a Chapman Street home around 6:40 p.m. Police say a woman told officers Sundquist entered the home and choked her in front of a child.

The Fourth Appellate Division in Rochester has overturned the conviction of Gregory Pattison, who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing two men in Gerry in 2005.

Lane M. Stratton of Jamestown as charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property Sunday.

Camille Krawczyk, a Jamestown native, has opened a new process serving business, Prime Process Serving.

A Fourteen Anniversary Program for Pastor LeRoy Walker will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 53 W. 23rd St., Jamestown, with the spoken word from the Lord delivered by the Rev.

Jamestown Police shot out a tire on a SUV driven by 32-year-old city resident Simeon A. Leeper Thursday around 6 p.m., after he fled from an attempted traffic stop on Barrett Avenue.

The fire at the old Erie-Lackawanna train station on West Second Street in Jamestown on Tuesday morning was intentionally set, according to fire investigators.

Local Key Bank employees worked to make a difference in the community recently as part of the company's Salute to Community Service month.

Michael Volk has been named The Resource Center's Director of Rehabilitation and Employment Services.