Jamestown Post Journal

Students at Jamestown High School had the opportunity to be a part of a display by a professional artist, while learning about English, technology and installation art at the same time.

ALBANY - The New York state Senate has approved two pieces of legislation that will ease regulations on New York's farmers: a bill that will allow greater public access to maple sugar facilities and a bill that will allow land used for...

Nolan Farr, senior at Jamestown High School, is interested in someday studying environmental engineering, and has the current course load to back it up. Nolan is hoping to study the subject next year when he goes away to colleg.

Three or four months ago, Dave and Leigh-Anne Hendrick had a conversation with their middle child, Lauren, about what she wanted for her 13th birthday. It didn't take long to get a response.

Nearly 2 1/2 years after Staff Sgt. John Stanz suffered multiple injuries in Afghanistan, he'll officially retire from the U.S. Marine Corps this month.

While crime has decreased in Jamestown over the past year, violent crimes - murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault - increased 12.2 percent in 2011.

It's not every day students are able to receive musical advice from a band that has opened for Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly. On Friday, that's exactly what happened as area high school musicians met Scythian, a Washington, D.C.

Four city teens were charged Friday after a Jamestown man was severely beaten and robbed Tuesday. The man, whose name was not released by Jamestown police, was walking behind Love Elementary School, 50 E. Eighth St., at 9 p.m.

MAYVILLE - County Executive Greg Edwards on Friday announced his disappointment that contract negotiations with the CSEA have ended.

To decrease dependency on state welfare services, change needs to start at the ground up - with education, according to some area professional.

Four people have been charged by the Jamestown Police Department with a strong-arm robbery on Tuesda.

NEW YORK (AP) - After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood.

Three Jamestown residents face charges after Jamestown police officers and Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force agents found money, marijuana, pharmaceutical narcotics, crack cocaine and packaging materials in an apartment at 146 Barrows Street,...

MAYVILLE - The death of 25-year-old Leslie B. Carter Ashton was the result of an apparent drug overdose, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office said Thursda.

WARREN - The carefully coordinated raids that resulted in the arrests of 39 suspected drug dealers from all over Warren County began at 6 a.m. with the detonation of a flashbang stun grenade in North Warre.

Gov. Cuomo understands that a $2 billion deficit is a deep hole of which to climb out, but believes he has set in motion a plan to finally put New York state back in the black.

MAYVILLE - The county's contract negotiations with its CSEA union will move to mediation. CSEA officials said Wednesday that the union has come to an impasse in its talks with Chautauqua County.

On Feb. 1, 1984, St. Susan Center served its first meal of grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup to a handful of guests. Less than 30 people received meals from the soup kitchen during that first week. Twenty-eight years later, S.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on Congress to pass legislation that would increase punishment included in the Violence Against Women Act and give law enforcement the funding needed to combat domestic abuse incidents.

ELLICOTT - A downed utility pole behind an abandoned former restaurant on Fairmount Avenue left a sour taste in the mouths of West Ellicott residents, business owners and anyone trying to drive on Fairmount Avenue or Hunt Road on Tuesday.