Jamestown Post Journal

Today, Jamestown Community College is awarding a degree to a very unique young woman: Kyla Hill. Kyla is not only an artist, musician and avid volunteer, she is also the first woman graduate of JCC's welding technology program.

PAINTED POST - At least three people, including a Bemus Point man, were hospitalized after a horrific wreck early Friday morning on Interstate 86 near Painted Post, but all are expected to survive.

Lauren Sharp is being honored as the first graduate from Jamestown Community College's new environmental science degree program today. Lauren will also be graduating with a mathematics and science degre.

For the 10th time, the Southwestern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross has honored its ''Hometown Heroes.

Akwasi Owusu's trip across the stage today to receive his diploma will only take a few seconds. The journey that led Owusu to Jamestown Community College, however, has taken the graduate from West Africa to New York City and, now, Jamestown.

It's going to take more than Facebook's initial public offering to push the stock market higher. U.S. stock indexes were flat-to-down slightly in early afternoon trading Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook's stock is trading up 8 percent Friday, as investors seek to put a dollar value on the company that turned online social networking into a global cultural phenomenon.

RANDOLPH - One spark is all it took to begin a blaze which eventually consumed a repair shop in Randolph. On Thursday, just before 2 p.m., the Randolph Fire Department received a call of a fire at Adam's Small Engine Repair at 131 Main St.

State Sen. Cathy Young, R-Olean, hopes to make regional high schools a reality by the end of the current session for the state Legislature on June 21, thanks to two new bills being pushed through the Senate. Sen.

LAKEWOOD - Anyone who thinks that fitness can't be fun has obviously never stepped inside of a Curves Fitness Center.

MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Home is one step closer to getting its lifeline payment. In fact, the skilled nursing facility may get even more than first anticipate.

Lillian Dickson Park is starting to see improvements and will see even more this Saturday.

MAYVILLE - Hoping to educate new legislators about the county Department of Social Services, a crash course on public assistance was given Wednesday during a Human Services Committee meeting.

The city of Jamestown is negotiating contracts with all five city bargaining units, as they are all operating without contracts.

BROCTON - The process of centralizing Brocton and Westfield took another step forward Wednesda.

SHERIDAN - A former county legislator and Forestville mayor was killed Tuesday in the town of Sheridan. John C. Dillenburg, 73, of Forestville, was killed in a motor-vehicle accident on Route 20 in Sheridan around 3:45 p.m.

There were few surprises on school board election night, as all budgets in the area passed. Several schools had propositions in addition to school budgets, which mainly consisted of school bus and equipment purchases.

FREWSBURG - Officials in the Frewsburg Central School District listened to its residents and gained their approval for a capital project at Jackson Elementary School. On Tuesday, three propositions were on the ballot for district residents.

It was a who's who of local government Tuesday at Jamestown Community College.

LAKEWOOD - The highway construction project along Fairmount Avenue near Hillcrest Avenue is being done to prevent future flooding, which will benefit all businesses in the are.