Two people have been arrested during a raid onJamestown's eastside Monday afternoon for allegedly trafficking several kinds of narcotics.
City Police Captain Bob Samuelson says members of the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force raided Apartment-#37 at 305 East Fifth Street about 1:45 PM. Samuelson says they were joined by the state Police C-NET Team in the raid which yielded quantities of crystal Methamphetime, cocaine, marihuana, and, cash.
He says investigators also arrested 32 year-old Mark Maio and 18 year-old Mariah Snyder on several drug related charges. Samuelson says both are charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and, fifth-degree criminal possession. Both are also charged with criminal possession of marihuana. Maio faces other charges as well.
With it's proximity to the Prendergast Avenue area he says this was also another "targeted" action in that area of the city. Both are being held pending arraignment. If you have information on illegal drug trafficking in Jamestown call the JPD Tips-line at 483-TIPS... that's 483-8477... or contact their Tips 4-1-1 app.
Temperatures dropped to the freezing early yesterday and this morning.
The National Weather Service in Buffalo is continuing a Freeze Warning until 9 this morning in Chautauqua County. Forecaster Dave Zaff of the Weather Service's Buffalo office said Monday that an upper level low pressure system has brought unseasonably cool air to the area and, was around another night.
Zaff says temperatures away from Lake Erie were expected to drop to around 30, and maybe the upper 20s in some areas. Zaff says once things warm up today temperatures will begin warming up slightly. Early morning temperatures Monday reached 32 at the County Airport in Jamestown and 35 at the Dunkirk Airport.
Governor Andrew Cuomo is now launching his county-wide Shared Services Initiative and, it requires each county across the state to have its Chief Executive Officer create and chair a Shared Services Panel.
County Executive Vince Horrigan says he's ready to comply with the requirement that's part of the state budget and the local panel will be holding its first meeting today in Mayville.
Horrigan says they will discuss the initiative and create a plan for the county using a $50,000 grant that the county received to do the work. He says he will likely include initiatives that were included in the county's application for the state's Municipal Consolidation and Efficiency Competition.
Chautauqua County is one of six local governments that's competing for the $20-million dollar prize. The county's Shared Services plan must be submitted to the County Legislature no later than August 1st.
How the new American Health Care Act deals with Planned Parenthood and pre-natal care led to some heated exchanges durling last Saturday's town hall meeting in Busti hosted by Congressman Tom Reed.
Reed left no doubts about where he stood saying he does not support the organization. One of the sharpest exchanges involved a woman who supports Planned Parenthood and, says the organization is needed because it provides pre-natal care, and other important services.
Reed says that the bill only addresses health insurance. He says there needs to be a conversation further down the road about health care, and how that's delivered in the United States.
Back to the health care bill Reed says he wanted to wait until the revised score on the final, amended proposal came out from the Congressional Budget Office. However he says leadership wanted to go forward at that moment.
The American Health Care Act was approved last Thursday by the Republican-controlled House, 217-to-213.
Reed says that he did read the final bill unlike a few of his fellow members of Congress admitted.
New York state is accepting public comment on new learning standards that replace the Common Core.
The revised standards will be presented to the policy-making Board of Regents Tuesday and public comments are being accepted until June 2nd. State education officials released the standards last week following a two-year process that included gathering input from the public, educators and experts.
Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says the revised standards include substantive changes while maintaining the rigor of the Common Core, which outlines what a student should be able to do in each grade.
New York and most other states adopted the Common Core standards to improve college readiness, but they became part of broader backlash against testing and teacher evaluations. The Regents are expected to adopt the new standards in June.
A 35-pound, 3-ounce channel catfish caught in Lake Ontario this spring sets a new state record for that species.
State environmental officials say Eric Scordo of Watertown caught the 38-inch catfish on Lake Ontario in Jefferson County on April 29. He used just a nightcrawler as bait. The catch breaks the 2002 record by nearly 2 1/2 pounds.
The previous record channel catfish was caught in Brant Lake in Warren County. Scordo submitted details of the catch as part of the Department of Environmental Conservation's Angler Achievement Awards program.
