Another national chain restaurant in the Jamestown-area has closed....  

We have learned from employees at the Lakewood Ruby Tuesday restaurant that they were notified by corporate headquarters that they were permanently closed as of yesterday.  Several stunned employees were helping to do a final clean-up on the store late Tuesday morning.  One said there was no prior warning about the shut-down, and that they received an e-mail notice.  A sign on the front door apologized to the public "for any inconvenience that this may have caused you."  It added they also looked forward to seeing patrons at one of their other restaurants.

The first school to start Fall classes in the immediate Jamestown-area was Southwestern and, it was a "fairly smooth" opening Tuesday for the district....  

That from Superintendent Maureen Donahue, who says one of the big changes is -- after many years absense -- the district has a school resource officer in place from the town of Ellicott.

Donahue adds that Officer Kyle Cashmore has already begun opening up communication with the students and, it's hoped he'll be able to head off any troubles that may come up.  Otherwise, she says they have about 40 more students enrolled this year and, that's put them above 1,400 total students for the first time in four years.  Donahue says those numbers typically move up and down for the first few days of schools.  She adds, though, that it's a promising trend.  For more information on the Southwestern District, call 484-1136.

Student safety is at the forefront as a new school year begins in Chautauqua County and, across New York state.....  

With that, some new tools have been made available to districts to keep guns away from potentially dangerous people.  Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed New York's new "Red Flag Law..." which allows someone in authority to come forward with a concern about someone who could be a danger to himself or others and, may have access to firearms.

That's New York State School Boards Association Executive Director Tim Kreamer, who says if the order is upheld, the firearms could be taken away for up to a year.  Kreamer says the law was basically in response to some calls for arming teachers after recent mass shootings, and what happened with the shootings in Dayton, Ohio.  That shooter was known to others as being someone who was troubled, and should not have had access to guns.  However, second-amendment advocates have been critical of such laws and, say a judge recently overturned a Red Flag order against an Allegany County man whose attorney said had guns taken away from him without due process.

Attendance at the New York State Fair has hit a new record for the fourth year in a row.... 

Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday that at least 1.33-million people came to the fair during its 13-day run.  He spoke several hours before the fair ended, so the numbers could rise further.  Attendance last year was a just under 1.28 million.  The numbers are totals for the fair's 13-day run in the town of Geddes, near Syracuse.   This year's fair also broke three records for attendance on a single day.  The Democratic governor's office noted that this year's fair featured more free entertainment, including a new show focusing on bears and another featuring a tall robot.  Meanwhile, the fair's Latin culture festival was expanded.  The fair ends Monday night.

Filming for the motion picture "A Quiet Place: Part II" is now set up in the town of Westfield, and got underway yesterday afternoon at Barcelona Harbor....  

Paramount Pictures will be using the location this week after it recently shooting scenes for the movie in the Town of Dunkirk.  Chautauqua County Executive George Borrello says crews are expected to be shooting there for the next four to five days.

Borrello says the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and emergency services will be involved in the filming and adds they are being compensated for.  "A Quiet Place: Part II" starring John Krasinski and his wife, is scheduled to be released in theaters in March 2020.

During it's seven years of existence, the "Kallie's Krusade" fund-raiser has become a major event on Labor Day...  

The program began at a different venue in 2013, but, has continued to grow after it's move to the Lakewood Rod and Gun Club the past few years.  The parents of Kallie Swan appreciate all the support they've gotten along the way.  She passed away in 2015 at the age of 3 from childhood cancer.  Her mother, Tara, says now many people mark their calendars for the event.

The "Kallie's Krusade Foundation" helps support families from the area who are dealing with childhood cancer.  Tara Swan says they recently donated a fish tank to Oshei Women and Children's Hospital in Buffalo.  However, it had to be a "virtual fishtank" because children with compromised immune systems can't be around real ones.  Swan says they came up with the idea because during one of Kallie's hospital visits, she was "captivated" by the fish tank in the waiting room.