Rolison's bail revoked after being released from hospital after second fatal crash involvement...
The Jamestown man now accused of being the driver involved in two fatal accidents within the past 13 months has now been jailed without bail following his release from the hospital. Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt says 59 year-old Randall Rolison was discharged early Thursday afternoon from UPMC Hamot Medical Center... where he had been treated since the Dec. 5 crash that took the life of Linda Kraemer and seriously injured her husband, Gary in the town of Arkwright. That accident occured just under a year after Rolison allegedly struck and killed 15 year-old Lexy Hughan of Jamestown with his car carrier at the corner of Washington and West Sixth Streets. After the December accident... Schmidt says his office applied to Chautauqua Count Court to revoke Rolison's bail. Judge David Foley agreed to issue a warrant for Rolison's arrest once he was released from the hospital... and, he granted the motion revoking Rolison's bail. Schmidt adds that his office is now preparing for trial on the two sets of pending charges against Rolison... and, will be moving forward with a new set of charges from the Dec. 5 accident.
Jamestown man reported missing Wednesday is located safe and sound...
Jamestown police now say they have located the 34 year-old city man who was missing for more than a week, and, was considered an "endangered missing person." City police say Aaron Chase was located late Wednesday after being last seen on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
City man arrested for allegedly violating three orders of protection...
A Jamestown man has been arrested for allegedly violating three court orders of protection to stay away from three other people in the same car with him. City police say they stopped a vehicle on Jones and Gifford Avenue Tuesday night for an observed traffic violation. Officer found that the passenger, 40 year-old Khalif Swanson, Junior, was violating the orders of protection. Swanson was arrested on three counts each of second-degree criminal contempt... and, aggravated family offense. He was jailed pending arraignment.
NYSSBA official says local school districts have "lots to be happy about" with NYS budget proposal...
There's "lots to be happy about" in New York Governor Kathy Hochul's 2023-24 budget proposal for local school districts. That from New York State School Board's Association Director of Governmental Affairs, Brian Fessler, who says the more than $3-billion increase in school aid funding is much welcomed... especially the increase in general purpose, or 'Foundation Aid." Fessler says that added $2.7-billion would fully-fund Foundation Aid for the first time ever. The increase in combined aid brings the total to $34.5-billion dollars in the governor's proposal. However... Fessler says not all the Foundation Aid can be used for "general purposes." He notes that some of that additional $2.7-billion is restricted to "high-impact tutoring" to help students most impacted by the loss of in-person learning during the COVID-19 shut-downs... which Fessler says has a lot of value. However... he says it would be better if districts had more leeway for use of those monies.
Langworthy gives GOP view on Biden's State of the Union speech...
Local Congressman Nick Langworthy feels President Biden had an opportunity to speak "truthfully" to the American people last night... but, says "we heard was the same hollow rhetoric of the last two years." Langworthy says the nation is "is hurting -- people are struggling to make ends meet under crushing food and energy costs, lawlessness is gripping our cities and communities are being destroyed by the scourge of fentanyl pouring through our open borders." The 23rd District representative says "our weak and feckless foreign policy has had devastating impacts on the world stage." Just days ago... the Buffalo-area Republican says China broke international law by violating our air space... and the president didn’t devote a single sentence to this act of aggression.
Gillibrand says Congress needs to act -- soon -- on debt ceiling...
While there were some calls for bi-partisanship in Congress during Tuedsay night's State of the Union Address... there's been little compromise so far on raising the nation's debt ceiling. Hardline House Republicans, who have enormous sway because of the party’s slim majority, have demanded that lifting the borrowing cap be tied to spending reductions. Last month... the White House countered that it will not offer any concessions or negotiate on raising the debt ceiling. During Tuesday's Zoom Conference with state-wide media... New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand reiterated that the government has always paid it's bills, and it's not something that's typically something that's debated. The U.S. Treasury last month took extraordinary measures to keep the government paying it's bills and escalating pressure on Capitol Hill to avoid a catastrophic default.
Gasoline prices in Jamestown-area hold steady...
Gas prices in the Jamestown-area are down about half-a-penny this week... while the national average has fallen 3-cents a gallon for regular, unleaded this week. That from the AAA's East Central Gas Price Report this week... which says the local average is just over $3.69. Nationally... AAA says the average price is down from $3.50 a gallon to $3.47 this week as crude oil prices dropped. Officials say last week's decision by OPEC to maintain current production levels... and, not make any cuts led to lower oil prices. Oil prices account for as much as 60% of the cost of a gallon of gas.
