(Update)**Fire heavily damages residence on No. Main St....

Jamestown firefighters were busy late Wednesday afternoon with a house fire at a multi-story home on the city's northside.  County Fire dispatchers say crews were called to the scene at 860 North Main St. at 4:42 p.m... and, traffic was diverted while firefighters dealt with the blaze.  No injuries have been reported, and the cause is being investigated.

Ten suspects now charged in drug bust in city of Dunkirk...
Ten Dunkirk residents were rounded up during a late afternoon drug raid Monday on Willowbrook Avenue in the north county city.  Dunkirk Police Chief David Ortolano says a number of agencies -- including Jamestown Police -- assisted in executing a search warrant, and all 10 now face drug and weapons charges.  Police say this was the second drug raid at that residence in the past six months.  The first one netted nine arrests.  Police say they arrested Dakota Cordell... Taylor Austin... Robert Wardell... Robert Kaczor, Sr., Robert Kaczor, Jr., Kathleen Shipley... Jodi Messere... Alicia Eppinger... William Tolbert and Floyd Tolbert.  As a result of the search... investigators seized 5.72 grams of fentanyl, 2.13 grams of methamphetamine, point-1 grams of crack cocaine, two dosage units of suboxone, scales and packaging material for the distribution of narcotics, a 22-calibur rifle and $912 in cash.

Man who assaulted a fellow worker after being fired charged with assault...
A Jamestown man is accused of assaulting another person after he was fired from his job at Jamestown Electro-plating early Tuesday afternoon.  City police were called to the location at 105 Water St. just before 1:30 p.m., and were told that 42 year-old Angel Vargas-Mendoza had caused a facial injury to the other person... who was also en employee.  Officers were told that Vargas-Mendoza had fled the area.  However... he showed up at Jamestown Police headquarters to turn himself in a short time later.  He was charged with second-degree assault... and, taken to the city jail where he was held pending arraignment.

City woman arrested as Fugitive from Justice in Florida...
A Jamestown woman wanted in the state of Florida has been arrested in Jamestown during a warrant check on the city's eastside Tuesday morning.  City police say the check was performed about 7:15 a.m., after Florida law enforcement contacted JPD to tell them of the confirmed probation warrant for 26 year-old Nicole Grimm.  While back in Jamestown... police say Grimm violated terms of her probation, and Florida officials issued the warrant.  She was arrested as a fugitive from justice... and, was jailed pending arraignment.  Grimm will then be taken to the county jail to await extradiction.

City police and Department of Development to host second Community Meeting at Dickson Park tonight...
The second community meeting involving the Jamestown Police Department... and, the Department of Development... will be held tonight on the city's eastside.  The sessions are designed to allow residents to come and make comments and ask questions on public safety and "quality of life" issues.  Wednesday's program will be held at the Lillian Dickson Park on Falconer Street at 6 PM.  Mayor Eddie Sundquist tells our Terry Frank that the sessions are supported by the city's Gun-Involved Violence Elimination Grant program because they wanted to have "community engagement" as part of it.  One part of the additional funding the city has received has allowed for the hiring of a "quality of Life" or Nuisance Officer.  Sundquist says that officer has been very busy since being brought on in late May.  He says the city is taking a "hard stance" on dealing with those issues... such as fireworks around the Fourth of July.  Jamestown has received about $261,000 from the more than $600,000 provided to Chautauqua County from the GIVE Program.  Last week's second community meeting was cancelled due to the stormy weather... and, will be made up later in August.

"Retool '23" being held today at Chautauqua Institution...
The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities is again hosting a "Retool" conference today... which this time will focus on developing the workforce for regional manufacturing growth in Climate Tech.  That from "Retool '23" Organizer Ellen DiTonto... who is the BPU's Business Development Coordinator.  DiTonto says they made this year's conference a one-day event at Chautauqua Institution after those taking part last year wanted that... and, to have it be one topic.  She says the keynote speaker for the afternoon session will be 'energy expert" and consultant Dennis Elsenbeck.  DiTonto says Elsenbeck has a "long history of understanding how energy can be part of our overall economic development of the region."  DiTonto says the day at Chautauqua Institution will start with the 10:45 a.m. lecture in the Amptheater, which will feature Leslie Dewan.  She is a nuclear engineer, environmentalist and entrepreneur.  Participants in the conference will then attend a private lunch at the Athenaeum Hotel before Elsenbeck's address... and, a panel discussion at Smith-Wilkes Hall.  

JCC Board recognizes Lillian Ney for more than 20 years on panel...
A retired cadiologist from Jamestown... who was also a City Council President... has been recognized for her long time contributions to SUNY Jamestown Community College.  Dr. Lillian Ney stepped down from the college's Board of Trustees at the end of the last school year after serving more than two decades on the panel.  Dr. Ney first joined the board in the early 1990’s she was a working cardiologist who was also parenting her two daughters.  She served on the board from 1990 to 2001... and, again from 2011-to-2023.