Three arrested on drug and weapons charges during traffic stop in Jamestown...
Three Jamestown area men have been arrested on drug trafficking and weapons charges following a traffic stop on the city's eastside last night.  City police say their Violent Crime and K-9 Units conducted the traffic stop for violations in the area of Pine and East Fifth Streets shortly after 6:30 p.m.  Officers talked with the three occupants... identified as 22 year-old Allen Correa-Sanchez... 42 year-old Christian Mojica-Medina and 29 year-old Jerry Rivera-Diaz.  They searched the vehicle... and, found drug paraphernalia in plain view.  They also found a loaded Smith and Wesson Semi-automatic handgun... with two 16 round magazines as well as a 30.5-grams of cocaine, and 16.8 grams of fentanyl, all individually package for sale.  All three men were arrested without incident and taken to the city jail.  Police say all three are charged with two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... and, second and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.  They also found Mojica-Modina and Diaz in possession of Clonazepam and Alprazolam... and Diaz was also found with a small quantity of fentanyl in his possession.  They faces additional drug possession charges.  All three were jailed pending arraignment.

Local man arrested - again - for public lewdness...
A Jamestown area man has been arrested for the fourth time this year for public lewdness after allegedly exposing himself to three people early this morning.  City police were called to Covenant Manor at 23 West Third St. shortly after Midnight for a man allegedly exposing himself.  Officers say they found that 40 year-old Kenneth Trask also committed a lewd act in front of the three people... two of whom were children.  Trask was taken into custody... and, was also found in possession of an illegal drug.  He's charged with three counts of first-degree public lewdness... two counts of endangering the welfare of a child... and, one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance.  He was held pending arraignment.

Hochul calls on feds to provide assistance to deal with NYC, state migrant surge...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is pleading for help from the federal government to deal with the state's migrant crisis... including a faster pathway to give them temporary work status.  During an address this afternoon in Albany... Hochul said -- over the past year -- more than 100,000 migrants have come into the state.  Many of them have had to be housed and fed at a cost of between $1-billion and $1.5-billion.  Hochul says the state can't shoulder anymore of the burden to provide shelter, public health, transit and case management for asylum seekers.  With that... Hochul says she's written to the Biden Administration... urging it to provide help in four key areas.  The main one is expediting worker authorization... and, second, financial support for housing vouchers, and other services. 

Wendel continues State of Emergency with migrant surge still in play...
Gov. Hochul did extend her thanks to the upstate counties that have allowed migrant into their counties and relieving some of New York City's burden.  She did not mention counties... like Chautauqua... that have put States of Emergency in effect since mid-May preventing local municipalities and hotels from contracting with New York City to house migrants.  County Executive P.J. Wendel has again extended the county's emergency order another five-days.  The order first went into effect last May 18.

Two arrested for drug possession following traffic stop...
Two people familiar to police have been arrested following a traffic stop on Jamestown's eastside for alleged drug possession.  City police say their Violent Crime, and STOP DWI Units stopped a car on East Second Street shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday night for multiple traffic infractions.  Officers say they found 49 year-old Jenell Long... and, 33 year-old James Mawhir... in possession of a small quantity of fentanyl.  Both were arrested without incident... and, taken to the city jail.  While at the jail... police found a quantity of methamphetamine in Mawhir's possession.  He's charged with two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... while Long faces one count of seventh-degree criminal possession.  Both were issued appearance tickets for City Court at a later date.

Four arrested for alleged underage alcohol sales... 
Four city residents have been arrested for allegedly selling alcohol to underaged buyers during a State Police initiative in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties.  Troopers say they conducted the underage drinking initiative Wednesday at nine different establishments in both counties.  Police say this involves testing retail sellers of alcoholic beverages, by having underaged, undercover operatives, under direct State Police supervision try to purchase alcohol.  They say this is done to ensure compliance with state law and restrictions on selling alcohol to minors.  Those cited included: 41 year-old Andarrel Allen... 21 year-old Marlenys Velazquez... 26 year-old Nicholas Crossley... and, 60 year-old Lori Gianetti... all of Jamestown.

JHS Marching Band to host preview show tonight...
The Jamestown High School Marching Band has been doing 'intensive' practice this week on their fall show called 'Big Quest.'  Band Director Meghan Murray, says the public was able to get an early look at the show tonight at Strider Field.  Murray said they may not have the entire show ready for tonight, but, likely most of it.  The music for 'Big Quest' was taken from video games.  The band's Assistant Director, Marc Lentsch, has arranged the music for several past shows, and took on even more this year.  Lentch says he's written the music and the band's drill... and, he's pleased it's all gone well so far.