O'Connor being remembered as first woman SCOTUS Justice, visitor to Jamestown and Chautauqua County...
Retired U-S Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was a trailblazer as the first woman justice on the high court.  However... she also had a love for Chautauqua County and the Jamestown-area.  O'Connor often talked of her admiration of late Justice and Jamestown-area native Robert H. Jackson.  O'Connor was here in the late 1990s for the dedication of the Jackson Statue near Love Elementary School... then the dedication of the new Jackson Center at the former Scottish Rite Consistory on East Fourth Street in 2007.  She said she was "delighted" to be on hand... and, joked that the auditorium where they were was the former livery stable... leading her to quip "I didn't know horses lived so well.  It's great!."  O’Connor died in today in her hometown of Phoenix, Arizona at age 93 of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness.  O'Connor spoke highly of Jackson's ability to write, and pen opinions on the court.  She also appeared at least twice at Chautauqua Institution to speak during the season.  She was also a frequent visitor to the institution in later years.

Investigation continues into fatal crash involving two Tractor-Trailers near Silver Creek...
One person is dead as the result of a crash involving two tractor-trailers late Wednesday night on Interstate 90 near Silver Creek.  A spokesperson for State Police Troop T confirmed the fatality late Thursday morning. Troopers say the incident involved one tractor-trailer sideswiping a parked tractor-trailer at Exit 58 at about 10:45 p.m.  The collision caused the moving big rig to jack-knife and rollover multiple times before bursting into flames.  Chautauqua County dispatchers say firefighters from Irving, Silver Creek, Hanover Center and the Seneca Nation responded to the scene.  The incident caused the eastbound lanes of I-90 to shut down at Exit 58 for several hours, with the road reopening at about 10:30 a.m. 

City man arrested on warrants that include nine counts of felony reckless endangerment...
A Jamestown man wanted on several charges... including nine counts of first-degree reckless endangerment... has been arrested following a street check early Thursday morning.  City police say a patrol in the area of the 7-Eleven store on North Main Street saw 32 year-old Juan Tufino inside the store, and a background check revealed the warrants... which also included one count of criminal possession of a weapon.  Officers told Tufino to put his hands behind his back... but, he did not comply with officers.  After a brief struggle, police took Tufino into custody.  He was also found in possesion of a quantity of crack cocaine.  He was taken to the city jail on charges of resisting arrest... and, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... and, the arrest warrants.

Gillibrand reintroducing federal Robocall legislation...
New York's junior U-S Senator has announced her push to get legislation approved that would crack down on robocalls, robotexts and AI scams.  Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand Thursday said Americans receive about 4-billion robocalls every month... many of them from scammers.  With that... she is reintroducing the "Deter Obnoxious, Nefarious, and Outrageious Telephone Calls..." or Do NOT Call Act to establish new criminal penalties for robocallers, including prison time.  Gillibrand is also calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and track potentially devastating AI-powered scams.  She adds that scammers should not be allowed unfettered access to New Yorkers at all times of day and night.  She says -- "I am reintroducing the DO NOT Call Act to finally crack down on robocalls and robotexts and impose stricter penalties for scammers - including up to 3 years in prison."  In addition... Gillibrand is also calling on the FTC to track the increasing use of artificial intelligence -- or AI -- to perpetrate frauds and scams in its Consumer Sentinel Network, a database to track scams that can be shared with local, state, and federal law enforcement.

Whitaker highlights upcoming public hearing for Phase-Two, $126-million capital project next Tuesday...
A public hearing will be held next Tuesday night at the Jamestown Public School's administration building on the district's Phase-Two, $126-million capital improvement project.  That from School Superintendent Kevin Whitaker... who says the hearing will now begin at 5:30 p.m., shortly before the 6 p.m. school board meeting.  Dr. Whitaker also reminds district residents that the vote will be held from Noon to 9 p.m. at the Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln schools on Tues., Dec. 12.  He says it's part of a three-phase capital project that's part of a 10-year project to make sure their facilities are updated for future education.  The $86-million first-phase... which deals a lot with upgrades to Jamestown High School... has already been underway. 

Borrello urges Hochul to "refrain" from issuing Isolation and Quarantine Rule...
State Senator George Borrello has written a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul... requesting that her administration refrain from re-issuing the rule regarding "Isolation and Quarantine Procedures."  In a printed statement... Borrello says his request is being made in the wake of the state Appellate Division’s dismissal of a lower court ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in Borrello's case against Hochul, which included three other plaintiffs.  The Sunset Bay Republican cited the constitutional concerns surrounding the rule that were referenced by State Supreme Court Judge Ronald Ploetz in his original ruling on the case.