Two city residents arrested in southside drug bust...
Two Jamestown residents were arrested during a raid on their southside home Wednesday morning for allegedly trafficking narcotic drugs... including Fentanyl.  City police say members of the Jamestown Metro, and Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Forces executed a search warrant at 200 Prospect St. shortly before 9 a.m., with the help of the JPD SWAT Team.  They found two adults and a child inside.  Drug agents searched the home... and in addition to the Fentanyl... they found quantities of methamphetamine... suboxone pills... scales and packaging materials.  Police took 31 year-old Nathan Owen and 24 year-old Janie Blakey into custody on one count each of third-degree criminal posession of a controlled substance... and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.  They were also charged with one count each of second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia... and, endangering the welfare of a child.  If you have any information on illegal drug activity in the city... call the JPD Tips line at 483-TIPS... that's 483-8477.  Otherwise... call the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force at 664-2420.

Reed supports new, tougher sanctions on Russia for Ukraine invasion and alleged war crimes...
Chautauqua County's congressman supports the move by the United States to further sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin's two adult daughters, and toughen penalties against Russian banks in retaliation for "war crimes" in Ukraine.  Corning Republican Tom Reed those measure... along with the United Kingdom and European Union set to impose additional sanctions, is necessary because the "aggression in Ukraine has to end."  The new sanctions by European allies include a ban on new investment in Russian, and an EU embargo on coal, after evidence of torture and killings during the invasion of Ukraine emerged in recent days from Bucha, a town near the capital of Kyiv.  Reed says he's also not against helping Ukraine with a "no-fly zone" and allowing Poland to send MIG fighter jet planes considering the pictures and video of horrific war crimes there.  The U.S. Wednesday acted against two of Russia's largest banks... Sberbank and Alfa Bank... prohibiting assets from going through the U.S. financial system and barring Americans from doing business with those two institutions.

Still no budget deal in Albany...
New York state legislative leaders and Governor Kathy Hochul have yet to reach a deal on an over $216-billion budget.  Lawmakers and aides faced a lengthy to-do list as of Wednesday afternoon.  The Legislature held a brief session Wednesday without voting on budget bills, and lawmakers extended their hotel stays as negotiations dragged six days beyond an April 1st deadline.  But... Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, a Democrat from Buffalo, said she expects negotiations won't extend over the weekend.  Negotiators still have to finalize details for seven remaining spending plans, including infrastructure, local aid and education.  But... the main sticking point has remained criminal justice reform.

Congressman says Biden budget proposal "unsustainable," will drive more federal debt...
Local Congressman Tom Reed is taking another swipe at President Joe Biden's proposed, $5.8-trillion budget for 2023... emphasizing that it's level of spending is "unsustainable."  During his weekly telephone conference call with regional media... Reed noted that the spending plan includes a lot of "partisan priorities" that aren't practical... and, will drive the United States into even further debt.  He says this "build-up" of debt from overspending is not sustainable.  The U.S. has reached a long-term debt of about 30-trillion dollars... but, Reed says that, continuing along this path, is what has brought about the fall of other superpowers, and empires, over the past 500 years.  The Corning Republican noted the example of Great Britain... which isn't as great now after leading the world for many decades.  Reed has banged the drum since first being elected to Congress the need for the U-S to reign in spending and it's debt.  He says it's time to bring the adults into the room, and show real leadership to get the country's economic ship righted.

North county man arrested following "physical altercation" in Irving...
An Irving man has been arrested after allegedly getting into a fight with at least two other people... and, choking one of them... this past Monday night.  Sheriff's officers and State Police were called to a location on Jackson Street in the north county village just before 10 p.m. on a report of a physical altercation.  Deputies say they found that 26 year-old William Burgess had allegedly obstructed one person's breathing... and, he had shoved one other person to the ground.  Burgess is also accused of damaging another person's property... and, injuring a dog.  He faces multiple charges... including criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation... second-degree harassment... fourth-degree criminal mischief... and overdriving, torturing and Injuring of animals.  Burgess was taken to the county jail pending arraignment.

Erie, Pa. juvenile surrenders to police after shooting another student at high school...
Authorities say a juvenile suspect being sought in a shooting that injured another student inside a northwestern Pennsylvania high school has turned himself in to police.  Erie police said multiple shots were fired just after 9:20 a.m. Tuesday in a hallway at Erie High School.  The injured student was said to be in stable condition.  Officials said due to the suspect's age, only juvenile counts would be filed.  Erie High classes have been canceled for the rest of the week with the annual spring break to be observed next week.