BRWS no longer will have team from China competing; Aruba remains in tournament...
One of the two international teams that were expected to be part of this year's 13-to-15 year-old Babe Ruth World Series in Jamestown will not be coming.  That from local Babe Ruth Committee Vice-President Kim Ecklund... who says Babe Ruth international is now looking for a replacement for the Chinese team.  However... Ecklund also told our Dennis Webster and Russ Diethrick that there is good news as far as ball park "buy-out" days.  She says they were told the Chinese team was not available.  On the positive side, though, she says all but two days of the world series have been bought out... meaning fans will not have to pay admission to the ball park.  Ecklund tells us no reason was given for why the Chinese team is not coming to Jamestown.  However... she says the team from Aruba will still be coming to the series.  Ecklund says sponsors can buy out one full-day of games... that's four-games on Tues., Aug. 15 at a cost of $2,500.  There are then two championship round games on Thurs., Aug. 17 at a cost of $2,000.  Both are part of the Aug. 13-19 series.  Ecklund says they encourage any potential sponsors to team up with other entities if they want to co-sponsor a buy-out day at Diethrick Park.

Pair from Jamestown arrested on drug and weapons charges after their Uber ride is pulled over...
Two people being transported by an Uber driver have been arrested for drug possession following a traffic stop by Jamestown Police on the city's southside.  Officers say their violent crime unit stopped the vehicle for "numerous" traffic violations in the area of Baker Street and Prather Avenue shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday.  Police say they identified the passengers as Ackykia Jester, and Jonathan Carlson.  Officers found that Carlson was wanted on outstanding City Court warrants... and, he was arrested without incident.  He was also allegedly found with multiple items associated with illegal drug use.  Police then searched the vehicle... and found nearly 23-grams of methamphetamine, 1.2 grams of Fentanyl, 1.6 grams of Crack-Cocaine, cutting agents, a digital scale, packaging materials... two metal knuckle knives and $313 cash believed to be proceeds from drug sales.  Further investigatiion showed the items found belonged to Jester... who was also arrested.  She is charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... two counts of fifth-degree criminal possession.... and on of seventh-degree criminal possession... along with three counts of second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia... and two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.  Both Jester and Carlson were jailed pending arraignment.  The unidentifed Uber drive was issued several traffic tickets.

Investigation continues into now-triple fatal two-vehicle crash in Cattaraugus County...
A third-person has now died from their injuries suffered in last weekend's fatal, head-on crash in the Cattaraugus County town of Freedom that also claimed two other lives.  State Police in Machias now say 24 year-old Dahlia Klink... who was driving a small sedan that was struck by a pick-up truck driven by her brother... died from her injuries at the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo.  Troopers say 21 year-old Evan Klink of Freedom was westbound on Freedom Road just after Noon Saturday... when he apparently drove into the on-coming lane -- on purpose -- then lost control of the truck and it hit the car head-on.  Police say two girls inside his sister's car, 17 year-old Havanah Lopez of Java, and 6 year-old Molly Kibler of Freedom, died at the scene.  A 4 year-old passenger in Dahlia Klink's car was also taken to a regional hospital with serious injuries.  Evan Klink was treated for minor injuries and taken to the State Police barracks in Warsaw for an evaluation.  His passenger, 19 year-old Cameron Klink, was also hospitalized with serious injuries.  The investigation is continuing.

City man arrested for allegedly pulling fire alarm at DoubleTree Hotel in Jamestown, triggering false alarm...
A Jamestown man is accused of pulling a fire alarm at a downtown hotel for no reason early this morning.  City police were called to the Doubletree Hotel on a report of an "unwanted male" shortly after Midnight.  On arrival... officers say they could hear the alarm going off inside the building... and, staff told them that 48 year-old Dante Croft had pulled the fire alarm for no apparent reason.  The Jamestown Fire Department had to respond to re-set the alarm... and, a large number of hotel guests had to exit the hotel for a brief period of time.  There was no fire or emergency found... and, Croft was arrested without incident... and, later found with a quantity of methamphetamine in his possession.  He was charged with second-degree falsely reporting an incident... and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Jamestown man arrested following alleged domestic incident...
A Jamestown man has been arrested for allegedly holding a woman against a wall by her throat during a domestic incident early Sunday morning.  City police were called to a Fifth Street location just before 1:30 a.m., and, their investigation showed that 46 year-old Rudy Ryen held the female victim against the wall during an argument.  Officers took Ryen in to custody without
incident... but, while escorting him to the patrol vehicle, he spat at the victim in front of officers.  He was taken to the city jail pending arraignment on a charges of second-degree harassment... and, criminal obstruction of breathing/blood circulation.