Pilot and Co-Pilot of small jet that crashed at Chautauqua Co. Airport "very fortunate..."
Two men escaped serious injuries when their small, private jet plane crash-landed at the Chautauqua County Airport near Jamestown late Monday morning.  That from county emergency and airport officials Monday afternoon about the pilot and co-pilot... who were the only two people on board.  Amazingly... Airport Manager Shannon Fisher says both men were able to get away from the crash scene before the wreckage caught fire.  Fisher says both men "walked away" from the crash scene.  She says the pilot asked to be taken to the Erie County Medical Center after suffering head and facial injuries.  The co-pilot was taken to UPMC Chautauqua Hospital for treatment.  Fisher says several local fire companies, and emergency vehicles responded to the fire.  Fisher says the crash was called in shortly after 10 a.m.  County officials say the pilot encountered an electrical problem on board near Jamestown after taking off from the Dunkirk Airport earlier in the morning.  Fisher says the men and their aircraft are tenants of the Dunkirk Airport... but, neither has been identified.  County Emergency Services Director Noel Guttman says their emergency plan for the airport worked as well as could be expected.  The FAA is investigating.

City of Buffalo has first downtown tornado confirmed in more than 70 years...
A sudden storm damaged buildings, flipped cars and sent debris swirling over downtown Buffalo on Monday.  The National Weather Service has now determined that a spiraling column caught on multiple videos shortly before 2 p.m. Monday was an EF-1 tornado.  One video showed the cell appearing to move from Lake Erie into the city, which sits on the lake's shore, sending pieces of roofing flying.  Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said at a news conference that "it surprised everyone."  In the aftermath, photos showed a car on its roof in a parking lot, street signs bent and fallen tree limbs across roads and sidewalks.  There were no immediate reports of injuries.  Maximum winds were clocked at 90 mph.  Poloncarz said a nursing facility damaged in the storm was assessing whether to move patients.  Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said a school sustained damage to some windows, several traffic lights were knocked offline and some cars were overturned.

Twelve people arrested in drug raid in Jamestown early last weekend...
A dozen people were arrested during a large drug raid at a home on Jamestown's southside early last weekend.  City police say members of the Jamestown Metro, and Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Forces executed a search warrant at 70 Forest Ave. about 5:20 p.m. last Friday.  Inside... they found 31 year-old Jarried Dean, 51 year-old Christine Dean, 36 year-old Kayla Josephson, 18 year-old Blaine Haskins, 56 year-old Timothy Ellis, 39 year-old Brandon Reynolds, 40 year-old Christopher Abram, 40 year-old Jonathan Mays, 33 year-old Todd Dean, 52 year-old Robert Barr, Junior... 23 year-old Lilly Willover, and a juvenile.  Police say 18 year-old Damon Senear left the residence on foot... but, was detained a short distance away.  After the residence was secured... detectives searched the home and found 52-grams of methamphetamine, 4.9 grams of fentanyl, $106 in cash... digital scales... calibration weights... packaging materials... and, mannitol.  They also found Todd Dean in possession of about an additional gram of fentanyl.  All 12 subjects were taken to the city jail... and, are charged with two counts each of third-degree criminal possession of a Controlled Substance... one count of fourth-degree criminal possession of a Controlled Substance... and, three counts of criminally using Drug Paraphernalia.  Several local police agencies assisted.  If you have any information about drug or other criminal activity... you're asked to call the JPD Tip line at 483-TIPS... that's 483-8477... or the Sheriff's Office tip line at 1-800-344-8702 or 664-2420.

Vangiesen to spend 5.5-years in state prison for trafficking drugs while on probation...
A Jamestown man will spend the next 5-and-a-half years in state prison after being convicted of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance... and, violating his probation.  Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt says 38 year-old Eric Vangiesen received the sentence Monday from County Court Judge David Foley... along with two-years of post-release supervision.  Schmidt says Vangiesen was sentenced to a five-year term of Probation after being convicted of fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance in April 2023.  Last September... the county's Office of Probation filed a violation of probation on Vangiesen for failing to comply with multiple terms of his probation.  While being prosecuted for that... he was indicted on a first-degree criminal sale of drugs this past April.  Later in June... Vangiesen, pled guilty to the lesser charge of third-degree criminal sale... and violation of probation.  

The Village Casino sets new world record for most chicken wings sold in 24 hours...
The Village Casino in Bemus Point not only set a new worlds record for most chicken wings sold in a 24-hour period... they shattered it.  The Casino says they managed to beat their goal of selling 55,000 wings sold this past Saturday.  They had initially set the record of 42,210 wings sold in 2018... but. a Wyoming eatery broke that record last year.  This past Saturday... The Casino wound up selling 55,760 wings during that 24-hour period.  Congratulations to everyone involved.