City police seeking public's help in finding the person or person's responsible for wounding a man, and shooting multiple rounds into a house on the northside...
Jamestown police are asking for the public's help in finding who shot and wounded a man duing an incident on the city's northside... near Jackson-Taylor Park... last Saturday night.  Jamestown police responded to a gunshot complaint about 7:15 p.m. in the area of Lafayette St. and Isabella Ave.  On arrival... officers say they found several shell casings in the area... and, secured the scene.  About 10 minutes later... police received a report of a male gunshot victim arriving at UPMC Chautauqua Hospital.  The man was treated for a non-life threatening injury... and, was released a short time later.  About half an hour later... police were called to another gunshot complaint in the area of Columbia Avenue.  Officers say they found that multiple rounds had struck a home in the neighborhood... and, no injuries resulted.  City police are investigating both incidents... and, if you have any information on them... please call Jamestown police at 483-7537... or their confidential tips line at 483-Tips... that's 483-8477.

One person hurt in alleged stabbing in Dunkirk late Sunday night...
One person was transported to Brooks Memorial Hospital following a reported fight in the City of Dunkirk's Fourth Ward Sunday night.  Dunkirk Police were called to the 100-block of Townsend Street at about 10:45 p.m. and discovered a male victim with an apparent stab wound.  Officers say the victim was uncooperative and was transported by Dunkirk Fire for minor injuries.

Chautauqua County officials pleased with emergency response to crash landing at airport...
The clean-up and investigation of Monday's crash of a small, private jet plane at the Chautauqua County Airport near Jamestown will keep the facility closed until next week.  Thankfully, neither the pilot nor co-pilot suffered major injuries.  County leaders were also pleased with the emergency response by local fire departments, and ambulance services.  Emergency Services Director Noel Guttman says they had a "huge response" as part of their plan to deal with such incidents... and, County Executive P.J. Wendel singled out the work of the airport fire and crash crew... which quickly identified the situation... and, put in the call for mutual aid.  Guttman adds that having the pilot and co-pilot walked away from the crash scene also made fighting the fire easier for fire personnel.  Neither man has been identified at this point.  Airport Manager Shannon Fisher says they were "very fortunate" to walk away... but, it also spoke to the ability of the pilot to crash-land the aircraft as safely as possible.  County emergency services and local fire companies reviewed their plans for dealing with airport crashes after the double-fatal crash that occured in June of last year.  Fisher says the two men had earlier taken off from Dunkirk, and were headed to Jamestown before flying to Florida, when the jet developed serious electrical problems.

City looking to begin use of new, streamlined special event permit forms...
The city of Jamestown has come up with a new, and more streamlined process for applying for special permits for events that take place in the city during the year.  The City Council's Public Safety Committee reviewed the proposed process during Monday night's meeting with Deputy City Clerk Leigh Ann Jordan... who says the new application was developed by Mayor Kim Ecklund's Administrative Assistant Joe Calimeri.  Jordan says he combined the parks use form, and special events form to avoid the confusion seen at times in the past.  The discussion took place following a report on a number of special events approved by the committee.  Jordan says... the new applications will be available once council approves them.  The new proposed Special Event forms were approved by the Public Safety Committee at Monday night's committee meeting... and were discussed during the later work session.

Village of Celoron urges residents to stay off new playground platform until new solid surface hardens after being poured...
The installation of new playground equipment in Celoron's Lucille Ball Memorial Park has been completed.  However... the surface under the equipment needs to be prepared for the solid surface application.  With that... Village Clerk Shirley Sanflippo says the playground is closed to the public.  It is currently fenced off, and marked as "closed."  However... both children and adults have been in the playground area... and, disturbing the surface.  As a result... Sanflippo says all the preparation work has to be redone resulting in a delay in pouring the solid surface that will cover the entire area.  She says, once the surface has been poured, it must set undisturbed for "3 to 4 days" or it will not be.  If not... the resulting damage would require repair and additional delays in opening the playground.

City man arrested for digging up town of Gerry time capsule...
A Jamestown man nas been arrested for allegedly digging up the town of Gerry's time capsule without permission.  Sheriff's officers say they were notified this past Tuesday of the incident... and, found that 69 year-old Dennis Torrey had unlawfully dug up the capsule... damaging the concrete that encased it.  Torrey was taken into custody on one count of fourth-degree criminal mischief... and, released with appearance tickets for Gerry Town Court at a later date.