Jamestown man arrested after child in his care is found wandering on city street...
A man from Jamestown has been arrested for child endangerment after his 2-year-old was found wandering on a city street late Tuesday morning.  Jamestown police were called to an intersection on the eastside shortly before 11 a.m. on a report of the child being outside and unsupervised.  Officers say when they arrived... they learned that 33 year-old David Burkhart III was responsible for the child.  Burkhart was later arrested for endangering the welfare of a child... and, was taken to the city jail pending arraignment.  The child was uninjured and placed in the temporary care of a family friend. 

City woman arrested for violating order of protection on Greater Jamestown Riverwalk last weekend...
A woman from Jamestown has been arrested on the city's Riverwalk for allegedly violating an order of protection... and, resisting police.  Officers were called to the scene shortly before 10:30 p.m. last Friday for an unrelated complaint.  On arrival... police spotted 25 year-old Samantha Lugo in violation of the active "stay-away" order.  Lugo fled on foot after seeing officers... but, she was quickly located nearby.  She's accused of resisting arrest after a brief struggle with officers before being taken into custody.  Lugo was charged with first-degree criminal contempt... and, resisting arrest.  She was jailed pending arraignment.

Man from Jamestown arrested for DWAI following well-being check on city's eastside...
A well-being check last Friday morning led to the arrest of a Jamestown man for driving while under the influence of drugs.  City police were called to the area of East Second Street shortly before 1 a.m. to check on the driver.  Officers say they found that 41 year-old Brandon Fogle was operating the vehicle with a revoked license... and, found that he was driving under the influence.  Police arrested Fogle for DWAI-Drugs... third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation... and, other vehicle and traffic infractions.  Fogle was released with appearance tickets for City Court.

Wendel pushes getting Dunkirk to the "front of the line" when it comes to NYS siting a new, nuclear power plant...
Chautauqua County's top-elected official is praising a recent forum on using Advanced Nuclear Power... and, wants to know how Dunkirk can "get to the front of the line."  That from County Executive P.J. Wendel... following last week's "Nuclear 101" forum held in the north county about the idea of retrofitting the former NRG Plant to general power using nuclear energy.  Wendel says he's convinced it's the way to go to produce more power for the state... and, do it responsibly.  He says the newer technologies reduce emissions significantly and cleaner power production is what's needed.  State Senator George Borrello hosted the forum... and, he admits that there is also plenty of controversy still surrounding nuclear energy.  Wendel says he was able to speak with the head of "Nuclear New York" and the other experts on hand afterwards... and, asked questions... namely how does the former NRG Power Plant become part of the equation.  He says he also wants to follow up with Governor Kathy Hochul to reiterate the county's interest.  Wendel made his comments for last weekend's "Community Spotlight" program on the six Glenora Radio Network stations.   

Sherman man arrestee after alleged burglary at condemned home...
A man from Sherman has been arrested for allegeldy breaking into a condemned home in the town about a week before Independence Day.  Sheriff's officers say they were called to the unidentified location shortly before 8:30 a.m. last Friday on the burglary report.  Their investigation found that 62 year-old Kevin Cole was inside the condemned residence about a week prior -- on Sat., June 27 -- and he was not authorized to be there.  Cole was issued an appearance ticket for Sherman Town Court on one count of second-degree criminal trespass.

United Way brings in more than $8,500 in Community Baby Shower...
The final numbers have been tallied for the United Way of Chautauqua County's annual Community Baby Shower.  This year's drive generated more than $8,500 worth of new baby items.  Executive Director Amy Rohler says the United Way's community partners recently collected the items at its Dunkirk and Jamestown offices... and, includes everything from Catholic Charities, Rural Ministries and The Salvation Army.  Community Relations Coordinator Dan Siracuse spoke with some of those partner agencies who collected items at the Dunkirk office.  He says it's a good reminder of the work the United Way does because they are often in the background of those efforts.  The new baby items, which were collected at seven locations across Chautauqua County, will be distributed to local at-risk moms and their newborns.

Gillibrand renews call for banning "Memecoins" from being issued or sponsored by lawmakers...
New York's Junior U.S. Senator is renewing her call to bar all elected officials... and, their spouses... from issuing or sponsoring their own digital assests.  Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand's new push comes following new reporting on President Trump's personal financial disclosures -- which show that his single largest source of income in 2025... $636-million -- came from issuing a memecoin.  Under the proposal... which Gillibrand has championed alongside a group of colleagues... it would be illegal for President Trump to issue or sponsor any digital asset, including memecoins. The First Lady also issued her own memecoin and separately reported $6-million in income from NFTs and other digital collectibles.  Gillibrand calls it "a commonsense requirement that should get broad bipartisan support -- public officials and their spouses should not be issuing memecoins."