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Investigation into shooting UPMC parking lot is closed

Local/Region July 23, 2026

JAMESTOWN - The investigation into a shooting near UPMC Chautauqua on Wednesday afternoon revealed two people each died as the result of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Jamestown police issued an update around 1 p.m. Thursday. Officers responded to the hospital at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday for a report of two unresponsive individuals in a vehicle in the parking lot of the emergency department. Upon arrival, it was determined that the two victims were deceased. Because the wounds appear to be self-inflicted, the Jamestown Police Department said in a statement there is no criminal ...

Inmate killed in Collins Correctional Facility

Local/Region July 23, 2026

COLLINS – An inmate in a Western New York facility has apparently been killed by a fellow inmate. According to State Police, on Tuesday at about 11 p.m., the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision notified the Bureau of Criminal Investigation of an altercation at Collins Correctional Facility that resulted in the death of an incarcerated individual. The preliminary investigation revealed that an incarcerated individual attacked a second incarcerated individual in a Residential Rehabilitation Unit, resulting in serious physical injury. The incarcerated victim was ...

WWII plane to visit Fly In Breakfast Sunday

Business July 23, 2026

The Dunkirk-Fredonia Rotary Club is welcoming a historic World War II warplane at its 59th Annual Fly-In Breakfast on Sunday, July 26, at the Chautauqua County / Dunkirk Airport located at 3389 Middle Road. The National Warplane Museum, a volunteer-run non-profit organization based in ...

Opera House to screen ‘Disclosure Day’

Community News July 23, 2026

The Cinema Series continues at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center with screenings of “Disclosure Day” Saturday, July 25, and Tuesday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. The Tuesday night screening will be shown with captions visible on the screen. If you found out we weren’t ...

Gowanda re-elects Graham as School Board President

Two charged after incidents at Falconer hotels

Area police July 23, 2026

FALCONER - Issues at Ellicott hotels drew a pair of police responses over the past week., including a woman who ran from police during a warrant check Sunday. Jasmine N. Calloway, 41, of Jamestown was charged with second-degree escape, fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and two counts of petit larceny at 10:58 a.m. Sunday. Ellicott police report conducting a warrant check at a Falconer hotel where it is alleged Calloway had an active arrest warrant for her arrest. Calloway was taken into custody on the arrest warrant and shortly after being placed under arrest, ...