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Missing Jamestown man found Saturday

The search for a missing Jamestown man has come to an end after he was found safely on Saturday. Christopher Allenson, 58, of Jamestown had been missing since Tuesday, May 12, prompting several searches of the area late last week as well as posters to be posted throughout the city. He had ...

Plenty of eyes on Pennsylvania's primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic voters in Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary will pick their nominees to flip four seats seen as critical for the party to retake the U.S. House in November. Republicans hold a slim House majority, and just a handful of seats could determine whether they continue to control the chamber next year. Democrats see four competitive Republican-held districts in Pennsylvania as among their top pick-up opportunities. U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick in the 1st Congressional District, Ryan Mackenzie in the 7th Congressional District, Rob Bresnahan in the 8th ...

Probe leads to 15 charges in Erie drug trafficking conspiracy

ERIE, Pa. — Fifteen individuals from Erie, Jamestown and Ohio have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of violating federal narcotics laws as the result of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced Monday during a press conference held at Erie City Hall. The defendants were named in two separate but related one-count Indictments. The first of those indictments charged 13 of the defendants with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute various quantities of fentanyl and/or cocaine. The second indictment ...

Still at a trickle

TIDIOUTE — Residents served by the Southwest Warren County Municipal Authority remain under a boil water advisory as officials continue working to stabilize the public water system following months of pressure loss, filtration problems and storm-related turbidity spikes. The advisory, ...

Chautauqua County seeks help in 1988 murder

Chautauqua County investigators are looking for the public’s help on a 38-year-old murder. On May 18, 1988 Kathy Wilson of Jamestown was kidnapped. Her body was recovered on Sept. 24, 1989 in Lander, Pennsylvania, which sits between Sugar Grove and Russell. The Sheriff’s Office is ...

From Museums To Music

Derek McKown was born in 1958, and raised in Warren, graduating in the Class of 1976. Receiving his bachelor’s in history from Clarion, with graduate work in museum studies, from the State University at Buffalo. “All I ever wanted to do was work in museums. When I started in museums ...