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News Headlines for Fri., Aug. 21, 2015

New director named for FBI office in Buffalo...

An FBI agent with experience investigating Internet and international terrorism has been chosen to lead the agency's Buffalo office.  FBI Director James Comey announced the appointment of Adam Cohen as special agent in charge of the upstate New York office on Thursday.  Cohen most recently served as the section chief for the FBI's Counterterrorism Internet Operations Section, managing investigations of terrorists' use of the Internet.  He began his FBI career in the New York City field office in 1997.  Cohen will report to Buffalo in early October.


Sweat now arraigned on Felony charges in connection with prison break with Richard Matt...

Convicted killer and captured prison escape David Sweat has been arraigned on a pair of felony counts over the breakout. David Sweat escaped June 6 from Clinton Correctional Facility with fellow inmate Richard Matt.  Matt was shot dead June 26, and Sweat was shot and captured two days later.  The 35-year-old Sweat is already serving life without parole for the killing of a sheriff's deputy.  He was hospitalized after his capture and then sent to a different prison.


Janesville, Tri-Valley, advance to division finals of BRWS...

An outstanding 13 year-old Babe Ruth World Series for the Western New York representative has come to an end.  Ithaca... which made it to the single-elimination part of the series... was eliminated last night by Janesville, Wisconsin, 7-0.  But... for a self-annointed "underdog... " Ithaca did well.  Janesville was one of three teams that went 3-and-1 in round-robin play.  Manager Tom Davey says his kids have looked strong... but, adds it's "13 year-old baseball.  Let's make the routine plays and throw strikes and see how things unfold."  Also at Russell E. Diethrick, Jr. Park last night... Tri-Valley, California edged out Paulino-Bronx by an 8-to-2 score.  With that... tonight's semi-finals are set.  In the early game... top-seed Bismark, North Daktota will take on Tri-Valley at 5 p.m., while Janesville will play Tri-County, Maine in the second-game.  In addition to tuning us in... you can keep up at jamestownworldseries.org... or Jamestown BRWS on Facebook.  They're also on Twitter.


Jamestown Babe Ruth series team member says it was a "great experience..."

They didn't win any games... but, playing in the Babe Ruth World Series was a great experience for the host Jamestown team.  That from Isaah Rojas... one of the players on the Jamestown team in the 13-year-old Babe Ruth World Series.  The host team gets a berth in the series, and four games in the 'round robin' part of the tournament.  Rojas says the team knew going in it would be a big challenge because they play better than most teams, and are the "best teams in the country."  Rojas and his teammates did a lot of volunteering to support the world series... and he knows the community did a great deal to support the team, and thanked the community for cheering them on.  The semi-final games in the Babe Ruth World Series begin at 5 p.m. today Diethrick Park.  The championship will be at 1 p.m. Saturday.  Sponsors bought out all the games so fans can attend free of charge.


Ross says 1978 Camp David Peace accords part of Carter's legacy...

A long-time friend of former U-S President Jimmy Carter says Carter will fight his recent diagnosis of brain cancer with the same determination he showed while in public office.  American diplomat and author Dennis Ross was one of yesterday's featured lecturers at Chautauqua Institution.  Ross also worked with the state Departments of a number of presidents... both, Republicans and Democrats -- often working on issues involving Israel.  Ross says Carter's defining work was the 1978 Camp David Peace Accords... which served as the basis for future treaties he was directly involved with.  He says those include the pacts crafted in 1993 and 1995.  Ross says -- when negotating a peace deal -- you have to be practical and deal with the "reality on the ground."  He began his government work in the Department of Defense under Jimmy Carter... and, is now a Special Assistant and Envoy for President Obama.  He is a distinguished Fellow with the Washington Institute.  Ross and another Senior Fellow at the institute -- Ghaith Al-Omari -- spoke yesterday as part of "The Middle East Now and Next" week at Chautauqua.


Former Lakewood Mayoral candidate files suit against current mayor, police and others...

A former mayoral candidate in Lakewood is now taking steps to sue the current mayor and Lakewood-Busti Police Department for a reported $5-million.  Officials confirm that Randy Ridgeway is filing the suit over what he calls a 'wrongful' domestic incident arrest... and, an alleged attempt to destroy his credibility.  A notice of claim has been filed against the police department, and Mayor David Wordelmann... as well as his own campaign manager, and fund-raiser--promoter.  Lakewood-Busti Police Chief John Bentley spoke briefly to village officials this week about the matter.  Bentley says Ridgeway was charged in June after allegedly attacking and strangling his girlfriend.  He says the claim states that Wordelmann and the other defendants "acted in malice and corruption..." to sabotage his mayoral campaign, and got his girlfriend to file a false claim against him.  An order of protection against Ridgeway has been dismissed in court.


Horrigan says SBA Flood assistance can now applied for...

Chautauqua County residents and small-businesses hit by the flash flooding in July will now be able to apply for federal low-interest loans.  State Senator Cathy Young says Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed the necessary paperwork for the loan program through the U.S. Small Business Administration.  County Executive Vince Horrigan says he is pleased with the news... and, he thanked Young for moving the process along.  The loans can be used to make repairs or replace items damaged or destroyed in last month's flooding, according to Young.