A city man is jailed without bail for allegedly killing another man who was found laying face down in a driveway on Jamestown's eastside early last Saturday morning.
City Police Lieutenant Fred DeGolier says officers were called to the area of 508 to 512 East Sixth Street about 4:45 a.m., and, found the victim, Michael Bull laying between two cars.
DeGolier says their investigation found that Bull had died from blunt force trauma. He says officers arrested 51 year-old Micheal Korzeniewski for second-degree murder.
Korzeniewski was arraigned and, sent to the county jail without bail. The Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office and the county's Forensic Investigation Team are also involved in the investigation.
One person has died, while two others were hurt in a one-car rollover crash on Route 242 in the Cattaraugus County Town of Little Valley early last weekend.
Sheriff's deputies in Little Valley say they were called to the scene shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday and, found one person, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers say the county coroner was called to the scene and, the other two victims were taken to a local hospital for treatment. No names are being released pending notification of relatives. The accident remains under investigation.
Expect to see stepped up enforcement of the use of crosswalks in downtown Fredonia once the state Department of Transporation finishes work on the "Complete Streets" program in the village.
Police Chief Brad Meyers says more cross-walks have been added after repaving Route 20 through the village and, he says the department will be stepping up enforcement.
Meyers say bike lanes and the crosswalks have been added, and with that they will also be enforcing people crossing in the cross-walks as well. He says that signs will be added to crosswalks that are not located at intersections where traffic lights are in operation, although drivers will have to keep an eye out for the signs once they are installed. He says those without traffic lights will have signage leading up to them, then right at the crosswalk itself.
Meyers expects the State DOT to complete the work within the next one to two weeks. New York State law requires motorists to stop for pedestrians using crosswalks.
Police in western New York say two adult hikers from Buffalo died and one of their children was hurt after falling from a cliff.
Authorities say the bodies of 35-year-old Amanda Green and 33-year-old William Green were discovered along with their injured 4-year-old son in Zoar Valley shortly before 1 PM Sunday.
Rescuers found the couple's 7-year-old son unharmed.
Erie County Sheriff's Department Spokesman Scott Zylka, the 4-year-old boy was airlifted to Women and Children's Hospital where he is listed in critical condition. The 7-year-old boy is being evaluated.
There have been a few national media entities that have drawn the direct ire of President Donald Trump and his administration and, they include the Washington Post. But covering the president of the United State is always challenging.
At the same, the lead editor at the Post says Donald Trump has been especially challenging.
Executive Editor Marty Baron of the Washington Post was featured lecturer at Chautauqua Insitution last Friday and, says they're part of what Trump calls "fake news."
Baron admits it's a "little hard not to be upset about those kinds of comments" but, he adds they keep coming into do their work, the best they can. He was interviewed on the Chautauqua Stage by University of Arizona Journalism and Mass Communication Department chief Eric Newton. He spoke earlier with our Dennis Webster and Matt Warren on our "Chautauqua Now" program.
Baron adds their editing work is always rigorous especally on their most "sensative stories." Baron appeared to wrap up "Media and the News: Ethics in the Digital Age" week at Chautauqua.
In New York state government news, lawmakers are using the summer to connect with constituents back home, and a Senate task force takes aim at tick-borne illness in the face of what experts say is an especially bad year for the blood-sucking creatures.
A Senate task force plans to meet Aug. 29 in Albany to hear from medical authorities, tick experts and others involved in trying to prevent infections and fight the illnesses.
Republican Senator Sue Serino chairs the task force. The Hudson Valley lawmaker noted that while tick-borne illness is nothing new downstate, it's now clear illnesses like Lyme disease is a statewide concern.
A 74-year-old man died this summer in Saratoga County after contracting Powassan virus.
