Town of Chautauqua woman succumbs to injuries in car-bike accident...         
A woman from Chautauqua has died from injuries suffered in car-bicycle accident late last week in the town of Chautauqua.  Sheriff's officers say they were called to the scene on the Chautauqua-Stedman Road shortly before 1 p.m. last Thursday for the accident.  Deputies say the driver of the car... 19 year-old Levi Graham of Ashville... was southbound when the crash occured.  Officers say the car struck the bike... which was operated by 78 year-old Mary Hustead.  Deputies say Hustead was flown from by Mercy Flight to UPMC Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa. where she later died from her injuries.  Graham has been charged with failure to safely pass a bicycle... and, will appear in Chautauqua Town Court at a later date.

10 year-old girl injured after being struck by car on Route 20 Sunday afternoon...
A juvenile bike rider is being treated at a Buffalo-area hospital after being struck by a car in the town of Portland late Sunday.  Sheriff's officers were called to the scene on Route 20 shortly before 5:30 p.m., and, investigated.  First responders also treated the 10 year-old girl at the scene before they were flown to Oishei Children's hospital in Buffalo for non-life threatening injuries.

Jamestown man arrested for brandishing knife during weekend domestic incident...
A man from Jamestown has been arrested for allegedly threatening another person with a knife during a weekend domestic dispute.  Jamestown police were called to a southside address shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday... and, spoke with the victim on arrival.  Officers say their investigation found that 30 year old Andre McQuiggan had brandished a knife at the victim, causing them to fear physical injury during the the incident.  Police took McQuiggan into custody without incident on charges of first-degree menacing... and, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.  He was taken to the city jail pending arraignment.

City man arrested for allowing children to ride on ATV without helmets...
A man from Jamestown has been arrested for allegedly allowing his juvenile child ride an All-Terrain Vehicle on a city street without helmets.  Jamestown police say they were called to a southside business just after 7 a.m. last Saturday on a report of two unattended juveniles.  Officers investigated... and, found that both were alone, and had riden the ATV to the store.  They then contacted the father -- 55 year-old Phillip Hinkley --  and, he was arrested without incident on two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.  Hinkley was held pending arraignment... and, the juveniles were turned over to other family members. 

Ecklund submits list of 15 people to state for local planning commission for deciding on final DRI projects...
A list of 15 people from Jamestown has been submitted for being part of the temporary planning group on the city's Downtown Revitalization Initiative.  That list has been submitted to state development officials for consideration to determine which 10 to 12 projects will receive the $10-million DRI award to the city.  That from Mayor Kim Ecklund... who says the Local Planning Commission can have no direct ties to the proposal... including politicians and those whose project is in the DRI.  Ecklund says the city's been kind of playing catch-up on the process because the Western New York award they received was the last one to be announced.  Ecklund praised the city team -- led by Development Director Crystal Surdyk -- met briefly with state officials to get a direct look at the 24 proposed projects.  The city DRI includes several that have a main focus of tying downtown to the Riverfront area.  Ecklund says they hope to have the 15 member planning commission together to meet later this month.  She made her comments for this weekend's "Community Spotlight" program on the six, Glenora Radio Network stations.

Dunkirk police identify possible homicide suspect...
Dunkirk police have announced they are looking for a Hamburg man who is the suspect in connection with a robbery and attempted robbery at two city businesses last month.  Officers in the north county city say an arrest warrant has been issued for 32-year-old Robert Lyman, who is also facing charges by Hamburg Town Police for a similar incident.  The incidents in the city of Dunkirk took place at Family Dollar on East 4th Street and Crosby's on Central Avenue -- about 20 minutes apart -- during the afternoon of June 16.  Anyone with information regarding Lyman's whereabouts is asked to call Dunkirk Police at 366-2266.

Wdowiasz says Dunkirk city officials have begun the budget process...
The City of Dunkirk has begun the process of creating its budget for next year... and the Mayor wants to complete that process earlier than in years past.  Kate Wdowiasz says she is proposing a calendar that would move the budget deadlines outlined in the City Charter ahead by one month.  Wdowiasz says they've been constantly been critiqued by State Comptroller's Office over its current budget calendar... and, they've been told to start the process sooner.  The City Charter calls for a proposed budget to be presented by Oct. 14, and a final budget to be adopted by Dec. 15.  Wdowiasz says she has asked her finance team to come up with a draft that stays within the state's property tax cap.  She says last year... to fully fund the 2026 budget... they recommended a 6.8% tax increase.  However... the budget for the current year increased taxes by that 2% ceiling.