WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department will continue to be funded until September of this year. That after Congress Tuesday approved a $40 billion homeland security spending measure despite the majority of Republicans voting against … [Read more...]
Homeland Security Funding Gets One-Week Extension
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress this week will continue to discuss the issue of funding for the Department of Homeland Security after lawmakers on Friday approved a one-week extension at the eleventh hour. According to The Buffalo News, the vote … [Read more...]
City Police Work with State and Federal Officials to Shut Down Heroin Ring
JAMESTOWN - New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and the New York State Police, the Jamestown Police Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Border Patrol today announced that narcotics possession and sale, conspiracy … [Read more...]
Nine Local Fire Departments Receive Federal Funding to Upgrade Communication System
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have announced more than $360,000 in federal funding for nine fire departments in Chautauqua County. The Lakewood Fire Department applied for this funding on behalf of the … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: City Police Continue Search for Suspect Connected to Meth Operation
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Police are continuing their search for a Jamestown man allegedly connected to the illegal manufacturing and selling of methamphetamine in the city. City police say 38 year-old Donald W. Dean is wanted for his connection into a … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Jamestown to Receive Nearly $465,000 Federal Grant for New Fire Vehicles
JAMESTOWN - It’s probably the single biggest amount of public safety funding Jamestown has ever received from the federal government. That from Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi, who informed members of the city council Monday night that Jamestown is set to … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Sixteen People Arrested in City Drug Trafficking Sweep
JAMESTOWN - An investigation into drug trafficking and related activity in the Jamestown has resulted in charges being filed against 16 people. The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting today that 13 people were charged Thursday following a warrant … [Read more...]
Higgins Announces Extension of Application Period for Fire Grant Program
WASHINGTON - Chautauqua County’s current Congressman, Brian Higgins, has announced the Department of Homeland Security is extending the application deadline for grants through the Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Program. The original deadline … [Read more...]
