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John Whittaker

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
171
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · By John Whittaker

    Jamestown OTB office to close Oct. 31 (opens the original)

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    A little more than a month after announcing a record payment to Chautauqua County, the Western New York Off-Track Betting Corp. has announced it will close Jamestown's OTB branch on Second Street. The OTB board plans to cut its branch operations from eight locations to two, with branches remaining in Williamsville and Gates. Locations in Auburn, Cheektowaga, Empire, Jamestown, Rochester and North Tonawanda are all scheduled to close at the end of October. The OTB board is expected to take formal

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · By John Whittaker

    Cedric the Entertainer to perform in Salamanca in January (opens the original)

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    Cedric the Entertainer will bring his vaunted stand-up act to the Seneca Allegany Casino stage in January. Beginning in the 1990s, Cedric the Entertainer built a career in stand-up comedy, as well as in film, television, and voice acting, earning recognition for his contributions to American comedy and entertainment. He had starred in "The Neighborhood" on CBS from 2018 to 2026, with the long-running sitcom coming to an end earlier this year as rising production costs and cast salaries made the

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · By John Whittaker

    Homeless man charged with destroying St. Susan Center freezer system (opens the original)

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    A homeless Jamestown man has been charged with destroying the cooling system at the St. Susan Center in August. Jurall R. Reid, 33, was charged Monday with second-degree criminal mischief and fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. Reid was arraigned in Jamestown City Court and released. City police responded to a report from the St. Susan Center manager on August 17 of a criminal mischief complaint at the center. At 5:34 p.m. Aug. 16, the St. Susan Center cooling system was destroy

  4. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · By John Whittaker

    Appeals Court hears arguments in murder case (opens the original)

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    BATAVIA – Whether a grand jury indictment charging a Silver Creek woman with second-degree murder is reinstated or not now lies in the hands of five judges in the Fourth Department Appellate Division. Ashley Bertino of Silver Creek was charged by grand jury in 2025 with second-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child after her 12-year-old daughter Mya Smith died April 29, 2024, from diabetic ketoacidosis, commonly referred to as untreated d

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · By John Whittaker

    GOP lawmakers want crimes involving children to be bail eligible (opens the original)

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    A pair of Republicans are proposing making any crime involving a child bail-eligible under the state's bail laws. Joe DeStefano, R-Medford, and Sen. Dean Murray, R-Patchogue, have proposed legislation (A.11713/S.10679) that would amend the state Criminal Procedure Law to include violations involving children as qualifying offenses when judges consider setting bail. The Republican lawmakers want judges to include as a qualifying offense any crime where the principal is alleged to have caused phys

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