MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. WRFA's Jason Sample talks with Breeanne Agett, epidemiology manager at the Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services, to learn more about the drop in … [Read more...]
Overdose Deaths Down from a year Ago in Chautauqua County
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting drug overdose deaths in Chautauqua County are trending downward compared to other recent years. A report citing data from the Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services says the … [Read more...]
Two Charged with Child Endangerment After Eight-Year-Old Calls 911 Following Overdose
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Police have charged two city residents with Child Endangerment after a child had to call 911 following an apparent drug overdose. According to a report from the Jamestown Police Department, officers were call to an apartment … [Read more...]
Local Officials Want to Keep Drug Epidemic a Top Priority in 2016
MAYVILLE - Another reported overdose death of a county resident in the town of Ellery on Wednesday, combined with an increased number of emergency calls to deal with overdoses, has once again brought the heroin and opioid epidemic back to the public … [Read more...]
Sheriff’s Office Responds to Fatal Drug Overdose in Ellery
ELLERY - The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office responded to a fatal drug overdose on Wednesday. According to a media release sent out by the sheriff's office, deputies were called to a home in the Town of Ellery at about 9:44 a.m. for a suspected … [Read more...]
Vigil Planned for Area Woman who Died from Heroin Overdose in February 2015
DUNKIRK - When 23-year-old Christin Tibbetts died a year ago in Falconer from a heroin overdose, she left her grieving parents as well as a five-year-old daughter. On Saturday, February 27, the first anniversary of her death, her parents, Kim … [Read more...]
Schumer Calls on House to Pass Bill Designed to Fight Heroin Trafficking
BUFFALO - Western New York is still dealing with a major heroin epidemic and its time more is done to eliminate the drug from coming into our communities. That’s according to U.S. senator Charles Schumer, who was in Buffalo on Monday to announce … [Read more...]
County Announces Free Overdose Training Seminar in Dunkirk on March 17
DUNKIRK - A free opioid overdose response training will be held at the next Strength of Support (S.O.S.) group meeting on March 17, 2015 in Dunkirk. The training is open to the public and is available to those in the community who wish to become … [Read more...]
No Additional Chemicals Found in Heroin that Caused Three ODs, One Fatal
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown police say there were no additional chemicals in a batch of heroin that resulted in three overdoses last week, including one fatality. Jamestown Police Captain Robert Samuelson sent out a media release on Wednesday saying … [Read more...]
HEALTH ALERT: Jamestown, NY Police Warn of Pink Packaged Heroin
Heroin Linked to Three ODs, At Least One Fatal JAMESTOWN, NY (Friday, Feb. 27, 2015) - Police Agencies throughout Chautauqua County are warning the public of three heroin overdoses that occurred Friday due to the consumption of heroin that is … [Read more...]
