Jollibee, a global fried chicken chain based out of the Philippines will open in Downtown Jamaica Thursday (Photo Google Maps)

A young man from Kingston, Jamaica, was gunned down near Jamaica, Queens, early Saturday morning.

Police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica responded to a 911 call of a man shot at 199-23 Linden Blvd. in St. Albans just after 1:30 a.m. on May 4.

May. 8, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are on the lookout for a lone gunman in a lumberjack jacket who opened fire on several people sitting in a parked car on a St. Albans street during the early morning hours of Thursday, May 2.

Three people were inside a vehicle on a commercial strip on Jamaica Avenue near 179th Place at around 4:10 a.m., when a stranger approached and shot at the car before running off in an unknown direction, police said.

May. 8, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Local government leaders gathered at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica on Sunday, May 5, to host a street co-naming ceremony honoring the legacy of a founding member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. 

May. 8, 2024 By Tangerine Clarke

New York State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. who represents the 15^th Senate District in Queens, on Saturday, May 4 partnered with Community Board 9, to bring awareness and support the Autism and Developmental Disabilities and Resource Fair at the 2^nd Annual walk in Phil “Scooter Rizzuto Park/Smokey Oval, in Richmond Hill.

May. 7, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Mayor Eric Adams signed two pieces of legislation this month that will provide self-defense training and body armor to Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and Paramedics in the FDNY.

May. 7, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld

A fisherman discovered a human skull floating in Jamaica Bay off the coast of Queens early Tuesday morning.

May. 7, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Three local Republican candidates vying for various local and state government positions held a press conference in Jamaica on Monday to address the city’s current migrant crisis.

May. 7, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Several local small business owners have the chance to showcase their products at one of four retail kiosks in John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 8.

A Westchester man was arrested on May 1 and booked at the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica for an unprovoked attack on an F train rider at the 169th Street subway station in Jamaica Hills last month.

Devon Pennant, 27, whose last known address was at the Croton Heights apartments on Ashburton Avenue in Yonkers, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on May 2 on a complaint charging him with assault and harassment for an incident that occurred during the early morning hours of Friday, Apr. 12.