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Local, county and state authorities have already begun coordinating this Thanksgiving holiday period to stop drunken and impaired driving. Gov. Andrew...

Today we celebrate one of our beloved holidays unique to North America, Thanksgiving Day. It is a day for gathering with family and friends, for feast...

LEON — A 43-year-old Cassadaga woman was killed Tuesday when her car struck a horse on Mosher Hollow Road in the town of Leon and rolled over several ...

OLEAN — There are new rules for parking in Olean this winter. During the Olean Common Council’s legislative session Tuesday, its members unanimously a...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Legislature unanimously approved a $228.6 million budget for 2016 on Tuesday. The tax levy, or amount to be rai...

ST. BONAVENTURE — There have been no further developments in an investigation on whether two St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball players assau...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers are expected to approve the 2016 county budget of $228.6 million following a public hearing this afternoo...

ALBANY (AP) — In a move to ease Thanksgiving holiday traffic, New York state will temporarily halt highway lane closures caused by road work. Gov. And...

This holiday season, the American Red Cross urges individuals to give something that means something — a blood or platelet donation. This simple, pote...

ALBANY (AP) — Owners of a wedding venue who were fined $13,000 for violating the state's anti-discrimination law argued Monday that they should be leg...

NEW YORK (AP) — Motivated by greed, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver devised schemes to collect millions of dollars in kickbacks in exchange for...

ALLEGANY — More than 70 baskets containing “all the fixings” for Thanksgiving dinner were provided Saturday to families in need during the annual proj...

The old homestead of a famed local family which pioneered Olean’s timber industry — and birthed the city’s most highly decorated war hero — is still t...

OLEAN — Redevelopment of one of the oldest buildings in downtown Olean is on the horizon. Earlier last week, Paul Petruzzi signed all the necessary do...

Here’s some more Cattaraugus County history and trivia as compiled by local historian Earl McElfresh:

The area will see some lake effect snow today through Monday morning, but the wintery weather still isn’t here to stay. A lake effect snow warning was...

OLEAN — The second of two robbery suspects in a Nov. 6 home invasion turned himself in to Buffalo police early Saturday morning. James E. Pittman, 25,...

The St. Bonaventure University athletic department can be a bit more flexible with promotions when students are off for break. That happens to work ou...