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ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul is toughening her public safety platform to help Democrats retake control of the House, a strategic reset after Republicans...

New York’s struggling legal cannabis market has hit another wall in the form of a judge’s order that it must stop issuing new licenses and providing o...

OLEAN — A proposal to place stop signs on Front Street has hit a legal roadblock for now. Olean Mayor Bill Aiello, in a report to the Common Council o...

CHAUTAUQUA (TNS) — Arts organizations and opera companies around the country are staring down significant cuts to remain solvent. Some aren’t going do...

BELMONT — The Allegany County District Attorney’s Office reported the following cases were heard in court this week:

BUFFALO — A migrant from Venezuela facing a charge of rape in Western New York has touched off a firestorm of criticism from Republicans , who have be...

LITTLE VALLEY — A Delevan man was sentenced in Cattaraugus County Court Monday to two years in state prison for his conviction of attempted failure to...

ALBANY — A New York judge has temporarily blocked the state from issuing retail marijuana licenses after a lawsuit from four veterans who argue that r...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s congressional Democrats are urging stricter federal action on the criminal organizations behind large-scale drug trafficking...

ALBANY — In a scathing ruling last month, a judge said the FBI had used a "villain" of an informant to manipulate a group of Muslim men into going alo...

A bill to limit surcharges on speeding tickets is more than about saving taxpayers money. It’s about issuing a reminder and sending a message about th...

Hillary Clinton can’t say she didn’t warn us. In a new 3,500-word essay on “The Weaponization of Loneliness” in The Atlantic, the former secretary of ...

Congressional Democrats returned home last week to tout new federal legislation intended to stop a surge in retail theft. It’s an interesting concept,...

From breaking up the “House of Comfort” to an Oleander at the top of her game in the nightclub circuit, from welcoming the latest addition at the fair...

BRADFORD, Pa. — This week marks two years since a 65-count indictment charged the Hvizdzak brothers with a $30 million cryptocurrency fraud. It also m...

At halftime, it seemed as though New York would be the runaway winner. Through two quarters, New York had dominated Pennsylvania on both sides of the ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that his administration is opening a new migrant shelter on Randalls Island with capacity for 2,000...

OLEAN — Mercy Flight of Western New York will open up its Boardmanville facility to the public for the site’s 25th anniversary later this year. From 1...