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BUFFALO — Buffalo’s mayor imposed a citywide 8 p.m. curfew on Tuesday for the rest of the week after a New York State Police trooper suffered a broken...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Saturday that gives death benefits to families of frontline workers who have died during the pande...

On this Memorial Day weekend, we look back at one of the deadliest days in the history of U.S. Special Operations. Nineteen Americans — among them U.S...

ALLEGANY — A small number of Boy Scouts from Olean Troop 621 spread out in St. Bonaventure Cemetery Thursday with flags for veterans graves. Most of t...

Orion Snowberger of Limestone, a member of the Class of 2020 at Allegany-Limestone Central School, has won a $500 award from the Allegany American Leg...

MANHASSET (TNS ) — Another 105 people died due to the coronavirus in New York on Monday, down from 106 the day before. That’s down sharply from April ...

OLEAN — Bill Moore, the caretaker of the Veterans Wall of Honor in War Veterans Park, was stunned by what he found at the site on Sunday. Four of the ...

From cups running over with high-price liquor to bringing the war to Bradner Stadium, from a local honor for Bob Lanier to the birth of Allegany-Limes...

Derek Shelton has been optimistic for weeks about the 2020 MLB season. Even when baseball seemed furthest away, the Pirates’ first-year manager mainta...

Richard Anderson’s letter regarding a photo in the OTH that showed Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul wearing a face mask while at Zoar Valley left me wondering so...

CUBA — Two veteran support groups came together earlier this month in support of area veterans to help alleviate the isolation caused by the COVID-19 ...

The monster who started it, Hitler, was dead, with a coward’s bullet to the head. Also gone was FDR, the man who mobilized a nation and built a worldw...

Victory in Europe. At 6 p.m. on May 8, 1945, Germany officially surrendered to the Allies. It was cause for relief and satisfaction that a heinous foe...

While it’s hard to imagine, life is still going on. People are still getting sick from “normal” diseases. Kids are still driving their parents crazy. ...

In these uncertain times, area veterans have come together to assist other veterans in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties. Normally, the PFC Joseph P. ...

LATHAM — Four members of the New York Army National Guard have re-enlisted. They are:

LATHAM — Several members of the New York Army National Guard have received promotions. The New York Guard said that there were several errors in a rec...

OLEAN — U.S. Army Lt. Col. Chad J. Witherell, an Olean native, is retiring May 31 after 20 years of honorable service. A son of David and Anne Withere...