Commentary, Local Columnists
May 09, 2025
President Trump made headlines recently for suggesting that Alcatraz, the infamous prison in San Francisco Bay, should be reopened to house the worst ...
Local News, News, NY State News
May 05, 2025
UTICA — A corrections officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in the fatal beating of a handcuffed inmate at an upstate New York prison — an att...
Daily Headlines, Local News, News, ...
Mar 11, 2025
State Sen. George Borrello called the governor's executive order banning more than 2,000 fired prison guards from being hired for other state jobs "no...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor, New York
Mar 11, 2025
The Allegany County Sheriff's Office stands with the men and women of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). ...
News, NY State News
Mar 11, 2025
ALBANY — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state's ...
Daily Headlines, Local News, News, ...
Mar 09, 2025
SYRACUSE (TNS) — The union representing striking corrections officers andNew York statemade a deal Saturday to end the weeks-long strike . The agreeme...
Local News
Mar 06, 2025
PITTSBURGH — University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Joan Gabel has selected Dr. Tony Gaskew, professor of criminal justice at the university’s Bradford c...
News, NY State News
Mar 05, 2025
NEW YORK — Fifteen prison staffers have been placed on leave following the death of a man incarcerated in New York state, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced ...
News, NY State News, Western New York
Mar 03, 2025
A wildcat strike by New York state prison guards stretched into a third week Monday, prompting officials to start firing workers for failing to abide ...
Daily Headlines, Local News, News, ...
Mar 02, 2025
The chief of New York state's prison system said Sunday that any officers still on strike Monday will have their health care benefits terminated — ret...
Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, News, ...
Feb 28, 2025
A tentative agreement has been reached to end a wildcat strike that has disrupted the state's prison system for more than a week — causing Gov. Kathy ...
News, NY State News
Feb 24, 2025
COXSACKIE — A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to replace corrections...
Crime, News, NY State News
Feb 20, 2025
UTICA (AP) — Six New York prison workers have been indicted for second-degree murder in the beating death of an inmate who was handcuffed, while four ...
Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Feb 17, 2025
State corrections officers were picketing Monday outside Collins Correctional Facility and another Southern Tier prison in what the officers called a ...
Allegany County News, Local News, News, ...
Jan 10, 2025
ALFRED — Two Alfred University librarians have received a prestigious award from the South Central Regional Library Council for their research into th...
News, NY State News
Dec 27, 2024
NEW YORK — A man fatally beaten in a New York prison this month was repeatedly pummeled by correction officers while in handcuffs, struck in the chest...
Commentary, Nation World
Dec 25, 2024
WASHINGTON(TNS) — PresidentJoe Bidenannounced Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death-row inmates to life in prison w...
News, NY State News
Dec 22, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's governor has ordered more than a dozen prison staffers to be fired over the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this month. ...
May 11, 2025
ALFRED — Approximately 1,000 eligible graduates crossed the stage at Alfred State College’s 114th commencement ceremony held at Pioneer Stadium. Famil...
Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
May 10, 2025
PORTVILLE — It was Tuesday afternoon, and Evelyn Sabina was reviewing another successful Dream It Do It event with Jeff Belt. During the conversation,...
Business, Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, ...
May 10, 2025
OLEAN — Now what happens? That was the daunting question facing the community, particularly its governmental, educational and business leaders — when ...
Agriculture, Business, Local News
May 10, 2025
OLEAN — The Olean Area Farmers Market will hold its first market of the 2025 season today from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lincoln Park pavilion along Sou...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
May 10, 2025
OLEAN — Now that the calendar reads “May,” people in the Olean area can be sure that one sign of spring will have arrived: Rock City Park is open for ...
Local News, News
May 10, 2025
OLEAN — Spring is finally here and we can almost feel life quieting down a little. After a chilly winter and the chaos of the holidays, it is time to ...
