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ROCHESTER (AP) — A 16-year-old boy was charged with second-degree murder in the fatal attempted carjacking of a 71-year-old man near Rochester this mo...

OLEAN — The city of Olean will likely be the next municipality to lodge a formal protest against the state’s bail and discovery reform law. The Common...

LITTLE VALLEY — Two Cattaraugus County department head appointments are included in prefiled resolutions ready for action by County Legislature commit...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Public Defender’s Office policy of counsel on first appearance policy will continue — at least for the next thr...

LITTLE VALLEY — The state Office of Indigent Legal Services has awarded Cattaraugus County another counsel on first appearance grant for $746,125 to k...

BELMONT — Two-thirds of a million dollars from the state will help the Allegany County Public Defender’s Office provide counsel at arraignments for hu...

For Cattaraugus County Public Defender Mark S. Williams, these are exciting times to be running his office. The recent approval of New York’s state bu...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Legislature Democrats voted against two resolutions dealing with the legal defense of the indigent Wednesday. First...