public safety

ALFRED — Cole Bingham and Crystal Paulsen were sworn in by Alfred State President Dr. Steven Mauro as the newest university police officers in Alfred....

Cindy Nupp, the animal-control officer for Olean and the surrounding area, faces a “long and challenging recovery” from injuries she suffered in a dog...

WELLSVILLE — As volunteer fire departments struggle for new members, in some communities youth are coming to the rescue. Over the last decades volunte...

BELMONT — Landyn Burrows, a 10th-grade student at Genesee Valley Central School, recently became the first member of the school’s Junior Firefighter P...

The Cattaraugus County fire coordinator said two firefighters who were injured Sunday morning as they battled a structure fire on Yankee Hill Road in ...

Two firefighters were reportedly injured Sunday morning as they battled a structure fire on Yankee Hill Road in Ischua. According to a Cattaraugus Cou...

Four teams from the Northeast Region of the HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response organization were recently called to Southern California to provide c...

Cattaraugus County has been chosen to receive a total of $27,680.00 in FEMA funds to supplement the local emergency food and shelter programs througho...

OLEAN — The Olean Fire Department reported Monday that no residents injured following a structure fire in a residence on South 16th Street. City firef...

OLEAN — No injuries were reported in an early morning garage fire on King Street. Olean firefighters reported a call at 4:38 a.m. Friday indicating se...

Gage and Emy Brinsky know, when mom and dad aren’t there, it’s most likely because they’re busy helping others. Leah and Robbie Brinsky, parents to Ga...

Several fire departments and ambulance services responded Thursday afternoon to a fire that engulfed a multi-unit apartment building in Friendship in ...

Emergency management agencies in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties each received thousands of dollarsto support planning and operational readiness for...

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is recruiting its next class of state park police officer trainees to serve t...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES criminal justice instructor Tim Emley and Staff Sgt. Kyle Kinney of the New York National Guard put Emley’s student...

ALFRED — The Alfred State Police Academy honored the sixth class of graduates at a ceremony held at Lake Lodge. The class featured 14 graduates from b...

OLEAN — Olean High School went into a lockdown Thursday morning following reports of a social media threat that was deemed a hoax. Principal Jeffrey A...

NIAGARA FALLS (AP) — A 33-year-old mother climbed over a safety rail and intentionally went over Niagara Falls with her two children, a 9-year-old and...