rescue

It doesn’t take long for a real-world event to turn into a piece of entertainment, especially if the right elements are there from the start. Innocent...

OLEAN — A lot of people only think of the SPCA with dogs and cats, but it does so much more, attorney and SPCA advisor Ginger Schroeder wrote recently...

GREENWICH (AP) — Authorities are looking for a fisherman who saved two children from drowning in a lake in upstate New York so they can thank him. The...

From the return of fallen heroes to self defense with a firewood axe, from hoards of sugar-motivated tykes sacking Oak Hill Park to saving a life on G...

SALAMANCA — A local man keeps the memory of his late wife alive by continuing to support local animal rescue groups per her wishes. Bill Steckman of S...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Halo wasn’t the kind of rescue dog everybody wanted, or that anybody wanted, for nearly a year. Surrendered by her owners after t...

CUBA — The cats at Joyful Rescues have known about Cuba-Rushford senior Christianna Reynolds for years now — she’s been volunteering there since the e...

OLEAN — During a five-day period earlier this week, neighbors on North Seventh Street, and many in the community, tried to help with the rescue of a y...

BRADFORD, Pa. — American Refining Group Inc. will conduct full-scale, live drills Wednesday at the refinery beginning just after 8 a.m. ARG’s Emergenc...

Nathan Kloc, a 2019 graduate of Portville Central School, carried on a family tradition by serving as a volunteer firefighter. His efforts have also e...

It was a case of bad luck … turned into good luck. When the Tractor Supply store in Arcade had a water pipe burst early Jan. 13, employees arrived to ...

FRIENDSHIP — Two people were rescued from the roof of a vehicle stranded in the swollen Van Campen Creek in Friendship early New Year’s Day. According...

OLEAN — State Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, presented a $200,000 check to the Gowanda Fire Department Tuesday to help the department purchase a new f...

MACHIAS — A New York State Police trooper in the right place at the right time was able to save an infant from choking along the side of the road Wedn...

HINSDALE — Several flooding incidents were reported Wednesday morning, and volunteer firefighters took to rafts to help several people to safety. Acco...

As everyone knows, running an animal rescue and adoption center like the SPCA isn’t an easy job. Although most people love animals, enough donations f...

PORTVILLE —One woman was safely recovered from her house Friday afternoon. Westons Mills Fire Chief Will Smith said an uninjured elderly woman and her...

A new New York state law involving pet microchips that went into effect Monday has pleased local animal shelters and rescue groups, even though they w...