security and public safety

A man convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting was ordered freed from prison by a judge who criticized the FBI for relying on an “unsavory” confidenti...

OLEAN — Next month will be 40 years since Josephine Cottone Despard’s family last saw her. The 26-year-old mother left her North Clinton Street home w...

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NEW YORK (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking to take a bite out of retail crime, in part by forming a task force to coordinate efforts. Let me save t...

SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man faces charges of sexual abuse, the Salamanca Police Department reported Saturday. Jesse C. Bartlett, 56, was charged at 2:...

Rep. Nick Langworthy will host a virtual seminar Wednesday to prepare local fire departments to apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistan...

BUFFALO — Federal prosecutors said Friday that they will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo su...

OLEAN — A Belfast man was arrested Wednesday on drug-related charges, the Olean Police Department reported. Richard L. Knapp, 34, was arrested at 4:52...

HAZEL HURST, Pa. — Officials confirmed Wednesday that a person died in a fire that destroyed a residence in McKean County on Tuesday. Trooper Emery Fa...

BELMONT — A Belmont man, Ray Adams, has been sentenced to 1 to 3 years in state prison. After originally being sentenced to probation for an aggravate...

NEW YORK (TNS) — I have never been a visionary — or even, since I have two eyes, a double visionary — but I recently read a newspaper report about dri...

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WARREN, Pa. (AP) — A homicide suspect who escaped from the Warren County Jail last year and was on the run for more than a week before a pet dog led t...

Olean police detectives are hoping a podcast that drops today will help them clear up a 40-year-old cold-case disappearance of an Olean woman. Josephi...

CARROLLTON — An Ellicottville man faces multiple charges after reportedly leading police on a high-speed chase across the state line early Tuesday mor...

SALAMANCA — One person was injured in a Sunday morning structure fire on Conrath Avenue, fire officials reported Tuesday. Salamanca Fire Chief Tom Stu...

ROCHESTER (AP) — The driver who crashed an SUV loaded with gas cans outside a concert venue appeared to have been aiming at a pedestrian crossing, but...

For all President Biden’s desperate desire to avoid “escalation” in the Middle East, United States forces on Sunday sank three Houthi boats trying to ...