security and public safety

ALBANY — Daniel Prude was suffering a mental health crisis when he died during an encounter with the police in Rochester three years ago, spurring wav...

PORTVILLE — One person was killed in an ATV accident on Saturday. Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s deputies reported Monday that they were called to the s...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office reported Thursday that a charge was issued after an escape was attempted at the county jail. D...

Assemblyman Joseph Giglio, R-Gowanda, urged Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders to reconsider bail reform that includes allowing judges to weigh...

I have watched with dismay as lawmakers, local jurisdictions, and my fellow citizens have jumped on the emotional bandwagon of vilifying Eddie Kindt, ...

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump returned to New York on Monday to face his historic booking and arraignment on hush money charges related to ...

WELLSVILLE — The headline in the local paper on April 1, 1954, blared: “City Hall is Partially Destroyed,” but that didn’t reveal the great irony of t...

ALBANY (TNS) — This year’s debate on proposed changes to the state’s bail laws are again at the center of annual budget negotiations, a subject that i...

BELMONT — Brian J. Learn of Bolivar was sentenced in Allegany County Court Wednesday to three years in state prison for assault on a police officer, a...

OLEAN — City police reported a false alarm of an active shooter Thursday morning at an area Catholic school was a “swatting” call. City police reporte...

SALAMANCA — Convicted killer Edward Kindt was released on parole in an undisclosed location in Dutchess County, about two hours north of New York City...

SALAMANCA — Convicted killer Edward Kindt’s release from state prison on parole has been temporarily delayed due to concerns over his placement. Thoma...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul is distributing grant money to law enforcement agencies across the state as part of a broader effort to crack down on non-f...

From hunting for highwaymen to “The King of Glory,” from local reaction to the Wounded Knee standoff to getting Dal-Tile back up and running, here’s a...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Twenty years ago, when I first hired him in Baghdad, my Iraqi interpreter and driver Salam was thrilled that the Americans had to...

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont — The immigration deal announced Friday by U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aims to shut dow...

Volunteer firefighters, who respond to emergency calls in a majority of Western New York communities and across the state, save not only lives and pro...

NEW YORK — A New York grand jury investigating Donald Trump appeared to be hearing from final witnesses as law enforcement officials accelerated secur...