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COLDSPRING — The Chautauqua/Cattaraugus County Bomb Squad will conduct a controlled disposal of expired explosive ordnance in the town of Coldspring o...

OLEAN — Arcs of water from five fire hoses and a truck-mounted water cannon created mini rainbows in the morning sun over Forness Pond. The scene invo...

LITTLE VALLEY — After a Cattaraugus County Jail inmate tested positive for COVID-19 late last month, tests were offered to all inmates and corrections...

BUFFALO — Prosecutors were investigating Friday after a video captured police in Buffalo shoving a 75-year-old man who then fell and cracked his head,...

The Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, an unarmed, handcuffed black man, had been investigated 17 times by his department...

Olean Police Wellsville Police Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office New York State Police — A two-vehicle accident was reported at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday on...

ALFRED — An Allegany County police department reported Tuesday that four officers have contracted COVID-19. Alfred Police Chief Paul Griffith made the...

LITTLE VALLEY — A handful of women inmates in the Cattaraugus County jail have sewed more than 4,500 face masks in 2½ weeks. The face masks are being ...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Jail inmates are pitching in to help produce face masks for corrections officers, deputies and first responders. Th...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf predicted Friday that Pennsylvania will see a surge in new virus cases next week and implored residents to contin...

BELMONT — An Allegany County sheriff’s deputy has tested positive for coronavirus, according to media reports. Quoting Sheriff Rick Whitney, The Eveni...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb was quick to respond Friday to a question about whether a county jail inmate had been infe...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — The Potter County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic. Noting that emerge...

ELDRED, Pa. — The Eldred Township Volunteer Fire Department recently installed new officers for 2020. They are Ted Bair, president; John Ratzell, vice...

A new permanent memorial to Olean Police Capt. Timothy Hassett, the only officer in the city’s history to be killed in the line of duty, will be reded...

Olean Police Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office New York State Police — A o — A 17-year-old female and an 18-year-old female, both of Olean, were eac...

OLEAN — Olean’s newest fire chief knows he has big shoes to fill. Fire Lt. Tim Richardson, currently the lieutenant of Platoon C, was confirmed as the...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Are the state police spending too much time in areas of McKean County where municipal police departments are already present? One loca...