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OLEAN — Now a year after a prisoner committed suicide in the Olean Police Department cell block, the state has yet to produce a report on the death. M...

Olean Police • Saturday, 3:53 p.m., no injuries were reported in a two-vehicle accident in the parking lot of Tops. A vehicle driven by Robert M. Burr...

ALFRED — Alfred State College announced Monday that an arrest has been made in connection to a series of small fires that took place on campus last No...

OLEAN — Despite a truckload of garbage catching fire, the smell wasn’t that bad — only a whiff of smoke remained Thursday at 225 Homer St. after Olean...

LIMESTONE — An electrical fire early Wednesday morning at a Limestone residence was severe enough to cause power outages throughout the hamlet, said L...

PORTVILLE — Multiple fire departments responded to a motorhome fire Thursday evening in Portville that fire officials consider suspicious. The Portvil...

BELMONT — Allegany County Sheriff Ricky L. Whitney Thursday announced his intention to seek re-election to a third term in office, standing on a seven...

ROCHESTER (AP) — A Rochester woman who set a fire that killed four of her children in 2012 has been released from prison. The Democrat & Chronicle rep...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — Two people were killed and a third injured in a helicopter crash Sunday afternoon in a remote area of Keating Township, north of Smet...

HINSDALE — A wood stove-related fire damaged a private woodshop in Hinsdale but caused no injuries Thursday morning. The Hinsdale Volunteer Fire Depar...

OLEAN — It started with a single letter. The anonymous, handwritten note delivered to the Olean Police Department on the 34th anniversary of Josephine...

In what authorities are calling the latest example of increasing methamphetamine usage in the area, a multi-agency effort Thursday night took down fou...

OLEAN — Although unwilling to say her actions caused the blaze, authorities have brought methamphetamine-related charges against the resident of an ap...

OLEAN — An apartment building where authorities allegedly found methamphetamine-making materials roughly eight weeks ago was destroyed by a fire Wedne...

State Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, presented awards to two Little Valley Fire Department volunteer firefighters during the Fire Company’s annual ban...

CUBA — An Ohio man died from injuries after his disable tractor-trailer was struck by another east of the village Tuesday morning. New York State Poli...

Time to set your clocks and watches one hour ahead — and maybe save some time to grouse about losing an hour's sleep tonight. The shift from standard ...

OLEAN — Thirty-four years to the day since Josephine Cottone Despard was reportedly last seen, the Olean Police Department received an anonymous lette...