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OLEAN — Three cats were killed after firefighters extinguished a blaze on West Highland Avenue Wednesday afternoon, but no other injuries were reporte...

SCIO — Two men, Tom Slavin and Dave Pinney, were honored as Co-Firemen of the Year during the Allegany County Firemen’s Convention Meeting held last m...

OLEAN — With the weather finally starting to warm up, we see more kids outside swimming, biking, and enjoying summertime activities. It is important t...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Sheriff’s Office was recognized by the Board of Legislators this past week for earning reaccreditation for the County Co...

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that day falls as Pol...

ALBANY (TNS) — The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association filed a federal lawsuit Friday that seeks to overturn a new ...

OLEAN — Officials are still hoping for a positive outcome in the search for Cole Geise after the 22-year-old went missing Sunday. After several update...

ALLENTOWN — When a 75-year-old ATV rider was three hours overdue on a trail ride Sunday evening in Allegany County, searchers used a drone to locate t...

More than 200 employees of FCI-McKean have filed suit against the federal government, demanding back pay for overtime and hazardous duty for prison co...

Volunteer fire departments across New York state are continually looking for new members, but many are having a hard time due to the coronavirus pande...

The Derrick City Volunteer Fire Department battled a wildfire Tuesday evening behind the Bradford Mall in Foster Township. The fire department did not...

ALBANY — Following a years-long push, New York is limiting the use of solitary confinement in state and local correctional facilities and banning the ...

Assemblyman Joseph Giglio and Assembly Minority Conference members have sent an analysis to the Cuomo administration outlining detrimental impacts clo...

BATAVIA (TNS) — Nine detainees at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Batavia who received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine Tue...

OLEAN — Olean city firefighters and police responded Tuesday night to a diesel fuel spill on Buffalo Street near the Interstate 86 overpass. Fire Chie...

MACHIAS — Earlier this month a Machias-based state police trooper was dispatched to a 911 call of a woman trapped inside a home that was on fire along...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — At 2:51 on the morning of Feb. 12, 1940, every electric clock in the McKean County Courthouse stopped due to a silently advancing fir...

MARCY (TNS) — Thousands of inmates in New York’s prisons have yet to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, despite outbreaks and federal guidance that urges ...