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OLEAN — A house fire Monday afternoon left two city residents in serious condition with burns in Erie County Medical Center. Olean Fire Chief Tim Rich...

HINSDALE — No injuries were reported in a structure fire at a Route 16 residence in Hinsdale Saturday morning. The Hinsdale Fire Department and Weston...

ALBANY — New York suspended visits to state prisons starting Wednesday because of a rise in coronavirus cases among inmates and staff and in surroundi...

NEW YORK (AP) — The parents of a police officer whose bulletproof vest saved his life when he responded to a domestic dispute in Brooklyn called it a ...

ROCHESTER (AP) — A man suspected of shooting a police officer Tuesday in Rochester, New York, was arrested and charged in a prior assault on an office...

OLEAN — An Olean City Fire Department investigator determined that a blaze that heavily damaged a Spruce Street apartment house on Saturday was caused...

ALBANY (TNS) — While fewer parole decisions have been issued during the coronavirus pandemic, state officials say the decline is part of a larger tren...

OLEAN — The Olean Fire Department responded Saturday morning to extinguish a fire that did extensive damage to a multi-family dwelling 1119 Spruce St....

ALBANY (TNS) — Reducing the use of solitary confinement in prisons could saveNew Yorkand its localities $132 million annually over the next 10 years, ...

CANANDAIGUA (AP) — A parole officer wounded a parolee with three shots through a windshield after the man struck the officer with his car outside an O...

ALBANY — The Cuomo administration has released nearly 800 parole violators and more than 2,200 felons convicted of non-violent crimes from state priso...

ALBANY — New York is reinstating restrictions on visits to hospitals, nursing homes and prisons in its coronavirus “red zones” as the state tries to r...

OLEAN — Do you know what to do if your home catches on fire? Olean Fire Chief Tim Richardson has offered tips to readers as Fire Prevention Week and F...

OLEAN — At 2:30 p.m, City of Olean Firefighters were dispatched to a report of a structure fire at 118 Front St. in the city of Olean. Fire crews arri...

ELDRED, Pa. — The coronavirus pandemic has been hard on everyone, and particularly on volunteer fire departments. The America’s Guardians Motorcycle C...

OLEAN — A smaller observance of the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks is expected this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Bill Aiello said ...

OLEAN — No injuries were reported after a gas leak forced seven homes to be evacuated Friday morning. City Fire Chief Tim Richardson said firefighters...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other stat...