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ALBANY — Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio, Assembly Republican Leader Brian M. Kolb and several of their peers have introduced legislation extending the p...

ST. BONAVENTURE — A St. Bonaventure University conference on the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis has been canceled amid concerns the event would...

RENSSELAER — Human trafficking is an insidious underground industry that profits from the exploitation of vulnerable individuals whom traffickers ensl...

(TNS) NIAGARA FALLS — A man who identified himself to police as a comic book character after breaking into an apartment where another man slept was ar...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said Tuesday he voted against House bills to end the partial government shutdown because they could “not get 60 votes in the Senate...

FREDONIA (AP) — Authorities say police responding to a medical emergency at a home Monday shot and killed a person who attacked an officer with a knif...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — Robbery charges against a Bradford woman accused of trying to hit someone with a brick and hammer in exchange for drug money were bou...

BUFFALO — A Niagara Falls man has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking after reportedly prostituting a 17-year-old he met in Olean. Marcellus Overton, 43...

GARWOODS —A Livingston County man has been charged with murder in connection with the gunshot death of a man in the town of Burns Friday afternoon. Ma...

ELLICOTTVILLE — More than 80 child workers from Cattaraugus and Allegany counties attended a daylong conference at Holiday Valley Tuesday on the sexua...

OLEAN — An Olean man faces charges after two separate incidents of allegedly harassing two women overnight Tuesday. Kurtis A. Kennedy, 27, of 1312 ½ W...

Child sexual abuse is a horrific crime that violates the most innocent among us. As a parent and as a legislator, it both angers and saddens me that s...

BELMONT — For almost 20 years, one woman’s face has been a light in the darkness for crime victims in Allegany County. And on Wednesday, State Sen. Ca...

For some male victims of sexual assault and abuse, #MeToo can feel more like #WhatAboutMe? They admire the women speaking out about traumatic experien...

BELMONT — In an emotional ceremony late Friday afternoon in Allegany County's Public Safety offices, Crime Victims Coordinator Shannon L. Ozzella was ...

OLEAN — A lawsuit filed by a former Archbishop Walsh High School student alleged the Rev. James A. Spielman abused him from approximately September 19...

The most devastating — and deadly — accident in Olean’s history occurred 115 years ago today, when railroad tank car blasts killed 15 people and injur...

New York agencies are alerting taxpayers and tax professionals about scammers who aim to steal sensitive information and hard-earned refunds. “We’ve m...