It’s good to hear that staffing levels are improving in the county Child Protective Services Department and that caseworkers are handling normal caseloads. But, as we’ve said in this space before, making employees’ lives easier is only half of the battle when it comes to CPS oversight. ...

What happened recently on Victoria Avenue in Jamestown is just one example of what is frustrating many New Yorkers with their state government. For all of the statistics that state Democrats want to cite that bail reform hasn’t led to a rash of reoffenders walking the streets, there are ...

Thank goodness for the NY Alert system for Brocton and Portland residents. Without that notification on Monday afternoon, no one would have known what was happening with the water system in the village and town. On Monday, a leak was detected that led to the alert sometime around 4 p.m. ...

People should be gravely concerned about reports that the FBI is falling short in referring allegations of child sexual abuse to local and state law enforcement. More than concerned — people should be furious. In a review prompted by the FBI’s mishandling of allegations against former ...

There indeed needs to be a penalty on the Cassadaga Valley Central School baseball team in regard to a forfeit last year in the boy’s postseason tournament, but does it need to be so harsh? School and booster club members are asking Section 6 to reconsider its rules that if a team does not ...

On this day 23 years ago, many Americans had hardly gotten settled into their workday when the day was shattered by the news that jetliners had struck both towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, another jetliner had crashed into the Pentagon and a fourth plane still was in the air ...