Reported tornado causes damage in Great Valley
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Reported tornado causes damage in Great Valley
June 10, 2025
GREAT VALLEY — Another wave of severe storms passed through the area Monday evening, with a reported tornado causing significant damage to homes and o...
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Sheriff’s office warns of phone scam
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Sheriff’s office warns of phone scam
Jul 11, 2019
The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning to residents regarding a recent telephone scam. According to police, a person claiming to...
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New K-9 deputized for Sheriff’s patrol
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New K-9 deputized for Sheriff’s patrol
Dec 23, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb announced Dec. 17 the deputizing of the office’s new road patrol canine. Nichols, a two-ye...
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Nevada police name Salamanca fatal stabbing suspect
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Nevada police name Salamanca fatal stabbing suspect
Tom Dinki | Special to The Press 
Dec 13, 2018
SALAMANCA — The suspect wanted for a fatal stabbing in the city of Salamanca and currently incarcerated near Las Vegas is 22-year-old Brandon Francis,...
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Deputy Leacock named Youth Officer of the Year
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Deputy Leacock named Youth Officer of the Year
Press Release 
Sep 04, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — Deputy Devine Leacock of the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office was recently chosen as Youth Officer of the Year by the State of New ...
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Salamanca mourns loss of town leaders
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Salamanca mourns loss of town leaders
Rich Place, Managing Editor 
Dec 19, 2017
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca community continues to mourn the loss of Mike and Donna Phillips, residents of the town of Salamanca struck and killed Frida...
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Deputies investigate Freedom crash
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Deputies investigate Freedom crash
Tom Dinki | Special to The Press 
Jul 18, 2017
FREEDOM — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a two-vehicle accident that occurred Sunday afternoon in Freedom and left six peopl...
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Undersheriff worked up through the ranks
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Undersheriff worked up through the ranks
RICK MILLER County Reporter 
Apr 17, 2017
LITTLE VALLEY — Soon after being named juvenile officer in the Salamanca Police Department in 1997, Eric Butler sought advice from the head of the Cat...
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Undersheriff Eric Butler sworn into office
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Undersheriff Eric Butler sworn into office
Press Release 
Mar 29, 2017
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb announced that former Capt. Eric Butler has been promoted to the office of undersheriff. B...
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Undersheriff Buchhardt to retire after 37 years
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Undersheriff Buchhardt to retire after 37 years
RICK MILLER County Reporter 
Mar 07, 2017
LITTLE VALLEY — Robert Buchhardt always wanted to be a police officer. Now after a lengthy career — including more than 20 years as head of the Cattar...
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Brittany’s Law gets push from sheriffs’ group
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Brittany’s Law gets push from sheriffs’ group
Kelsey Boudin, Special to The Press 
Feb 13, 2017
The New York State Sheriff’s Association recently boosted a yearslong movement to establish a law creating a violent offender registry. The associatio...
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Ellicottville’s Marsh named Youth of the Week
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Ellicottville’s Marsh named Youth of the Week
June 16, 2025
The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces this week’s featured Youth Citizenship Award recipient is Courtney Marsh, the daughter of Jason and Nico...
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