STOUGHTON, Mass. — The last known person to see Sandra Birchmore alive was a police officer. He stopped by her apartment days before the elementary school teacher’s aide, 23 years old and newly ...

In May, prosecutors in Seattle charged a sheriff’s deputy with raping a 17-year-old girl. The deputy met the teenager while he was an adviser in his department’s youth mentorship program known as ...

At a time when many local law enforcement agencies are struggling to recruit the next generation of law enforcement officers, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office and Niagara Falls Police are hoping ...

The Getzville Explorers is made up of 17 local students from schools including Hutchinson-Central Technical, Williamsville South, Sweet Home and Williamsville North. Once they’re eligible to join the ...

One minute, 18-year-old Austin Boudreaux and a firefighter mentor were reviewing the tools on a truck at Fire Station #7 on Kaliste Saloom Road. The next, the teen and the station’s crew were hauling ...

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