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WELLSVILLE — Long-time firefighters, associates and two police officers were honored this week during the 107th Allegany County Fire Convention.

A wildfire that lit up the sky over the Alfred State College campus Thursday was at least the second grass fire in Allegany County in two days.

Wellsville Police Chief Tim O'Grady said there are no signs of foul play. Investigators said the fire's cause has been deemed accidental.

A wind storm knocked down dozens of trees, damaged homes and temporally cut off electric power and disrupted gas service.

The Sheriff’s Office obtained the drone about three years ago with a Homeland Security grant. Whitney estimated it cost between $40,000-$50,000. The sheriff said the drone has been requested a handful of times in search operations.   “We can use it for just about anything,” said Whitney. “We can also use it for our mapping department to look at something, or if an area is flooded or something like that we could get in and assess the situation.”  The night vision proved essential when navigating the Allegany County countryside.  “It gets pretty dark in Alma. There’s not many s...