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An electrical malfunction ignited a fire that destroyed the parsonage of the West Jasper Wesleyan Church in Steuben County early Monday.

“There's magic in fighting battles beyond endurance”

That unsettling feeling has led Freeman back to the stage in a role that is the very opposite of Mr. via Back Stage

Section V alumni played a prominent role in the first shutout in the 13-year history of the State University College at Fredonia women's lacrosse, as the Blue Devils blanked visiting Tri-State 19-0 Friday. via Democrat & Chronicle

“He also served as the director of the Boys and Girls Club of Elma, Marilla and Wales.”

After almost three years, it appears the Lewiston-Porter School Board will hire a new school superintendent by early May. via Buffalo News

Years ago, long before the slaughter at Columbine High School in April 1999, few parents would have given much thought to a full-time police officer patrolling a school. via Star-Gazette

“We won't be able to have the kind of service that he provides.”

At least one local school chief was stunned to hear of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's plan to remove nearly 200 state troopers from schools and racinos across New York state. via Star-Gazette

“The plain truth is, your cockeyed idealism has saved you”

The origins of Darwin's "Origin of Species" might not seem a promising subject for a stage play. via New York Times

The greeting area of a friendly office is the setting for the world premiere of Adam Bock's The Receptionist , opening Oct. via Playbill

“In an incident of this magnitude, we needed to have a set plan and it needed to be done in a systematic manner that eliminated a lot of mass confusion”

Search for Jasper youths ends with tragic discovery off State Route 248 By JEN CARPENTER/Staff Writer Published: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 9:44 AM CDT E-mail this story | Print this page JASPER - It was the ... via Wellsville Daily Reporter

“It's a very tragic incident for any town, regardless of size, but I think it especially hits home.”

Updated at 4 pm on 10-02-07 JASPER, N.Y. - State police say they suspect alcohol played a role in the car crash that killed four teenage students at a western New York school and a graduate of the same school. via WSTM-TV Syracuse

“We do suspect that alcohol was involved”

A driver had probably been drinking before he lost control speeding along a rural road, smashed into a bridge abutment and overturned in a creek bed, killing himself and three young passengers on homecoming ... via Oneida Daily Dispatch

“The phone company records were very, very accurate”

Four Jasper area residents missing since early Saturday were found dead Monday afternoon in an overturned car in a creek bed in the town of Greenwood. via WSTM-TV Syracuse

“One kid is different but when you have four kids usually one of them will reach out to a friend or family member by now so it is unusual that no one has heard from them”

Reported by: Staci-Lyn Honda Email: StaciLynHonda@ClearChannel.com Last Update: 7:59 pm Jasper Search efforts for a group of missing Jasper teens stopped Sunday afternoon. via WETM-TV Elmira