Catskill News

Law enforcement agencies throughout New York State will be conducting a crackdown on speeding on state and local roadways starting Wednesday, August 1, and...

The horrors of the Lev Tahor cult know no bounds, and they will do anything - including Chillul Shabbos - to maintain their stranglehold...

A renowned mechanech was R"L killed in a serious crash in the Catskills on Wednesday afternoon. Reb Reuven Chaim Biller Z"L, the head counselor in...

(VIDEOS & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) At least twenty-seven bungalows were destroyed in a wind-driven fire in the Town of Fallsburg, Wednesday afternoon. The fire started...

A crash in upstate NY has R"L taken the life of a young girl from NJ. Sources confirm to YWN that 17-year-old Tzivia Zelinsky A"H...

Tragedy struck in the Catskills on Thursday evening, with the horrific news that a young child was R"L struck and killed by an ice...

A 17-year-old Jewish teen has gone missing in Ulster County, and police have released details to the public. Missing is 17-year-old Hailen M. Schafer of Ellenville,...

(LATEST UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF ARTICLE) An annual Jewish event in Sullivan County is being shut down Friday morning, after years of illegal operation. A...

A Rebbe in a Kiryas Joel Yeshiva was arrested on Friday. The crime? Hitting a child. Sources tell YWN that the 13-year-old child was hit...

A single-vehicle crash critically injured three people on Route 17, late Sunday night. It happened at around 11:40PM near Exit 129 heading westbound in the...

New York authorities said on Friday that three more alleged leaders of the extremist Lev Tahor cult have been arrested on charges of kidnapping...

Once again, a Hasidic man has made an incredible Kiddush Hashem, but this incident has more to the story. As can be seen in the...

This weekend always has lot of extra traffic heading to the Catskills: It is Shabbos Nachamu. It is also Visiting Day which always add...

Two children were busted with radios in the Catskills on Sunday, after they were interfering with Hatzolah emergency operations. The two children were in possession...

Emergency personnel were at the Minnewaska State Park in Kerhonkson on Sunday evening, to rescue a Frum man that fell off a cliff. Sources tell...

Tragedy struck the Kiryas Joel community Sunday night, as word spread of the tragic death of a Yungerman from the community. It happened at around...

A Jewish man is in critical condition after his own vehicle fell on top of him, early Friday morning. It happened just after 2:00AM on...

Nearly one month ago, YWN published a "Mailbag" which went viral regarding Jewish women walking on the roads in the Catskills. The letter was written...

The following is via News12: A parent of an Orthodox yeshiva student in Orange County is alleging the school isn't teaching basic studies like math...

There have been a few measles cases in Sullivan County the past few weeks, YWN has confirmed. One of them was a confirmed exposure...

A massive fire destroyed a building under construction at the Yeshiva of South Fallsburg Campus on Laurel Park Road, in Sullivan County, NY. The fire...

The following is an official statement given to YWN by the NY State Police following the terrible tragedy in Kiryas Joel on Tuesday. On July...

A bus full of Skverer Bochrim overturned in Sullivan County, Friday afternoon. Catskills Hatzolah along with multiple ambulances from MobilMedics responded to the scene at...

The search for Reb Dovid Hakohen Traube, a father of 7, who went missing in Greenwood Lake, was relaunched on Monday morning. Search crews had...

An early morning explosion and massive fire in Upstate NY injured 14 Yeshiva Bochrim - 3 of them with serious burns. Kiryas Yoel Hatzolah and...

This incident happened in Kiryas Joel on Monday afternoon. (YWN World Headquarters - NYC)

Tragedy struck Kiryas Joel on Tuesday afternoon, after a child was killed in a horrible incident. It happened on Tuesday afternoon at around 3:00PM at the...

A motorcyclist was airlifted after colliding with a vehicle in Swan Lake on Sunday evening. Catskills Hatzolah received multiple calls at around 6:20PM reporting a...

The Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Joel delivered a fiery speech last night, during which he effectively declared war against the NYS Education Department. The...

The following (unedited text) was posted on a local Facebook page in Sullivan County: I’m a school bus driver in Sullivan County. I did my...

An all night search for a missing hiker in the Catskills ended without incident, Monday morning. It began at around 11:00PM Sunday night, when Sullivan...

A Jewish man was viciously assaulted while walking to Shul in Monticello, Friday night. Law enforcement sources tell YWN that the victim was walking to...

Three people were injured in an ATV accident in Monticello on Motzei Shabbos Nachamu. Catskills Hatzolah was on the scene at around 1:30AM at Waverley...

Tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews will be making their way to their summer homes and camps in Upstate NY in the next 3...

A limousine on its way to a birthday party blew a stop sign at the end of a highway, killing all 18 people in...