Olean teenager charged in stabbing incident
June 25, 2026
OLEAN — An Olean teenager faces felony assault and other charges after a stabbing incident early Wednesday that resulted in the 16-year-old victim bei...
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Olean U-10 Little League All-Stars top Wellsville with late surge
Local Sports, Sports
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
June 25, 2026
OLEAN — Olean’s U-10 baseball team scored nine runs in the last two innings to beat Wellsville 15-7, advancing to the next round of the consolation br...
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Golden State Warriors select former Bonnie Lajae Jones with 54th pick
Basketball, Local Sports, Sports, ...
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
June 24, 2026
Late in the second round of the NBA draft on Wednesday night, the Golden State Warriors made a pick that, for many, might have fallen under the radar....
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Sabres trade Tuch to the Capitals in sign-and-trade deal
Buffalo Sabres, Local Sports, Sports
By JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO - AP Hockey Writers 
June 24, 2026
BUFFALO — Alex Tuch is heading to Washington as the Capitals jumped the line for the top free agent available, and the Buffalo Sabres got something in...
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Local & Social
Free Fishing Days this weekend in New York state
Local News, News, NY State News, ...
Jun 25, 2026
Anglers can take to the streams, ponds and lakes of New York state for free this weekend as the requirement for a freshwater fishing license is waived...
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Area unemployment rates relatively stable in May
Allegany County News, Business News, Cattaraugus County News, ...
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 25, 2026
Local unemployment rates were relatively stable from April to May, the state Department of Labor reported, but are up from a year ago. The Cattaraugus...
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Coldspring to host 3rd annual town picnic Saturday
Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News
By DEB EVERTS news@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 25, 2026
STEAMBURG — Enjoy old-fashioned summer fun Saturday at the 3rd annual Coldspring Town Picnic and Car Show. The excitement takes place at the Coldsprin...
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Trump upends track of landmark housing legislation
Local News, Nation/World, National News, ...
Jun 24, 2026
Langworthy hailed package as action for affordability President Donald Trump upended the signing of a bipartisan package of housing legislation on Wed...
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Crime and Courts
Police reports 6/24/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, ...
Jun 24, 2026
Wellsville Police Monday, no time provided , Dillon S. Ayers, 30, of Wellsville, was charged with third-degree assault, a class A misdemeanor. The cha...
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Police reports 6/22/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, ...
Jun 23, 2026
Wellsville Police Friday, no time provided , Maria A. Rowe, 35, of Alfred, was arrested on bench warrant issued out of Wellsville Village Court. Rowe ...
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Police reports 6/19/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, ...
Jun 19, 2026
Olean Police Wednesday, 3:10 p.m. , two injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of North First and Wayne streets. ...
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Congressional pushback against anti-science
Commentary, Opinion
June 25, 2026
For about a decade, hundreds of deep-sea buoys off America’s coasts have been monitoring the conditions of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The stream...
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Republicans test a threat to November’s elections
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
June 25, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — This past month in California, it was business as usual. In November, it could cause a national crisis. “IT” is the state’s excruci...
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Mamdani, Marxists and the rest of us
Commentary, Opinion
By ANDREW WALWORTH RealClearPolitics 
June 25, 2026
When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani equated the lobbying group AIPAC to “monsters” in a blistering get-out-the vote speech last week in Brooklyn, ...
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Waste of the Day: ICE wasted millions on food
Commentary, Opinion
June 24, 2026
A tiny contractor’s disastrous time running an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in El Paso came to an end this March. Now, a Gov...
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