HS WRAP: Cuba-Rushford, Portville earn key wins behind rebounding, defense
Local Sports, Sports
January 15, 2026
GENESEE — Peyton Joy recorded a double-double with 16 points and 15 rebounds to lead Cuba-Rushford to a 69-56 road victory over Genesee Valley-Belfast on Thursday night. Adam Roe added 17 points for the Rebels, while Zach Deck finished with 14 points and seven assists. Carter Brown chipped in 13 poi...
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The Allegany connection that helped turn Tioga football into a state power
Football, Local Sports, Sports
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
January 15, 2026
Nick Aiello didn’t inherit a state championship program when he took over at Tioga. What he did inherit was time, and a coaching staff that included f...
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Local & Social
Randolph gets $1M for sewer system upgrades
Local News, News
Jan 15, 2026
The town of Randolph will receive $1 million in funding for ongoing sanitary sewer system improvements to modernize the town’s wastewater treatment fa...
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Ken Pickett Jr. retires from Cutco after 32 years
Business, Local News, News
Jan 15, 2026
OLEAN — Ken Pickett Jr., return ware shipping clerk for Cutco Cutlery Corp., will retire effective Feb. 1 after 32 years of service with the company. ...
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Allegany County IDA announces Local Development Corporation activated
Business, Local News, News
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
Jan 15, 2026
BELMONT — A new development nonprofit will directly help local businesses in Allegany County. The Allegany County Industrial Development Agency announ...
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Local News, News
Jan 15, 2026
ALLEGANY — The next regular meeting of the Allegany-Limestone Board of Education has been rescheduled from Jan. 27 to Feb. 3. The meeting will be held...
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Crime and Courts
Police reports 1/14/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Jan 14, 2026
Wellsville Police Tuesday, no time provided , Rickey L. Armstrong Jr., 46, of Wellsville, was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, a class E felo...
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Police reports 1/13/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Jan 13, 2026
Wellsville Police Monday, no time provided , Ranell S. Whiting, 44, of Wellsville, was charged with third-degree assault, a class A misdemeanor. The c...
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Police reports 1/12/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Jan 12, 2026
Olean Police Wednesday, 4:17 p.m. , no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of East State and Front streets. A ...
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A ‘bold’ new plan for Dems: Listen to voters
Commentary, Opinion
January 15, 2026
BOSTON (TNS) — Democrats have to bring more to the table in 2028 than a robust hatred for Donald Trump and animosity for Republicans in general if the...
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Chaos by design: Anti-ICE vitriol fans the flames
Commentary, Opinion
By JERRY ROGERS RealClearPolitics 
January 15, 2026
Over and over again, we’re told to be outraged. An individual is detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He is later released. And befo...
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The dubious art of explaining what Trump ‘really means’
Commentary, Opinion
By DAVID M. DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
January 15, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Prominent Republicans insist on treating President Donald Trump like a child or a clueless old man, telling Americans that he does no...
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Lax oversight of oil and gas royalties
Commentary, Opinion
January 14, 2026
The federal government often does not have enough time to ensure that oil and gas companies are properly reporting the royalties they owe from drillin...
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