DEC encourages ice anglers to stay vigilant
December 26, 2025
Ice anglers on winter ponds and lakes are reminded to put safety first when venturing out this season — outdoor enthusiasts considering ice fishing sh...
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Cook credits Barkley for raising RB market before Eagles visit
Football, Local Sports, National Sports, ...
By By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer 
December 26, 2025
ORCHARD PARK — Buffalo's James Cook reflected on his offseason contract dispute with pride, a sense of unfinished business and a nod to Philadelphia's Saquon Barkley. Though the Bills' fourth-year running back might already be outperforming the four-year, $46 million contract extension he signed in ...
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Vosburg, MacArthur symbolized different definitions of success
Local Sports, Soccer, Sports
By J.P. BUTLER, Olean Times Herald 
December 26, 2025
One has assembled perhaps the greatest career resume in local high school soccer coaching history. Dale MacArthur, in 38 years at Allegany-Limestone (...
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Portville’s Gariepy elevated Panthers’ standard
Local Sports, Soccer, Sports
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
December 26, 2025
Four-time Big 30 all-star named 2025 girls POY Portville didn’t just move up a league last fall. It stepped into a different world. After years of com...
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Sisson continues legacy of Fillmore soccer stars
Local Sports, Soccer, Sports
By SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
December 26, 2025
Eagles standout garners Big 30 boys POY honors The standards, and the culture, of Fillmore soccer have made it an attainable goal for aspiring young E...
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IAABO hoops tournament reaches 50th year
Local Sports, Sports
December 23, 2025
Golden anniversary event set for this weekend at A-L ALLEGANY — What began in December 1974 as a four-team boys basketball tournament has grown into a...
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Local & Social
Minimum wage to increase in New York on Jan. 1
Local News, News
Dec 26, 2025
New York state’s minimum wage is set to rise on Jan. 1, marking the third straight year of increases. The minimum wage will rise to $17 per hour in Ne...
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Police reports 12/26/25
Local News, News
Dec 26, 2025
Olean Police Dec. 20, 5:05 p.m. , one injury was reported following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of West State and Fourth streets. A veh...
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NY State Park Police seeking new officers
Local News, News, NY State News
Dec 26, 2025
New guidelines and requirements — including a loosening of age requirements — open the door to more applicants for a new class of Park Police candidat...
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Local News
Dec 26, 2025
EDINBORO, Pa. -- Nearly 3,000 undergraduate students at PennWest University have been named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2025 semester. Local stude...
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St. Mary’s dishes up food, love at annual dinner
Local News, News
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
Dec 26, 2025
OLEAN — On a morning with empty streets, the only traffic jam in the city was made up of volunteers helping to spread food and love on the holiday. Th...
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Crime and Courts
Police reports 12/24/25
Cattaraugus County, Crime, Local News, ...
Dec 25, 2025
Allegany County Sheriff's Office BELMONT — Jorge Lopez-Fernandez, no age provided, of Lockport, was charged Monday with second-degree assault, a class...
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Ellicottville man sentenced for coercing women into prostitution
Cattaraugus County, Crime, Local News, ...
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
Dec 19, 2025
BUFFALO -- An Ellicottville man will spend more than seven years in federal prison for coercing women into prostitution. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiaco...
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Social media ban for kids is worth a shot
Commentary, Opinion
December 26, 2025
The world is watching as Australia experiments with a first-of-its-kind social media ban. The measure took effect earlier this month and is designed t...
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The economy needs a little bit of unfairness
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
December 26, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — There are a lot of reasons, some deserved and some not, for Americans’ distrust of their institutions. Lately I have been thinking ab...
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