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Bills owner Terry Pegula helps open team’s new $2.1 billion stadium
Bills owner Terry Pegula helps open team’s new $2.1 billion stadium
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer 
June 23, 2026
ORCHARD PARK (AP) — Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula got emotional and sniffled upon referencing the passion his wife Kim put into getting the team’s ...
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Buffalo Sabres land No. 4 pick in the draft after trading D Byram to Chicago
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Buffalo Sabres land No. 4 pick in the draft after trading D Byram to Chicago
By By JOHN WAWROW - AP Hockey Writer 
June 23, 2026
BUFFALO — The Buffalo Sabres acquired the No. 4 pick in the NHL draft in a trade that sent defenseman Bowen Byram to the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night. As part of the deal, Buffalo also acquired third-year defenseman Louis Crevier, who had a career-best 25 points in his first full NHL season, ...
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Cornell Extension sets class on flowers
Jun 23, 2026
BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension will host an online class, Grow Your Own Flower Garden, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. Presented by Cristian A...
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Cuba village meeting on Thursday
Jun 23, 2026
CUBA — The Cuba Village Board will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday in its boardroom at 17 E. Main St.
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Wellsville village’s director of DPW, Dean Arnold, is retiring
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Wellsville village’s director of DPW, Dean Arnold, is retiring
By KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 23, 2026
WELLSVILLE — The second June meeting for the Wellsville Village Board was short and bittersweet. The trustees and guests recited the Pledge of Allegia...
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Allegany-Limestone moving ahead with new middle/high school bus entrance
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Allegany-Limestone moving ahead with new middle/high school bus entrance
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 23, 2026
ALLEGANY — The Allegany-Limestone Central School District’s plan to introduce a second entrance and exit to its middle/high school campus off Five Mil...
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Ellicottville’s O’Connell named Youth of the Week
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Ellicottville’s O’Connell named Youth of the Week
Jun 23, 2026
The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces that this week’s featured Youth of the Week is Jordan O’Connell, the daughter of John-Paul and Jenna O'C...
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Police reports 6/22/26
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Police reports 6/22/26
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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53 in the graduating class at Cuba-Rushford
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53 in the graduating class at Cuba-Rushford
Jun 22, 2026
CUBA — A total of 53 graduating seniors in Cuba-Rushford Central School District were honored Saturday morning during a ceremony at the high/middle sc...
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Police reports 6/19/26
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Police reports 6/19/26
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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Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office warns of phone scams
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Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office warns of phone scams
By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 18, 2026
LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office on Thursday issued warnings to residents about two separate phone scams, including one in whic...
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Police reports 6/17/26
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Police reports 6/17/26
Jun 18, 2026
Olean Police Sunday, 9:06 a.m. , no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of East State and King streets. A vehi...
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China isn’t invincible and CRINK is not unified
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China isn’t invincible and CRINK is not unified
By JOSEPH KIM The Dallas Morning News 
June 23, 2026
DALLAS (TNS) — The authoritarian challenge is real and growing. I have seen this in my research at the George W. Bush Institute and experienced it fir...
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America at 250: A different kind of revolution
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America at 250: A different kind of revolution
By GENE PISASALE RealClearPolitics 
June 23, 2026
“…everything tending to establish substantial and permanent order, in the affairs of a country, to increase the total mass of industry… is ultimately ...
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It’s great work if you can get it
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It’s great work if you can get it
By MIKE BLUMENTHAL 
June 19, 2026
Most folks heard about the nearly $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” that emerged from President Donald Trump’s settlement with his own Justice De...
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The only man who wants you to win
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The only man who wants you to win
By DERRICK MORGAN 
June 19, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Earlier this year a short, viral video stopped me in my tracks. It featured Steve Harvey, who said your father is really the only m...
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