Olean U-10 Little League All-Stars top Wellsville with late surge
Local Sports, Sports
By Henry Buchan 
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 bracket of the Little League All-Stars tournament. Early on, both teams went back and forth, with neither able to build significant separation. Olean’s ...
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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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An early morning on a lake: 200 horsepower versus 4
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
June 24, 2026
The lake was shimmering, its oily surface as smooth as glass. Scattered patches of fog hung randomly here and there as floating misty phantoms in the ...
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ACAA announces spring sports all-stars
Local Sports, Sports
June 24, 2026
BOLIVAR — The Allegany County Athletic Association announced its spring sports all-stars, honoring top local student-athletes in baseball, softball, g...
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Local & Social
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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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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Wildrick-Cole wins GOP primary for Allegany County judge
Allegany County News, Local News, News
By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 24, 2026
BELMONT — Attorney Dawn A. Wildrick-Cole of Almond won Tuesday's Republican primary election for Allegany County judge over two other candidates and, ...
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Olean High School traffic pattern change heads to Common Council
Local News, News
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 24, 2026
OLEAN -- A major traffic pattern change for Olean High School will come up for a vote next month. In a meeting of the Common Council's public safety c...
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Crime and Courts
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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Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office warns of phone scams
Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, Local News, ...
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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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
Commentary, Opinion, Opinion/Columns
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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