Olean schools employee placed on leave not identified
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
December 16, 2025
OLEAN — Olean City School District officials have not confirmed a connection between an employee being placed on administrative leave and a school adm...
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Cattaraugus County IDA backs new PILOT for Alle-Catt Wind
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
December 16, 2025
ELLICOTTVILLE — Local governments will see more aid — and receive it directly — from the Alle-Catt Wind project under a new agreement approved Tuesday...
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Warriors’ full-court press overwhelms Dunkirk in 55–29 win
Local Sports, Sports
By By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
December 16, 2025
SALAMANCA — The Warriors’ full court press got the best of Dunkirk on Tuesday night, as they had 23 steals as a team en route to a 55-29 win. Salamanca coach Joe Hinman still saw room for improvement, but thought he saw the right things from his team’s defensive effort late. “It’s nice to get us our...
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Brown paces C-R boys over B-R; Salamanca, A-L fall
Local Sports, Sports
December 16, 2025
CUBA — Carter Brown scored 19 points to lead the Cuba-Rushford boys basketball on the road while Coleman Searle and Adam Roe had 17 points each Tuesda...
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Second-half push helps Olean girls beat Fredonia
Local Sports, Sports
December 16, 2025
OLEAN — Trailing 21-16 at halftime, the Olean High girls basketball team took control of Tuesday night’s game against Fredonia with a 16-5 third quart...
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Local & Social
STCS brings live Nativity to Olean community
Local News, News
Dec 16, 2025
OLEAN — Southern Tier Catholic School students Saturday shared the true meaning of Christmas during their live Nativity celebration held as part of th...
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Portville’s Bray named Youth of the Week
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Dec 16, 2025
The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces that this week’s featured Youth Citizenship Award recipient is Samantha Bray, the daughter of Scott and ...
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Changeable weather in forecast for this week
Local News, News
Brian McClellan 
Dec 15, 2025
The coming week will see plenty of weather fluctuations, with temperatures rising into the 40s at times as well as the chance for wind and more precip...
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Crime and Courts
Police reports 12/12/25
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Dec 12, 2025
Wellsville Police Thursday, no time provided , Nichole R. Lee, 30, of Wellsville, was charged with third-degree burglary, a class D felony, and petit ...
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Potter Co. man charged with murder in boy’s 2024 death
Crime, Local News
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Dec 12, 2025
COUDERSPORT — In July 2024, a 5-year-old Coudersport boy was rushed to UPMC Cole in cardiac arrest. He was soon flown to Janet Weis Children’s Hospita...
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Local News, News
July 29, 2025
Benjamin Morgan of Allegany earned a Bachelor of Science in computer networks and cybersecurity from University of Maryland Global Campus this past sp...
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Why giving matters, even for federal accounts
Commentary, Opinion
By ABBEY McCLOSKEY Bloomberg Opinion 
December 16, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Generosity is shocking. Especially when it’s to strangers. That was my first thought upon hearing of the Dell family donation of $6...
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Taxpayers subsidize football coach firings
Commentary, Opinion
December 16, 2025
In 1917, Congress made private donations to universities tax-deductible to give alumni an incentive to support the education of future students. Lawma...
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Renewing the call for the PROTECT Act
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
December 16, 2025
I stood with colleagues in the Senate Republican Conference earlier this month to renew our call for what will be one of our top priorities when a new...
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Letter to the Editor: No billionaire left behind
Commentary, Opinion
December 15, 2025
The Department of Education is being parceled out to other departments, making it easier to close the department as proposed in Executive Order 14242 ...
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