Editorial

OLEAN — Hanging around Bradner Stadium one final time after the regular season ended, several members of the Southern Tier Diesel semi-pro football te...

BRADFORD, Pa. — When the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women’s basketball team takes to the court this season, the Panthers will be playing und...

The Jan. 25 edition of the Olean Times Herald reported that the Allegany Town Board tabled a request for the use of Chipmonk Road to transport equipme...

I used to think church was boring and irrelevant to my life. I thought I had much better things to do with my Sunday mornings. Church just seemed like...

And so, the grand experiment ends. A bit surprisingly, but unceremoniously, the Bills cut defensive end/outside linebacker Shawne Merriman on Monday m...

A good friend of mine had a saying, “You never know where home is ... until you get there.” Her point was, no matter where you choose to live your lif...

For many of his brand-new teammates, this might have been more about the cultural experience than the basketball. For St. Bonaventure guard Michael Da...

It’s easy to say “go get a job” when you’ve got one. Try being one of the one in every 10 adults on the “funemployment” line in the county, and you’ll...

OLEAN — Over the last six summers, Ed Bysiek has become something of a Gus Macker 3-on-3 basketball tournament veteran. Bysiek, the principal owner of...

A few random notes while waiting for the start of the high school football season and the publication of the Times Herald’s 42nd Annual Big 30 Preview...

PITTSFORD — As the Bills’ season-opening exhibition game wound down last Thursday night at Ralph Wilson Stadium, the cynical media observation was: “L...

SALAMANCA — It’s been seven years since he last climbed out of a NASCAR Sprint Cup car, but it’s easy to see that the fire is still burning. Rusty Wal...

There is never a justification for murdering and wounding children or non-combatants. As we watch on the news, hundreds in Syria are daily being kille...

I am writing in response to all the things that I’ve read and heard regarding President Obama being “un-American,” and how critics say his “failed and...

The day following the release of the Louis Freeh report, Donald Gilliland, the fine investigative reporter for the Harrisburg-Patriot News and formerl...

Remember the “good ol’ days” when this country was anchored with more biblical moorings? We boast about our freedom and the American dream. Americans ...

In a commentary last month in the Olean Times Herald, “The Fed and Congress: Who’s on First?” a version of Abbott and Costello played by Federal Reser...

A bill that passed the State Legislature unanimously would require new central service technicians to become certified and maintain continuing educati...