Breaking News
September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Oct 09, 2018
Beth Miller Portville Girls volleyball Driving Portville’s hopes for a fourth state championship in five years is a player putting up the biggest numb...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Oct 02, 2018
Alyssa Spring Allegany-Limestone Girls soccer Spring made more A-L history, becoming the school’s all-time leading scorer with three goals in last Mon...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Sep 25, 2018
Molly McClelland Allegany-Limestone Girls soccer During the Gators’ run to the Class C state championship last fall, McClelland, as a sophomore, broke...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Sep 25, 2018
Max Linderman Olean Boys soccer/football Linderman receives this honor for contributions in two sports. On Thursday, the junior scored the deciding go...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 21, 2018
In a way, I should have written this column last fall. But at the time, Dave Waugh’s death was just too difficult for me to grasp. How unfair, I thoug...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Sep 19, 2018
( EDITOR’S NOTE : This is the sixth in a seven-part series previewing Big 30 fall sports. Today: New York girls volleyball.) One week in July sums up ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Sep 17, 2018
ST. BONAVENTURE — Area Girl Scouts will have the opportunity to meet female college athletes and try their hand at a number of sports during a WNY Gir...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Sep 10, 2018
A couple thoughts after a busy week: Once again I find myself writing about journalism and covering the news — this after the New York Times published...
Columnists, Local Sports, Sports
Sep 07, 2018
My first recollection of Gene Fazio is from the fall of 1970. He was the football coach at Otto-Eldred High School and I was broadcasting all of the g...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 28, 2018
WELLSVILLE — The aim to reverse the fortunes of the Wellsville football program began in February in a classroom. That’s when new coach Jarrod Bell me...
Big 30, Columnists, Football, ...
Aug 28, 2018
The list is a Who’s Who of Big 30 football coaches since 1980. Carl Defilippi (Smethport), George Whitcher (Salamanca), Gary Swetland (Portville), Mik...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 16, 2018
PORT ALLEGANY, Pa. – His players made the short walk from the dusty practice field back to the school, most of them side-by-side, all of them sporting...
Lifestyle
Aug 15, 2018
(TNS) Participation in youth sports has declined over the past decade for a variety of reasons: an increased interest in video games and other activit...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 11, 2018
DUKE CENTER, Pa. — For Troy Cook, the landscape along RL Sweitzer Drive is vastly different now. An assistant during Virgil Graham’s tenure, Cook was ...
Aug 09, 2018
DUKE CENTER, Pa. — For Troy Cook, the landscape along RL Sweitzer Drive is vastly different now. An assistant during Virgil Graham’s tenure, Cook was ...
Big 30, Columnists, Football, ...
Aug 04, 2018
He says it’s circumstantial, but Todd Silfies is enjoying the final chapter of his temporary exit as a high school football coach. Silfies, 34, resign...
Aug 02, 2018
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a four-part series on the units for Saturday’s 45th annual Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic at Bradford’s Parkwa...
Columnists, Local Sports, Sports
Jul 06, 2018
Chris Sanzo got off to a slow start athletically … through no fault of his own. He was born a “blue baby” with several holes between his right and lef...
Crime, Local News, News
October 2, 2025
OLEAN — A Little Valley man faces charges of welfare fraud, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported Thursday. Dustin T. Hawkins, 35, was char...
Business, Local News, News, ...
October 2, 2025
WELLSVILLE — The village has been good to them and they believe they're good for Wellsville. Jeremy Hadaway and his wife Tennille are the owners of BD...
Business, Local News, News, ...
October 2, 2025
JAMESTOWN — Liam Rivera’s career in manufacturing can be traced back to seventh grade, when he dreaded hitting the books and spending time in a tradit...
Local News, News, NY State News
October 2, 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced a statewide burn ban in effect immediately Thursday due to increas...
Local News, News, NY State News
October 2, 2025
WHITESVILLE — Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski presented $20,000 in unrestricted state aid to Whitesville Central School Superintendent Tammy Emely on Wed...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
October 2, 2025
ELLICOTTVILLE — The Bob McCarthy Foundation continues its annual funding of critical programs in the community, including supporting prevention servic...
