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FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The U.S. Army’s Patrick Miller, an Allegany native and advocate for veterans, was promoted to full colonel Friday in a ceremony at...

BUFFALO — The American Red Cross continues to experience a national blood and platelet shortage and asks the public to book a time to give as soon as ...

WELLSVILLE — Sister of Mercy Alice Roach enthralled Monday Club members recently with her life story and how she became a nun. Sister Alice, a popular...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University will celebrate the life of St. Francis of Assisi during Francis Week, Sept. 26 to Oct. 4. This year’s the...

OLEAN — Southern Tier Catholic School has reopened for prekindergarten through seventh grade for the 2023-24 school year, while it is hoped high schoo...

ST. BONAVENTURE — The Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA) at St. Bonaventure University will hold its second annual Living Lives of Purpos...

OLEAN — Several local observances are planned to remember those killed in the 9/11 terror attacks. The Olean American Legion Post 530 will host a cere...

ST. BONAVENTURE — With the first overall pick in the 2023 Major League Rugby Draft, the Miami Sharks selected Ricky Rose, from St. Bonaventure Univers...

OLEAN — Feet Heat 4 made hundreds of Olean-area youths happy on Sunday with distribution of quality sneakers at the Church Without Walls service. Past...

FRIENDSHIP — Many churches in Allegany County and neighboring upper Potter County, Pa. are gearing up to participate in a national Back to Church Week...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra, assistant professor of biology at St. Bonaventure University, has been named one of 52 educators to receive fun...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The Silver Rose Program made its way through McKean and Potter counties last weekend, making stops Saturday at St. Francis Church in B...

CUBA — Cuba First Baptist Church and Riverside Chapel in Salamanca, with a grant from the Dr. Lyle F. Renodin Foundation, helped send 40 elementary-ag...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Dr. Aaron Gies and Dr. Andrew Belfield, assistant professors of theology and Franciscan Studies at St. Bonaventure University, recen...

ALFRED — Appointed Alfred State College Council Chair in 1993, first appointed Allegany County District Attorney in 1983, and an Assistant Public Defe...

From Olean’s own little Chautauqua to a laid-up all-star, from inking the Olean Center Mall deal to a decision on the BonaFanatic, here’s a look back ...

Father Emmanuel Wenke was ordained to the priesthood Tuesday by Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, archbishop of Atlanta, in the Solemnity of the Assump...

Friar Emmanuel Wenke, OFM Conv., who grew up in Olean and was a member of St. John the Evangelist Parish there, will be ordained to the priesthood at ...