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PORTVILLE — Nineteen recent Portville Central School graduates received awards from scholarship funds managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foun...

OLEAN — Those looking to speak or visit with officials from Archbishop Walsh Academy and Southern Tier Catholic School may do so at their new home on ...

LITTLE VALLEY — Family members and friends of Cattaraugus County Fair president John R. Charlesworth gathered to congratulate him on the lifetime achi...

LITTLE VALLEY — Chaplain David C. Piatt of the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office attended the International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC) 50...

OLEAN — St. Bonaventure University President Jeff Gingerich outlined plans for the university’s future at a meeting of the Cattaraugus County Board of...

ALBANY — An 84-year-old retired bishop of Albany, who has been accused of sexual abuse and has unsuccessfully sought to be removed from the priesthood...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Rich Williams, who will be a senior broadcast journalism student this fall at St. Bonaventure University, is the 2023 recipient of t...

SYRACUSE (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse on Thursday announced a $100 million settlement with people who say they were sexual abuse vict...

OLEAN — The day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a $269,000 grant to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, officials at the church announc...

OLEAN — Olean General Hospital and Bradford Regional Medical Center have received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help m...

QUAKER RUN — Camp Turner celebrated its centennial this past weekend, commemorating its 100th anniversary operating at Allegany State Park. The three-...

ALFRED — The New York Landmarks Conservancy has announced 22 Sacred Sites grants totaling $250,000 were awarded to historic religious properties throu...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — St. Eulalia Catholic Church is holding a “Back to School” rummage sale Aug. 17-19 at the Parish Center. Sale hours are 10 a.m. to 6...

OGDENSBURG (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg in northern New York said Monday that it was filing for bankruptcy protection as it faces m...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Father Steven Kuehn, a former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot, has been named chaplain at St. Bonaventure University and will begin work ...

BUFFALO — Catholic Charities of Buffalo announced Tuesday that its Appeal 2023 raised a total of $9.12 million, shy of the $9.5 million goal. The annu...

ALLEGANY — Bonafest got underway Friday afternoon with good weather, a good crowd, good fellowship, good food and good music. Father Michael Reyes, th...

OLEAN — Italian- and Polish-American heritage will be proudly displayed later this month at the 41st annual St. John’s Festival, helping preserve the ...