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OLEAN — Genesis House cleared an important hurdle Thursday in its quest for a new home in North Olean. The city Zoning Board of Appeals granted a use ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University and Archbishop Walsh Academy officials said Thursday they’re in the dark just like the public when it com...

ST. BONAVENTURE — A St. Bonaventure University conference on the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis has been canceled amid concerns the event would...

I am a very mature lady now, and during this long life I have tried to follow in my Savior’s footsteps — as God wants me to do, to love Him and take c...

I am writing to add my voice to the many others in proximity to St. John’s Church in North Olean. We are against the establishment of a shelter of any...

OLEAN — Yellow signs are cropping up around North Olean as some residents show dissatisfaction with plans to move the Genesis House shelter to the nei...

OLEAN — Nancy Annabelle Wilcox Sue was born April 5, 1919, and on Friday celebrated her 100th birthday at The Pines, with a few family members and alm...

SALAMANCA — As part of on-going Lenten observances in the area, the Rev. Father Mariusz Sierhart recently announced there will be Stations of the Cros...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has substantiated an allegation of child sexual abuse against a suspended Ellicottville priest. The di...

I awoke early Friday morning to the terrible news from Christchurch, New Zealand, where 50 Muslims were gunned down and killed while at prayer, while ...

OLEAN — It was Asad Syed’s job to represent the Islamic Society of the Southern Tier at Thursday’s interfaith service for the Christchurch shootings a...

If you look back and reflect, as I often do, you might discover that the friends you’ve collected are like charms strung across the bracelet of a life...

ALLEGANY — When news of the massacre at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, unfolded Friday, Father Michael Calabria felt compelled to reach out...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Local pastors weighed in on a recent decision by delegates with the United Methodist Church’s special session of the General Conferenc...

OLEAN — The Olean Elks Lodge will host its 45th Elk of the Year Awards dinner March 23, when Mark Fries will be honored as the lodge’s Elk of the Year...

OLEAN — The Olean Elks Lodge will host its 45th Elk of the Year Awards dinner March 23, when Mark Fries will be honored as the lodge’s Elk of the Year...

HINSDALE — The town of Hinsdale is celebrating their bicentennial in 2020 and planning is already underway for the town-wide — and year-long — festivi...

CHEEKTOWAGA — Former Cattaraugus County lawmaker Donald Milligan has died at the age of 81. Milligan, of Cheektowaga and formerly of Perrysburg, passe...