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ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University will ring in Veterans Day at Sunday Mass to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — A longtime and now-deceased St. Bonaventure University friar had a child sexual abuse allegation against him stemming out of the Arc...

ST. BONAVENTURE — A longtime and now-deceased St. Bonaventure University friar was credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor. The Rev. Maurice Sche...

Each year with the advent of the holiday season, Megan Taylor hears stories of families who are in need of help for Christmas from the Gift Tree progr...

It was somewhere out west, Denver, I think. My husband, Gordy, enrolled in a weeklong class to maintain his certification as a rural appraiser, one of...

BUFFALO (AP) — Embattled Bishop Richard Malone says he will publicly address the issue of sexual misconduct by clergy in the Roman Catholic Diocese of...

OLEAN — Over 100 people of various faiths mourned together Friday in remembrance of the victims of the recent Pittsburgh synagogue shooting during Sha...

CATTARAUGUS — After retiring last year following nearly 40 years as pastor of St. John’s Church, the Rev. Harland West remains a beloved figure in the...

OLEAN — Archbishop Walsh Academy and Southern Tier Catholic School officials deem last month’s Eagles Gala Auction a success, saying the community ral...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Little Valley United Methodist Church will host a six-hour AARP Driver Safety Class on Monday and Tuesday. The classes will be hel...

BUFFALO — A former Allegany County priest has been suspended following an abuse complaint. Bishop Richard J. Malone placed the Rev. Michael Juran on a...

OLEAN — After last year’s presentation on the respectable women of the Bible, organizer Della Moore was asked to set up an event that talked about the...

The latest modification to the Diocese of Erie public disclosure list has multiple people with local ties — including the first religious Sister to be...

In 1913, Josef Herscher, 11, emigrated with his parents and five sisters from the Alsace region — then a part of Germany — to escape the brooding mood...

OLEAN — It’s been 40 years since Tom Taylor of Cuba was asked to use his woodworking skills to make some pieces for the former St. Francis Hospital’s ...

PORTVILLE — Bethel Lutheran Church in Portville recently hosted an inaugural car rally event to help collect food items for the Portville Food Pantry....

For the past two decades, children and families have visited Hillside Wesleyan Church at 753 Prospect Ave. in late October for the Harvest Festival. T...

In the early morning hours of Nov. 11, 1918, the city of Olean abruptly woke to the news that the Great War was no more. That morning, the pastor of S...