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...
Editorial
Mar 29, 2012
I’ve written it before: Youth sports can bring out the best in people. All too often, it can bring out the worst. A group of Olean kids got a healthy ...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 29, 2012
His name was one of four prominent area high school football coaches from the 1960s. Even before it became the Big 30 late in that decade, the names o...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 26, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. — Jessica Jenkins hopes to continue her basketball career for awhile somewhere before beginning a career as a personal trainer. Megan Va...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 22, 2012
For the Olean High School boys’ basketball team, the heartbreak was evident. With no ticks left on the clock and the scoreboard presiding over the cou...
Editorial
Mar 22, 2012
The Green Party candidate for president of the United States, Jill Stein, spoke to a roomful of local residents Tuesday during an impromptu visit at t...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 21, 2012
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jim Crowley looked numb ... his face a combination of delight and shock. It was less than a half hour after his St. Bonaventure wo...
Editorial
Mar 21, 2012
The person who is knowledgeable of what constitutes the righteousness of God and closely observes societal and national evil trends can know for sure ...
Editorial
Mar 21, 2012
Recently, at a large grocery chain store, I watched a person pay for a $160 wedding cake on a “benefit” card — then purchase cigarettes and beer with ...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 20, 2012
ST. BONAVENTURE — For a guy who says very little, Andrew Nicholson may have captured the sentiment of the season in one predictably brief response. It...
Editorial
Mar 20, 2012
When we make decisions on where to shop and dine in downtown Olean and the surrounding area, we look for good prices and quality products. We don’t th...
Editorial
Mar 20, 2012
One thing about reaching high is that if you miss your goal the fall just seems that much harder to endure. That’s how a lot of basketball fans in Ole...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 19, 2012
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — There were 6 1/2 minutes to play and Florida Gulf Coast University’s women’s basketball team had just extended its lead over St. B...
Editorial
Mar 17, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It will be one of those “what ifs” that’s burned into St. Bonaventure NCAA basketball lore. As in, what if Chris Ford hadn’t wrecke...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 16, 2012
NASHVILLE — To Da’Quan Cook, who has literally seen everything in his five years in a St. Bonaventure uniform, this just feels right. The Bona men’s b...
Editorial
Mar 15, 2012
For months I have read the articles and letters to the editor regarding Marcellus Shale. It appears to me that only one side of this issue is being to...
Editorial
Mar 15, 2012
For 112 years, one organization has existed in neighborhoods across the United States and Canada. They have given millions of dollars to local and nat...
Editorial
Mar 15, 2012
I am writing in regard to the serious problem we are having with a prescription drug epidemic. Have we become dependent on living in a prescription dr...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 15, 2012
The local stock car racing season will get its unofficial kickoff to the 2012 racing season this weekend, as the annual Olean Center Mall Stock Car Sh...
Commentary, Opinion
October 1, 2025
Nine years ago, progressives wanted James Comey strung up in the public square. Today, he’s their cause celebre. How times change. In 2016, Democrats ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
October 1, 2025
SALAMANCA — Beautiful weather, live music, activities for the whole family and several new features are hoping to bring people pouring into the city t...
Business, Local News, News
October 1, 2025
Average gasoline prices in New York have fallen 2.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.17/g, while the price per gallon in Olean-area out...
Local Sports, Sports
September 30, 2025
OLEAN — Olean’s Kinley Belleisle and May Eaton claimed the top two spots in a four-team girls’ cross country race Tuesday, but a deep Franklinville/El...
Local Sports, Soccer, Sports
September 30, 2025
PORTVILLE — After a scoreless first half, Portville’s Vic Vena, Colin German and Garrett Reynolds all scored in the second half for a boys soccer vict...
