Cattaraugus County, Crime, Local News, ...
Mar 20, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — Wearing black-and-white striped jail clothing as opposed to the tan suit he wore every day of his kidnapping and rape trial, Francis O...
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Mar 17, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — A man convicted of raping a woman in his Olean House apartment will be sentenced Monday in Cattaraugus County Court. Francis O’Donnell...
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Jan 18, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — Francis O’Donnell’s kidnapping and rape trial continues to experience delays with officials offering little to no explanation. Proceed...
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Jan 17, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — The trial of Francis O’Donnell was once again adjourned Tuesday, as jurors were sent home without hearing testimony for the second tim...
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Jan 13, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — An Olean woman took the stand Friday in Cattaraugus County Court and recalled what happened the month she spent at the apartment of Fr...
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Jan 12, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — Francis O’Donnell’s second day of a kidnapping and rape trial in Cattaraugus County Court never got off the ground, possibly due to hi...
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Jan 11, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — Olean police had conducted a missing persons investigation for several days, searching the city for a local woman they feared dead. Th...
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Jan 10, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — Twelve people have been chosen to serve on a jury that will decide the fate of Francis O’Donnell, whose kidnapping and rape trial will...
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Dec 05, 2017
LITTLE VALLEY — The trial for an Olean man accused of sexually assaulting a woman while holding her captive in his Olean House apartment has been dela...
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Nov 18, 2017
LITTLE VALLEY — An Olean man accused of sexually assaulting a woman while holding her captive in his Olean House apartment for a month will soon stand...
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May 18, 2017
OLEAN — Police and Olean Housing Authority officials say Olean House is still a safe place to live, despite at least two alleged violent crimes occurr...
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Mar 16, 2017
LITTLE VALLEY — The Olean man accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing a woman pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and sex charges Monday in Cattaraugu...
Crime, News
Feb 23, 2017
OLEAN — Police investigators still believe Karen Peer. The arrest of the Olean woman, whom authorities allege was kidnapped and abused for a month, cu...
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Feb 22, 2017
OLEAN — Police investigators still believe Karen Peer. The arrest of the Olean woman, whom authorities allege was kidnapped and abused for a month, cu...
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Feb 22, 2017
OLEAN — Olean police Tuesday arrested and extradited the woman they said last week was kidnapped and held against her will for a month in a man’s apar...
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Feb 14, 2017
OLEAN — An Olean woman, missing for about a month, turned up at Olean General Hospital with her alleged captor Monday morning. The accused, Francis O’...
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Feb 14, 2017
OLEAN – An Olean man has been charged with kidnapping after allegedly holding a woman against her will for approximately a month in his apartment. Fra...
Obituaries
June 13, 2025
Gerald 'Jerry' Smith, a Celebration of Life PORTVILLE — A Celebration of Life will be held for Gerald “Jerry” Smith from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 28...
June 13, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father & grandfather LIMESTONE --- Dennis L. Holliday of Nichols Run Road passed away on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. D...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
June 13, 2025
SALAMANCA — Goodwill of Western New York is planning an upcoming session of its Goodskills Career Builder training program in Salamanca. The training ...
June 13, 2025
Gregory Clare Bell ELDRED, Pa. -- Gregory Clare Bell, 76, of Eldred, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully at home on June 11, 2025, surrounded by his ...
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June 13, 2025
CUBA — Town Supervisor Lee James said a nearly weeklong emergency order banning water vessels on Cuba Lake due to flood-related debris and pollutants ...
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June 13, 2025
CUBA — Town Supervisor Lee James said a nearly weeklong emergency order banning water vessels on Cuba Lake due to flood-related debris and pollutants...
