military

Descendants of members of the 154th New York Volunteer Infantry, a Civil War regiment raised in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties, will gather for t...

OLEAN — Olean General Hospital’s Lexi Wilson, RN, is gearing up for her second year of educating youngsters about the dangers of sun exposure. In its ...

Virtually every day in June 1944, the Olean Times Herald carried a small news item or two about area men being killed, wounded or missing in recent Wo...

For nearly two years her story captivated the Southern Tier. Kim Pressler, the pride of Franklinville, became a household name when she won the Miss N...

No matter how the current crisis between the United States and Iran turns out, it should have one result: an end to the fear that President Donald Tru...

OLEAN — For decades Richard Weber Sr. has been volunteering his time, labor and money to make the Olean community a better place. This year, according...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has renamed the State Tree Nursery in Saratoga Springs the Colonel Will...

OSWAYO, Pa. — The Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education is teaming up with L.E.E.K. Hunting and Mountain Preserve for the 11th annual Open House F...

On June 6, 1944, folks in Olean and the surrounding area awoke that morning to radio reports that Hitler’s “Fortress Europe” had been invaded by the A...

Editor’s Note: This column by famed World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle was released for use by the Ernie Pyle World War II Museum in Dana, Indiana,...

PORTVILLE – Again this year, about 100 kayakers and canoers joined the Portville American Legion members in a paddle from Ceres to the Linn Boat Landi...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — On the day after Thanksgiving in 1942, 20-year-old George A. Pesock from the “tannery section” of west Coudersport enlisted in the ...

Last month a group of veterans I was stationed with in Baghdad, Iraq from 2008-9 met in Florida for our much-anticipated reunion. Sadly, last year we ...

LITTLE VALLEY — A 72-year-old Massachusetts Air Force veteran on a cross country trek to draw attention to the plight of homeless veterans will be wel...

WELLSVILLE— The Wellsville community gathered to honor its veterans at their Memorial Day parade Monday. Sunny skies and 65 degree early afternoon tem...

OLEAN — Hundreds lined South Union Street on Monday to watch Olean’s Memorial Day parade and ceremonies. One veteran who was awaiting the casting of t...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A former Olean resident and retired brigadier general has written a book on leadership and the moments through our lives that we lea...

When World War II ended in 1945, hundreds of men and women from Olean and the Twin Tiers region returned in jubilant homecomings, as family and friend...