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ALLEGANY — The Allegany Area Historical Association will hold a bake sale from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the 154th Civil War re-enactment, hosted at...

Marcia Kelly gave us an update a couple days ago after our State & Union about Dick Marcus knowing the Olean-born poet Robert Lax and Lax’s good frien...

Figures in history with ties to Olean is nothing new — we often marvel at how many roads to and from our community and region lead to connections with...

Wallace “Wally” Higgins of Alfred Station, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, died Wednesday at the age of 92. Born on Nov. 11, 1925...

World War II veteran, Staff Sgt. Wally Higgins of Alfred Station, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, died Wednesday, at the age of 92. “It is with g...

In Monday’s edition we noted how, 75 years ago this week, the Times Herald learned that McKean County native and former Olean resident, Maj. Gen. Clay...

From an early railroad festival to an Army private’s letter home, from a struggle over busing to life-saving actions by a New York State Police troope...

LITTLE VALLEY — Descendants of members of the 154th New York Volunteer Infantry, a Civil War regiment raised in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties, w...

SYRACUSE — Gov. Andrew Cuomo this afternoon announced a weeklong state of emergency for 14 Upstate New York counties as torrential rains have continue...

RICHBURG — The Allegany County Area Foundation, recently presented a check for $4,381.96 to the Richburg-Wirt Historical Society. This money comes fro...

WELLSVILLE — The annual Field of Flags at Jones Memorial Hospital is one way to honor and remember deceased veterans and it is also a way to take care...

The family of a late U.S. Army and Korean War veteran received several medals, awarded for his service, during a ceremony July 28 at the Staff Sgt. Sh...

From letters from “Over There” to a Bradner Stadium battle with the Brooklyn Dodgers, from surprise visitors from the sky to a close win for NY in the...

Karen Everett of Houghton writes us about reacting to the July 31 edition of State & Union, in which Olean John Cappelletti shared his “small world” e...

If you live in New York and plan using a 3D printer to make a functioning plastic gun from plans on the internet, be prepared for the consequences. Go...

ANGELICA — Volunteers aim to give voice to those who fought “The War to End All Wars” this weekend. Set for Saturday and Sunday, the 49th annual Angel...

On this weekend 65 years ago, a new World War II film with a lot of buzz around it — “Stalag 17” — was opening at Olean’s Palace Theater. But for Olea...

Good people of Cuba and surrounding communities, it is with sincere obligation to veterans and civil supporters that I inform you that I will no longe...