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Christmas has passed, the New Year has arrived and our servicemen and women continue to serve our country abroad. We, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, co...

As one who’s faced loss, and who hasn’t at one time or another, I know there are people missing from around many tables and Christmas trees during the...

The Cattaraugus County Museum and Research Library has opened its new exhibit: "Answer the Call! Cattaraugus County Marches to War, 1917-1918." April ...

If people know anything at all about the Civil War battle of Gettysburg, they usually cite it as “the turning point of the war.” But a new essay colle...

On Dec. 7, 1942, one year after the disastrous Japanese sneak attack at Pearl Harbor, the United States for the most part had its footing back. The Ja...

In Tuesday’s edition we wrote about a new book, “Beneath Haunted Waters,” which tells the story of two World War II B-24 bombers that were lost in the...

In the early morning hours of Dec. 6, 1943, a B-24 Liberator bomber, No. 41-28463, and its crew of six disappeared between Tucson, Ariz., and its base...

On Dec. 3, 1937, Philip N. Austin, of West River Road in the town of Allegany, at age 91 was one of the last surviving Civil War veterans of the regio...

On Dec. 2, 1932, Peter Harris, a career criminal from Olean, was sitting on death row in Sing Sing prison — awaiting his January date with the electri...

This was a remarkable Veterans Day this year. In the past 25 years, our military has been restored to its rightful place a revered institution after a...

CHEEKTOWAGA (AP) — It's a "miracle" more people weren't hurt when a man dressed in camouflage, wearing body armor and armed with two rifles sprayed a ...

OLEAN — Freezing temperatures didn't stop Oleanders from observing Veterans Day Saturday as dozens of area residents joined local dignitaries, politic...

KILL BUCK — You can’t miss Alan Robison’s house as you drive along Kill Buck Road. With more than 1,300 small flags and other displays, his front yard...

It seems like there could have been more to mark the loss of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Larry R. Havers, an Allegany Central School graduate from Vandalia...

OLEAN — Archbishop Walsh Academy honored three graduates who died in Vietnam and laid out plans to honor all its alumni veterans Thursday with the unv...

OLEAN — Olean elementary school students showed their appreciation for veterans Tuesday ahead of Veterans Day this weekend. East View Elementary Schoo...

Already thinking of Veterans Day this week Veterans Day is on Saturday, but we are getting a little ahead of the subject to remind readers that the Ho...

Gun-rights supporters have seized on the Texas church massacre as proof of the well-worn saying that the best answer to a bad guy with a gun is a good...