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F rom a connection to the Lafayette Escadrille to “first blood” for Olean, from a new home for area Methodists to saving greyhounds, here’s a look bac...

OLEAN — Charlie Brown has had what he calls “an interesting life.” The Westons Mills great-grandfather received five Battle Stars for his service in W...

Baseball and summer go hand-in-hand — and longtime local fans know that the Olean Oilers name dates back to the days of the PONY (Pennsylvania-Ontario...

OLEAN — The Olean Police Department has made an arrest after several gunshots were fired Saturday night on a South Olean street corner. Paul E. Wilson...

ALLEGANY — When U. S. Army Maj. Patrick Miller learned that Korean War veteran Herman Foster was in need of a vehicle to travel in, he knew of the per...

F rom preparing for the draft to cleaning up after an epic flood, from big traffic for the Welcome Wagon to the next chapter for the Bonnies, here’s a...

Since this is county fair week in Allegany County, we share some history and trivia on the Allegany County Fair. The information is from the fair’s hi...

We’ve written about Hinsdale recently, in part because of the interest generated by a visit from newspaper publisher Jim Slonoff from Hinsdale, Ill., ...

OLEAN — While most new high school graduates are enjoying their summer before starting college in the fall, Jordan McLaughlin is learning navigation, ...

ALBANY (AP) — A former Occupy Wall Street protester and volunteer medic from Buffalo who had taken up the cause of the Middle East's Kurds was one of ...

THERESA (AP) — An Army soldier killed his wife and a state police trooper who had responded to reports of shots fired at the couple's rural upstate pr...

ALLEGANY — As U.S. Army Maj. Patrick Miller recovered from being shot during the 2014 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, his family was able to stay c...

Descendants of members of the 154th New York Volunteer Infantry, a Civil War regiment raised in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties, are organizing th...

LITTLE VALLEY — The bid opening last week for the Cattaraugus County Civil War Memorial and Historic Building was a “sigh of relief” to members of the...

In Tuesday’s edition, in the spirit of Independence Day and the American Revolution, we mentioned Adam and Robert Hoops, brothers who served in the Co...

The intersection of music and current events has interested me since junior high school, when I went from playing Bill Cosby albums to listening to so...

Fireworks, barbecues and family get-togethers are what many people think of doing when the Fourth of July holiday rolls around. Several veterans and e...

F rom a mayoral order to “work, fight or go to jail” to saying farewell to a company of recruits, from a $2 million solution to the city’s housing pro...