Baseball, Sports
Jun 28, 2022
MANSFIELD, Pa. — Two days earlier, the Olean Oilers lost consecutive games for the first time this season. On Saturday, Olean’s bats were held mostly ...
High School, Softball, Sports
Jun 13, 2022
MORICHES — The dream of a state championship for the Friendship/Scio softball team looked very much alive early on in Saturday’s NYSPHSAA Class D semi...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jun 20, 2019
CORTLAND — With a pair of games against a fellow three-win team, the Olean Oilers had a golden opportunity Wednesday to jump back into the thick of th...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jun 16, 2019
HORNELL — It wasn’t a stinging loss but a tie for the Olean Oilers. For the second straight day — and the third time in a week against the Hornell Dod...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jun 04, 2019
WILLIAMSVILLE — As much as the Olean High softball team enjoyed blanking its last two playoff opponents, the shutouts didn’t prevent the Huskies from ...
Baseball, College Sports, Sports
May 02, 2019
ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure hammered out 17 hits and scored its second win in as many days, 9-5, over rival Niagara Wednesday afternoon at Fred ...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jul 19, 2018
WEBSTER — On this field June 29, the Olean Oilers reached their low-water mark. A 12-4 loss to the Rochester Ridgemen put Olean at 9-12 halfway throug...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jul 15, 2018
OLEAN — Owner/manager Brian O’Connell Jr. said the Olean Oilers couldn’t take the last-place Hornell Dodgers lightly in three critical weekend games. ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jul 12, 2018
OLEAN — A shorter crosswalk to King Street Park is the first to be created with the help of a $335,000 state grant. The “bump-out” curb extensions ins...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jun 03, 2018
EAST AMHERST — There was no need for style points or flashy hitting. The Olean Huskies knew their best route to the New York state softball final four...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 30, 2018
ST. BONAVENTURE — For a moment, this was set to be a Franklinville softball redemption story. A year ago, the Panthers surrendered a pair of seventh-i...
Baseball, Big 30, High School, ...
May 27, 2018
JAMESTOWN — With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, Allegany-Limestone brought the tying run to the plate. Unfortunately for the Gators, it...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Apr 22, 2018
DAYTON, Ohio – St. Bonaventure coach Larry Sudbrook had already accumulated any number of milestone triumphs and awards in his 32-plus years as the St...
Basketball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jan 04, 2018
ST. BONAVENTURE — The birthday girl pounded her chest, took a glance at the scoreboard and let out a loud “Woo!” Mariah Ruff had just made her second ...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jul 08, 2017
OLEAN — The Olean Oilers not only managed a doubleheader split against the Hornell Dodgers on Friday, but also avoided going 0-fer in the season serie...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jun 11, 2017
OLEAN — If only the Olean Oilers could have saved some offense from Friday. After exploding for 24 runs the night before at Rochester, Olean needed a ...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 31, 2017
DUNKIRK — The Portville softball team made history by winning the program’s first Section 6 Class C-2 title over the weekend. It added to that chapter...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 28, 2017
DUNKIRK — The wait ended for the Portville Central School softball team … threefold. The Panthers’ Section 6 Class C-2 final with Maple Grove was post...
Crime, News
June 16, 2025
OLEAN — A West Valley woman faces felony welfare fraud charges following an investigation, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported. Nicole L....
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
More rain is on the way for the Olean area in the coming week, though the National Weather Service predicts a lower chance for severe weather than the...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
OLEAN — The regular monthly meeting of the Olean Public Library Board of Trustees will be held Wednesday, June 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the library's Conf...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
BRADFORD, Pa. — To understand the engineering challenges they had set before them, members of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Baja Racing C...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
BRADFORD, Pa. — In August 2024, Keating Township supervisors Dave McClain, John Anderson and Ryan Herzog adopted a protective ordinance that attempted...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
