Breaking News
August 18, 2026
OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...
Commentary, Nation World
Dec 25, 2024
WASHINGTON(TNS) — PresidentJoe Bidenannounced Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death-row inmates to life in prison w...
News, NY State News
Dec 22, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's governor has ordered more than a dozen prison staffers to be fired over the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this month. ...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Nov 27, 2024
We continue facing an era in state government that will forever be defined by a “no consequences” approach to law and order. And in a state that remai...
Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, Local News, ...
Nov 09, 2024
SMETHPORT, Pa. — The Olean, N.Y., man who robbed an Eldred bank in June was sentenced to state prison Thursday in McKean County Court for the Pennsylv...
Cattaraugus County News, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Nov 01, 2024
Cattaraugus County Acting Sheriff Eric Butler collected more endorsements this past week in his bid to be elected sheriff on Tuesday. Former Sheriff T...
Leters to the Editor
Oct 30, 2024
Regarding a recent letter to the editor, “Voting for Principles Not for Party,” by Thomas P. Enright in the Oct. 8 edition of the Times Herald, Mr. En...
Cattaraugus County News, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Oct 26, 2024
As acting sheriff of Cattaraugus County, Eric Butler said it’s been “super humbling” to see the string of endorsements from law enforcement unions and...
Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, Local News, ...
Sep 20, 2024
State Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Joseph Giglio condemned the decision to release Edward Kindt following two parole violations, blasting Admi...
Commentary, Nation World
Sep 18, 2024
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s administration paid $495,000 in a sex-discrimination legal settlement that relocated a transgender inmate from a men’s to a ...
Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, Daily Headlines, ...
Sep 16, 2024
The Cattaraugus County district attorney supports the acting county sheriff’s stated intention to work with federal authorities to get more drug deale...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Sep 03, 2024
It is with pleasure that I provide this letter of recommendation in support of Denny Whitmore’s candidacy for Cattaraugus County sheriff. Our work tog...
Local News, News
Aug 26, 2024
COUDERSPORT, Pa. — Five civil counts were filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court against Potter County, Potter County Jail employees and UPMC...
Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, Daily Headlines, ...
Aug 15, 2024
State Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Joseph Giglio were joined by legislative colleagues and law enforcement and correctional officers Thursday ...
Cattaraugus County News, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Aug 12, 2024
The Cattaraugus County Democratic Committee unanimously endorsed Denny J. “DJ” Whitmore of Little Valley, a former correctional officer, educator and ...
Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, Local News, ...
Jul 25, 2024
LITTLE VALLEY — County lawmakers have condemned the New York State Board of Parole, Gov. Kathy Hochul and other state officials for their role in Edwa...
Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, Daily Headlines, ...
Jul 24, 2024
Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Joseph Giglio both blasted what they call New York state’s “pro-criminal” Board of Parole upon learning that conv...
News, NY State News
Jul 18, 2024
ALBANY (TNS) — The Hochul administration will close two upstate New York maximum security prisons citing a continuing overall drop in the incarcerated...
Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, Local News
Jun 20, 2024
LITTLE VALLEY — A 41-year-old Machias man was sentenced in Cattaraugus County Court to two to four years in a state correctional facility on charges t...
Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News
October 2, 2026
Local News, News
October 2, 2026
OLEAN — There’s HOPE on West State Street for those facing homelessness. Genesis House Executive Director Melissa Yaworsky cut the ribbon on the Housi...
Business News, Lifestyle, Lifestyles
October 2, 2026
DEAR RUSTY: I seem to remember that Congress borrowed a total of $4 trillion from Social Security back in the 1980s and '90s. When will this be repaid...
Business News, Local News, News
October 2, 2026
Dr. Mohaned Al-Humadi, orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine, has been awarded the second biannual 2026 Golden Stethoscope Award by Olean General Ho...
News, News
October 2, 2026
When U.S. Air Force Maj. Matt Blue's C-130 flies over Highmark Stadium on Sunday, he will do it with a mission central to the community that raised hi...
Local News, News, NY State News
October 2, 2026
NEW YORK — The woman who accused members of a Cornell University fraternity of gang rape was "failed" by people obligated to protect her, including ca...
