Breaking News
September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...
News
Nov 10, 2021
Joel Gilfert of Portville has been the caretaker of the Eldred (Pa.) Oak Hill Cemetery since 2014 and the veterans that are there are special to his h...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 08, 2021
"Love is love." "Science is science." Homes and offices in Washington, D.C. must display every politically correct lawn sign there is. Could it be the...
News
Feb 20, 2021
OLEAN — In sharing his spiritual path to Olean, Rev. John Adams prefers that the degrees behind his name are a side note, while the message of his sha...
Jul 29, 2020
John Lewis, at the age of 80, has died, and one result is remembrances of his life, his courage, his Christian faith, his sacrifices and his dedicatio...
Commentary, Readers Turn To Write
Jan 02, 2020
The holiday season has passed and the days are beginning to grow longer. Shorter days and long dark nights have always weighed heavily on the human ra...
Lifestyle
Nov 29, 2019
It was the seventh year after the beginning of the Quranic revelation, and the polytheistic Meccans were persecuting Muslims, especially from the lowe...
Lifestyle, Local News
Oct 30, 2019
OLEAN — The Baha’i community of Olean celebrated the bicentenary of the birth of the Bab, one of the co-founders of the Baha’i faith, with a free even...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News, ...
May 03, 2019
OLEAN — While those gathered Thursday in Lincoln Park had various faiths, you may not have known it from their prayers alone. The leaders of Olean’s v...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
Apr 26, 2019
History tends to repeat itself. In the deep South, during the Civil Rights movement, African American churches were targeted and attacked. In 2015, a ...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Apr 08, 2019
I am writing to add my voice to the many others in proximity to St. John’s Church in North Olean. We are against the establishment of a shelter of any...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Mar 21, 2019
ALLEGANY — Gathered together in the solemnity of the McGinley-Carney Center for Franciscan Ministry Tuesday, about 80 community members, and the stude...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jun 28, 2018
The Olean Baha’i community, in conjunction with the Department of Religion of the Chautauqua Institution, will present “A Baha’i Bicentenary Musical C...
May 15, 2018
DEAR HARRIETTE: I have been dating the same guy for about a year now. We get along so well that I can really see a future with him. Last week, one of ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Feb 15, 2018
OLEAN — Most of the panelists described generosity as an act of charity expected by a higher being during an Interfaith Dialogue on Tuesday at the Ole...
Local News, News
Mar 01, 2017
OLEAN — The message provided by Tuesday’s Interfaith Forum was that the act of compassion and love is shared by many religions and faiths throughout t...
Commentary, Nation World
Dec 23, 2016
(TNS) Does America have a religion? It seems a strange question to ask. Some Americans have one religion, others another; many have none at all. If th...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Nov 05, 2016
I have enjoyed reading the Rev. Dan McDowell’s weekly columns in this space and his even-handed, open-minded approach to his faith and other faiths. I...
Local News, News
Oct 29, 2016
OLEAN — Did you know that a leprechaun is really an Irish shoemaker? Or that kissing the Blarney Stone is supposed to remove shyness, not provide good...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
October 2, 2025
PORTVILLE — The idea to make a launch point for kayaks and other watercraft on the Allegheny River in the town of Portville has resulted in the develo...
Local News, News
October 2, 2025
While it's early October and the weather in the near future still calls for sun and high temperatures in the 70s — it's not too early to look ahead an...
Local News, News
October 2, 2025
OLEAN — Early screening and paying attention to risk factors can help reduce the impact of breast cancer, said the county’s top medical officer. Catta...
Local News, News
October 2, 2025
OLEAN — Federal aid will help get the lead out of area children over the next few years. Cattaraugus County Environmental Health Director Bob Ring tol...
Local Sports, Sports
October 1, 2025
A-L knocks off Falconer/CV/MG for 4th-straight win PORTVILLE — Back on September 11, the Portville girls soccer team brought a 0-0 tie into halftime b...
Local Sports, Sports, Volleyball
October 1, 2025
ALLEGANY — Allegany-Limestone girls volleyball beat visiting Randolph (25-19, 25-15, 25-17) in three sets on Wednesday night, as they look to improve ...
