Local News, News
Mar 19, 2019
OLEAN — A Tuesday morning blaze believed to be caused by a gas heater destroyed the South Third Street home of a 99-year-old woman, but caused no inju...
Editorial, Editorial, Here And Now, ...
Feb 19, 2019
OLEAN — A 911 call to Olean Police that someone had fallen through ice on Olean Creek near Bradner Stadium about 8 a.m. Tuesday sparked a search that ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Nov 28, 2018
OLEAN — No injuries were reported after the Olean Fire Department responded to a machinery fire at Cutco Tuesday night. The initial response was made ...
Local News, News
Jul 19, 2018
OLEAN — A Vine Street house is charred black after a blaze broke out Wednesday evening. Fire officials were called to a two-story residence, 1008 Vine...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Mar 28, 2018
OLEAN — An apartment building where authorities allegedly found methamphetamine-making materials roughly eight weeks ago was destroyed by a fire Wedne...
Cattaraugus County, Crime, Here And Now, ...
Nov 25, 2017
OLEAN — For the second time in less than three weeks, authorities discovered potentially hazardous chemicals upon responding to an Olean structure fir...
Cattaraugus County, Crime, Local News, ...
Nov 17, 2017
OLEAN — Local authorities, residents and landlords are on high alert after three recent apartment fires, the latest of which included a graffiti messa...
Cattaraugus County, Crime, Local News, ...
Oct 31, 2017
OLEAN — Someone intentionally set an early Monday morning fire in North Olean that put six lives in danger, according to local authorities. The Olean ...
Local News, News
Oct 30, 2017
OLEAN — An early morning fire burned bright for hours Monday morning at a North Olean apartment building after firefighters rescued four people from t...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Sep 11, 2017
OLEAN — At the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels Sunday morning, scouts from Boy Scout Troop 617 walked down the center aisle with two folded America...
Cattaraugus County, Here And Now, Local News, ...
Jul 19, 2017
OLEAN — The city’s public safety committee will get a new draft of a proposed rental housing inspection law in the near future, and the public will be...
Cattaraugus County, Crime, Local News, ...
Jun 23, 2017
OLEAN — Authorities have labeled two early Thursday morning vacant house fires in the city as suspicious and are continuing to investigate. The first ...
News
May 20, 2017
OLEAN — Smoke billowed across a crowded West State Street on Saturday afternoon as firefighters broke down doors and shattered windows, attempting to ...
Local News, News
Feb 20, 2017
OLEAN — With the January fire that tore through AJ’s Bar now declared an electrical accident, Olean fire officials say there were few, if any, signs t...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News, ...
Dec 03, 2016
OLEAN — Olean Fire Department Chief Robert Bell has heard the whispers when some retired firefighters have passed away — whispers they had cancer, and...
Local News, News
Nov 14, 2016
Despite the fact an Olean renter had a smoke detector installed in his apartment, he had to make a hasty exit to escape serious injury from a fire a f...
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. ...
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. ...
June 16, 2025
Ruth M. Baillargeon, mother, grandmother, sister BELFAST --- Ruth M. Baillargeon, 82, of Belfast, New York, passed away Monday, June 16, 2025 at High...
June 16, 2025
Robert E. Stephens PORTVILLE === Robert E. Stephens of 24 Finch Street, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2025 at the Cuba Memorial Skilled Nursing Faci...
Commentary, Opinion
June 16, 2025
Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I talk about what’s happening in Albany — but the failures keep repeating. This year was no different. Whil...
Business, Local News, News
June 16, 2025
SUNY Jamestown Community College is participating in SUNY Reconnect, a State University of New York initiative designed to help adults ages 25 to 55 r...
