robert bell

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...

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 ...

OLEAN — No injuries were reported after the Olean Fire Department responded to a machinery fire at Cutco Tuesday night. The initial response was made ...

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...

OLEAN — An apartment building where authorities allegedly found methamphetamine-making materials roughly eight weeks ago was destroyed by a fire Wedne...

OLEAN — For the second time in less than three weeks, authorities discovered potentially hazardous chemicals upon responding to an Olean structure fir...

OLEAN — Local authorities, residents and landlords are on high alert after three recent apartment fires, the latest of which included a graffiti messa...

OLEAN — Someone intentionally set an early Monday morning fire in North Olean that put six lives in danger, according to local authorities. The Olean ...

OLEAN — An early morning fire burned bright for hours Monday morning at a North Olean apartment building after firefighters rescued four people from t...

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...

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...

OLEAN — Authorities have labeled two early Thursday morning vacant house fires in the city as suspicious and are continuing to investigate. The first ...

OLEAN — Smoke billowed across a crowded West State Street on Saturday afternoon as firefighters broke down doors and shattered windows, attempting to ...

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...

OLEAN — Olean Fire Department Chief Robert Bell has heard the whispers when some retired firefighters have passed away — whispers they had cancer, and...

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...