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CUBA — Small piles of hair mounded up on the floor near boys getting their hair shaved off, while 8-inch ponytails cut from the heads of girls were ba...

ALLEGANY — In a national climate of discord between law enforcement and some communities, several area school districts are bridging the gap through b...

Legislators in different states are talking about training and arming qualified teachers. This is ridiculous, since teachers would in classrooms teach...

OLEAN — Dr. Daniel DeMarte made no bones about it — change will be needed to address the challenges faced by Jamestown Community College. The candidat...

Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy S. Whitcomb said Monday reaction to he and Assemblyman Joseph Giglio’s proposal for armed security at all schools g...

ALLEGANY — Pizza dough was lathered with plenty of sauce, cheese, pepperoni and love by dozens of Allegany-Limestone Elementary School students who at...

Soon after a young gunman killed 20 students and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., five years ago, Cattaraugus County Em...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said Tuesday he could support federal funding for school resource officers and urged parents to press school districts for greater ...

ALLEGANY — “It’s a blessing to come back home,” said Allegany-Limestone Central School District’s new Superintendent Anthony Giannicchi following Tues...

Dan McGraw spent Tuesday morning patrolling the hallways of Olean High School with a badge and a gun. “You’re going to find that I’m never in my offic...

LITTLE VALLEY — Standing in front of the metal detector and armed security in the lobby of the Cattaraugus County Center Monday, Sheriff Timothy S. Wh...

OLEAN — Some of the county’s most talented student musicians will take the Olean High School stage this weekend. OHS is hosting the first of this year...

OLEAN — The Eaton Young Manufacturers Academy for the second February in a row gave local students a chance to dabble in robotics, coding and using th...

ALLEGANY — Adult artists who like the thought of splattering paint to create a masterpiece while sipping a few spirits will likely enjoy the round-up ...

A while back we channeled the late Olean Times Herald editor Gil Stinger, writer of the column “Generally Speaking,” in asking if Olean’s central busi...

I’m an Olean High School graduate (class of 2003) and have lived in Washington, D.C. for the past 10 years. Wednesday night, as a D.C. school leader s...

ALBANY (AP) — A New York sheriff's group and a state Senate Republican are pushing to have an armed police officer at every school in the state in the...

It's so difficult to make sense of the recent gun violence in Florida. While our elected officials make attempts at regulations and enforcement to kee...