Olean police offer more details on ‘Olean John Doe’
By BRIAN McCLELLAN news@oleantimesherald.com 
February 11, 2026
OLEAN — The Olean Police Department offered more details on the circumstances surrounding the unidentified man dubbed "Olean John Doe," who was discov...
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Olean High lists 2nd quarter honor rolls
February 11, 2026
OLEAN — Olean High School Principal Jeff Andreano has announced the following students in grades 8 through 12 have been named to the high honor and ho...
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YMCA announces 2026 Salute to Olean honorees
February 11, 2026
OLEAN — Olean-area residents will be honored for their commitment to the community during the Olean YMCA’s 40th annual “Salute to Olean” on Thursday, ...
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Bona Baseball enters 2026 with talent to contend in Atlantic 10
Baseball, Local Sports, Sports
By By SCOTT EDDY, St. Bonaventure Athletics 
February 11, 2026
With a host of new players joining the roster this spring, the new season brings the usual optimism that can only accompany this time of year, but perhaps even more so given the influx of talent for St. Bonaventure baseball. The newcomers have a mix of experience at different levels – four junior co...
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Mest’s seven threes power Olean past Salamanca, 73-46
Basketball, Local Sports, Sports
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
February 10, 2026
OLEAN — Senior Joe Mest buried four first-quarter three-pointers Tuesday night, igniting Olean (12-5, 7-4) to a 73-46 rout of division rival Salamanca...
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Allegany-Limestone, Salamanca secure CCAA I league wins
Basketball, Local Sports, Sports
February 9, 2026
ALLEGANY — Mya Hayes registered a double-double of 14 points and 15 rebounds and Maddie Kahm totaled 17 points to lead the Allegany-Limestone girls ba...
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Local & Social
Local News
Feb 11, 2026
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. -- Alicia Gingrich of Galeton was inducted as a student scholar into Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg's Frederick Douglass Institute...
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Cuba-Rushford lists 2nd quarter honor rolls
Allegany County News, High School, Local News, ...
Feb 11, 2026
CUBA — Cuba-Rushford Junior/Senior High School has announced the honor rolls for the second quarter of the 2025-26 school year. HIGH HONOR ROLL Grade ...
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Hochul signs Medical Aid in Dying Act into law
Local News, News, NY State News
By Olean Times Herald staff 
Feb 11, 2026
Gov. Kathy Hochul has officially signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act legislation into law, while stressing the new law was written to ensure no patien...
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NY state officials: Be wary of Valentine’s Day scams
Local News, News, NY State News
By Olean Times Herald staff 
Feb 11, 2026
As Valentine’s Day approaches, the New York Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection warns New Yorkers about romance scams. Romance scams...
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Free fishing days start this weekend in New York
Local News, News, Outdoors
Feb 11, 2026
Free fishing days in New York state for 2026, in which the requirement for a freshwater fishing license is waived, get underway this weekend. The days...
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Crime and Courts
Police reports 2/10/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Feb 10, 2026
Olean Police Sunday, 3:42 p.m. , one injury was reported following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Wayne and North Union streets. A vehi...
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Police reports 1/21/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
January 21, 2026
Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office OLEAN — John R. Roulo, 42, of Olean, was arrested at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on a violation of probation warrant issued ...
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Lead removal grants lack oversight
Commentary, Opinion
February 11, 2026
Eleven state and local governments that received a collective $45 million from the federal government to remove lead from houses were never flagged as...
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Northwest Passage will be decided by capability, not law
Commentary, Opinion
By ANDREW LATHAM RealClearPolitics 
February 11, 2026
Recent attention has focused on Greenland regarding Arctic strategy, a reminder that geography once treated as peripheral now sits squarely within the...
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Oh, right, the Winter Olympics are on
Commentary, Opinion
By PAUL ZEISE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
February 11, 2026
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — This week's controversy in the world of sports involved some U.S. Olympic athletes saying they are struggling with some of the thin...
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EPA missed obvious payment inaccuracies
Commentary, Opinion
February 9, 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency “did not follow standard operating procedures” for reviewing its spending and underestimated its improper payments...
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