2-time NASCAR champ Kyle Busch dies at 41 after being hospitalized with a ‘severe illness’
Local Sports, Sports
By By STEVE REED - AP Sports Writer 
May 21, 2026
CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR’s three national series, has died. He was 41. The Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR issued a joint statement Thursday saying Busch died after being hospitalized. No cause of death ...
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Bills TE Kincaid feels stronger two years after lingering knee injury
Buffalo Bills, Football, Local Sports, ...
By NICK SABATO - Niagara Gazette (TNS) 
May 21, 2026
ORCHARD PARK — Dalton Kincaid was fed up. He was impatient and just wanted to fix it. After trying to play through a torn left posterior cruciate liga...
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Brady: Allen, Moore building chemistry at OTAs
Buffalo Bills, Football, Local Sports, ...
By MATT PARRINO, Syracuse.com (TNS) 
May 20, 2026
ORCHARD PARK — Buffalo Bills coach Joe Brady remembers the chemistry between Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs. When Brady arrived in Buffalo as quarterback...
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Local & Social
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
May 21, 2026
ELLICOTTVILLE — Nannen Arboretum will begin hosting a weekly silent book club on Wednesdays starting June 3. A silent book club invites people to brin...
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Lane reductions along Route 19 in Allegany County
Allegany County, Local News, News
May 21, 2026
WELLSVILLE — The New York State Department of Transportation advises motorists that Route 19 in Allegany County — from the Belmont Falls Bridge to the...
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Three area school districts’ budgets shot down in Tuesday vote
Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
May 20, 2026
Public school districts across New York state held their annual budget votes and board elections on Tuesday, and at least three districts in the Times...
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Kevin Smeal marks 25 years with Cutco
Business, Local News, News
May 20, 2026
OLEAN — Kevin Smeal, distribution center operator for Cutco Cutlery Corp., will celebrate 25 years of service on May 21, 2026. Smeal joined Cutco on M...
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Memorial Day events planned for Monday
Local News, News
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
May 20, 2026
OLEAN — Local communities will mark Memorial Day with parades and observances on Monday. The Olean American Legion and Olean VFW will host exercises a...
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Jason Lingaton with Cutco for 25 years
Business, Local News, News
May 20, 2026
OLEAN — Jason Lingaton, cleaning line operator for Cutco Cutlery Corp., is celebrating 25 years of service with the company. Lingaton joined Cutco on ...
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Crime and Courts
Police reports 5/20/26
Crime, Local News, News
May 20, 2026
Olean Police Monday, 12:47 p.m. , no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Buffalo and Constitution streets. ...
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Police reports 5/18/26
Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
May 19, 2026
Salamanca Police  May 12, 6:28 a.m. , Yancey A. Dowdy, 39, of Salamanca, was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance...
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Be aware of the risks of ingesting kratom
Commentary, Opinion
May 21, 2026
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimates that there were almost 2 million Americans who used kratom in 2021. It's safe to assume that this...
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AI anxiety won’t be eased by universal basic income
Commentary, Opinion
By KATHRYN ANNE EDWARDS Bloomberg Opinion 
May 21, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — There is a palpable fear among American workers that AI is coming for their jobs. The answer to that fear, as I’ve argued, is to make...
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A fix for gerrymandering both parties could love
Commentary, Opinion
By MARY ELLEN KLAS Bloomberg Opinion 
May 21, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess. More and more states are joining the race to the bottom to gerrymander away...
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Half-steps on climate law changes won’t fix it
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
May 20, 2026
Details on the still-unfinished state budget have been few and far between over the seven weeks now that it has been late, but once Gov. Kathy Hochul ...
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