State & Union: Turning back the clock on Olean
April 7, 2026
From a push for a public library and picking up an accused cop killer to welcoming the region’s Legionnaires, from widening Wayne Street to a new bask...
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Ellicottville’s Kruszynski named Youth of the Week
April 7, 2026
The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces that this week’s featured Youth of the Week is Jackson Kruszynski, the son of Dan and Carla Kruszynski a...
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HS WRAP: Freshmen battery keys Allegany-Limestone over O-E
Baseball, Local Sports, Softball, ...
April 6, 2026
GV/B moves to 4-0 with victory over W.Va. team ALLEGANY — The Allegany-Limestone baseball team is youthful, featuring just one senior and five freshmen and sophomores on its 12-player roster. Safe to say, those young players took another step forward on Monday. Freshman Tayden Margeson piled up 11 s...
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Bills are seeking to add edginess to roster amid shakeup under Brady
Buffalo Bills, Football, Local Sports, ...
By NICK SABATO - Niagara Gazette (TNS) 
April 6, 2026
Culture. It was a word thrown around frequently by the Buffalo Bills over the last nine years. Let’s be frank: it’s an important concept. Successful o...
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Twelve more added to ‘26 Charities Classic rosters
Football, Local Sports, Sports
April 6, 2026
BRADFORD, Pa. -- The next wave of players who have committed to play in the 2026 Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic have been released. This year’s Cha...
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Local & Social
Warmer, drier week in Olean-area forecast
Local News, News
Brian McClellan 
Apr 07, 2026
Following an unseasonably cool start to the week, temperatures will moderate quickly, and there should be considerably more sunshine than the area has...
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Business, Local News, News
Bob Clark 
Apr 07, 2026
State officials said local sales tax receipts were mixed in February, with some taxing bodies seeing higher receipts and others lower than the year be...
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Citizen Action of NY endorses Gies for Congress
Local News, News, NY State News
Apr 06, 2026
OLEAN — Congressional candidate Aaron Gies on Monday announced he's endorsed by Citizen Action of New York, a statewide grassroots organization listin...
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Leon farmland leads February Cattaraugus County property sales
Local News, News
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
Apr 06, 2026
LEON — A farmland sale of more than 85 acres led Cattaraugus County property transactions in February. The Cattaraugus County Office of Real Property ...
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Crime and Courts
Police reports 4/1/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Apr 01, 2026
Olean Police Monday, 9:15 a.m. , no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Prospect Avenue and King Street. A ...
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Reports: St. Bonaventure to hire Daemen’s Mike MacDonald as head coach
Basketball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
March 30, 2026
Mike MacDonald, head coach of the highly ranked Division II program at Daemen University, will be St. Bonaventure University's next men's basketball h...
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Good information is hard to find
Commentary, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
April 7, 2026
Barack Obama pinpointed a central conflict in American politics back in 2004 while talking with a group of Google executives, “Many people — they’re j...
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Should NY ratepayers keep on footing the bill?
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
April 7, 2026
Well into the second week without a new state budget in place, we’re continuing the fight to keep attention focused on the No. 1 issue facing many of ...
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Trump’s coalition may not survive 2028
Commentary, Opinion
By DAVID M. DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
April 6, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Republican crack-up is coming — not over the Iran war and not today. But the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is a harbinger...
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