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Owls outgunned in final showing, lose to St. Marys as season comes to a close
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – Wearing the Owls’ black and red for the final time, the Bradford baseball team bowed out of the season with a 13-4

Cattaraugus County schools share $10 million state aid hike
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Cattaraugus County school districts will share in $267.8 million in state aid in the 2025-2026 state budget, a $10 million increase. There was an 8.1%

Hinsdale takes back-to-back wins at county Envirothon
ALLEGANY STATE PARK — Hinsdale Central School repeated as back-to-back Cattaraugus County Envirothon Competition champions at the event’s 32nd edition held at Camp Allegany in the Red House Area of Allegany State Park

Sempolinski, Borrello blast record $254 billion budget
ALBANY — Both of Cattaraugus County elected state legislators voted against the 2025-2026 state budget of $254.3 billion Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski, R-Canisteo, said he voted against the state budget because

Beane says he has to make decisions to get the Buffalo Bills better around Josh Allen, points out team could’ve lost to Ravens
Share: (This is the second of a two-part series on Bills general manager Brandon Beane’s season-summarizing press conference.) By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist How do the Bills stand

Bona men’s hoops look to get back to ‘same old, same old’ against George Washington
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — While the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team may have suffered its heaviest defeat of the season last time out, its outlook remains positive

Poor second quarter hinders Bona women’s hoops in 58-49 loss to George Washington
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — In the game of basketball one mistake can change the entire outcome of a game. But a quarter’s worth of negative moments condemns

Cattaraugus County IDA OKs 37M in Alle-Catt tax breaks
The PILOT costs Cattaraugus County, area School Districts 29M By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — The Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency board voted 5-2 Friday to provide $37.8 million












