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Owls outgunned by McDowell, swept in season series
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – Facing one of their toughest opponents of the season, the Bradford boy’s soccer team struggled and failed to stop the defensive bleeding,

RocketCup Revolution Rail Fest to feature pop-up rail bike rides
By RICK MILLER Olean Star CATTARAUGUS — It’s a Pop-Up Weekend for Revolution Rail and RocketCup Coffee in the village of Cattaraugus. Revolution Rail is offering rail bike rides on

After trial by fire, Schenfield takes the reins for Terrors football
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com DUKE CENTER, PA – Entering his sophomore season, Ryan Schenfield was poised for growth. As a freshman, he had studied from the sidelines as a

New company to oversee Phase 1B cleanup of West Valley Demonstration Project
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Earlier this year, after three years of painstaking demolition, the five story Main Plant Process Building at the West Valley Demonstration Project was

Schmidt era comes to a close at St. Bonaventure following A10 tourney loss to Dayton
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com PITTSBURGH, PA — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team entered the Atlantic 10 Championship knowing that the final days of head coach Mark Schmidt’s tenure were

Legislators ask Hochul to reconsider ending some Medicaid payments to rural ambulance services
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to reconsider a provision in her executive budget that would

Chuck Pollock: Reflections on Schmidt’s stint at St. Bonaventure
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist The hammer came Saturday morning when the Olean Star announced that St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt would be coaching his final game

Borrello, Sempolinski vote against Senate, Assembly add-ons to Hochul’s record state budget
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello criticized the Senate’s one-house budget resolution, passed Thursday along party lines, which adds $7.1 billion to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s












