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WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Gators baseball falls in quarterfinals

May 26, 2025

CHEEKTOWAGA, NY – Up against the second seeded JFK Knights, the Allegany-Limestone baseball team fell behind late, losing 9-4 as a comeback quickly slipped from their grasps. Finishing 4-11 during

FILE -- Salamanca's Corey Holleran hurls a pitch down range on Wednesday, May 14. On Saturday, the Warriors continued their playoff push with a win over Eden. | File photo by Spencer Bates

“Mentally tough” Salamanca ousts Eden in playoff opener

May 25, 2025

By J.P. BUTLER jpbutler10@gmail.com NORTH COLLINS — Greg Herrick had only a brief pregame message for his Salamanca baseball team. Herrick spoke of the mental toughness that both the Warriors’

Olean's catcher, Dom Myers, greets a Maryvale baserunner at home with a tag out during the Huskies' loss in the Section VI quarterfinals. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Huskies’ season ends in quarterfinals against Maryvale as bats stay cold

May 24, 2025

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com CHEEKTOWAGA, NY – Fighting an uphill battle early, the Olean baseball team witnessed their season come to an end by the hands of Maryvale as

Otto-Eldred's Ayla Van Scoter reaches first after drilling a perfectly placed bunt during the Lady Terrors loss to DCC in the District 9 Class A semifinals. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Lady Terrors blanked in District 9 Semis, fall to defending champs DCC

May 23, 2025

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com DUBOIS, PA – After completing a phenomenal regular season and making it to the District 9 Class A postseason once again, the Otto-Eldred softball team’s

(St. Bonaventure photo) Captions: President Jeff Gingerich (left) presented Seneca President J. Conrad Seneca and First Lady Nicole Seneca with a framed print of the statement and a $1,000 donation to the Faithkeepers School. Fr. Stephen Mimnaugh, O.F.M., (right) read the Land Acknowledgment.

St. Bonaventure unveils Seneca Nation Land Acknowledgement at Bonnies game

February 10, 2025

ST. BONAVENTURE — As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen bonds with its neighbors in the Seneca Nation of Indians, St. Bonaventure University formally acknowledged for the first time

(Cattaraugus County Health Department photo) More than 140 million chickens in the U.S. have been killed in the past year after the bird flu virus (H5N1) was discovered on farms. No cases have been reported in this county.

No cases of bird flu found in county chickens, cattle

February 10, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — While no cases of bird flu have been confirmed in local poultry or cattle, Cattaraugus County health officials remain concerned over the possibility

(Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office photo) Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Deputy Justin Grimm stands with his K-9 partner Lex, a specially trained German shepherd, outside the Sheriff's Office in Little Valley. The Seneca Nation donated funding for the department's latest K-9.

K-9 Lex is welcomed as county’s newest police dog

February 10, 2025

LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office Road Patrol’s newest K-9 member, Lex, is on the job. Cattaraugus County Sheriff Eric Butler and Seneca Nation of Indians President J.Conrad

Letter to the Editor: Department of Education is more important than

February 10, 2025

As Congress considers H.R. 899, which would terminate the Department of Education (ED), rural communities face catastrophic losses. According to recently released data, New York alone would lose $5.5 billion