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At halftime of the Gators' meeting with Coudersport, Port Allegany honored their eight seniors. Pictured here with their family is Owen Erhard (front row, left to right), Jarrod Funk, Trey Kiser, Owen Kisler, Micah Emerick, Alex Schott, CJ Bridenbaker and James Nichols. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Second-half heartbreak sinks Gators on Senior Night

October 6, 2025

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com PORT ALLEGANY, PA – Through 60 minutes, the North Tier League contest between Coudersport and Port Allegany was deadlocked. Both teams shared their fair time

Pollock Prediction: Improving Patriots to test unbeaten Buffalo Bills Sunday night

October 6, 2025

By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist Well, it’s down to two. Four games into this National Football League season, only the AFC’s Buffalo Bills and NFC’s Philadelphia Eagles

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Owls lost to DuBois in final minutes; Olean tennis closes out season with win

October 5, 2025

DUBOIS, PA – Able to match DuBois’s intensity for the majority of the afternoon, the Bradford boy’s soccer team suffered their ninth loss of the season via heartbreak, losing 4-2

Three unanswered goals from George Washington see Bona women’s soccer fall 3-2

October 5, 2025

By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — Despite a great start and a resilient finish, the St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team found itself beaten 3-2 as the majority of the

(City of Olean YouTube) Outgoing Olean Common Council President John Crawford (left) hands gavel to Ward 6 Alderman Vernon Robinson Jr., who was elected the first Black common council president. Crawford has taken a new job and stepped down as council president, but will continue as Ward 5 alderman.

Vernon Robinson Jr. elected first Black council president

August 13, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Ward 6 Alderman Vernon Robinson Jr., was elected Olean Common Council Tuesday after then-president John Crawford, D-Ward 5, resigned the post. Robinson, an

Going into the 2025 season, the Bradford football team returns 12 varsity Owls. Pictured here is Logan Kohler (front, left to right), Kaden Kicior, Matt DeCasper, Tommy Langdon, Kolton Miller, Lucas Wallace, Blake Callihan (back, left to right), Sean Ward, Kaleb Mackey, Braylon Little, Jacob Abers and Andrew Giordano. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Owls implement new offense as they fill gaps, sustain development

August 13, 2025

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – Progress isn’t formed over night. It takes time, continuous dedication and rigorous trials and errors and while the Bradford football team has

(Photo provided) Stan Cizdziel of West Valley, who was in anaphylactic shock after getting stung repeatedly by bees on July 26 while cutting trees hugs Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Deputy Rachel Zimmer last week, thanking her for rushing to the scene with an Epi-pen that brought him out of shock. At left is Sheriff Eric Butler.

Cattaraugus Sheriff’s deputies save lives with EpiPen program

August 12, 2025

On July 26th, Stanley Cizdziel was cutting trees with a friend when they encountered a hive of bees, Cattaraugus County Sheriff Butler reported. As they dropped the chainsaw and ran

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Steve Langert of Pleasant Valley holds a Triumph Master Grip trap, a collector’s item he values at $550 at the 45th annual Cattaraugus County Trappers Association Sportsmen’s Rendezvous last weekend at the county fairgrounds in Little Valley.

Sportsmen’s Rendezvous boosts trapping, hunting and camaraderie

August 12, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — For those who think fur trapping is a bygone era, several thousand people attending the 45th Cattaraugus County Trappers Association Sportsmen’s Rendezvous