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Bona men’s hoops fall to George Washington 62-52 behind lackluster physicality, rebounding
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — When a team has a player ranked in the top 15 for offensive rebounds per game nationally, the battle of the boards will

Chuck Pollock’s annual Super Bowl quiz, perfect for your parties even if you don’t care about the Chiefs and Eagles
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Senior Sports Columnist About 12 years ago, when “prop bets” became a thing in the Super Bowl, I thought it would be fun to list about 30

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

Whitcomb stepping down next Friday, capping 34-year career
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy S. Whitcomb has resigned from the office he has held for nearly 15 years — effective next Friday,

Stroehmann’s Bakery in Olean notifies employees it will close after 100 years in the city
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Bimbo Bakeries announced to employees Wednesday that the Stroehmann bakery on North Second Street in Olean would close in three months, furloughing more

IDA initiates talks with city officials over millions in proposed tax breaks for Olean Center Mall redevelopment
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Talks are underway with Cattaraugus County lawmakers, Olean officials and the Cattaraugus County IDA on plans for tax breaks to help redevelop the

Edward Kindt, Penny Brown murderer, captured in Salamanca after fleeing Dutchess County
SALAMANCA — Edward Kindt, who was convicted of killing Penny Brown while she was jogging here on Mother’s Day 1999 and later paroled from prison, was captured in Salamanca early











