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County votes to abolish four DPW laborer positions by immediate resolution
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers voted Wednesday to abolish four full-time laborer II positions in the Public Works Department in return for backfilling four other DPW

Five candidates seeking 3 seats on Olean Board of Education
By RICK MILLER OLEAN — Personal safety, high student absenteeism and low math and English test scores highlighted comments by Olean City School District Board of Education candidates last week. There are

Two troopers are stabbed in incident at Crosby’s in Bolivar
By RICK MILLER Olean Star BOLIVAR — Two New York State troopers were stabbed Saturday afternoon while trying to subdue an unidentified woman outside Crosby’s store and gas station in
FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Olean baseball comes alive late; Portville, Olean softball cap regular seasons with big wins
SALAMANCA — Bouncing back from a narrow league loss last time out, the Olean baseball team managed to get its offense going late in a 7-0 shutout of Salamanca. Through

Rhode Island uses second half surge to take down Bona women’s hoops
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com KINGSTON, RI — Despite an extremely positive first half, the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team suffered a 66-45 defeat at Rhode Island as the Rams took

DeJour’s 31-point performance sees Fordham past Bona men’s hoops
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — It really is just that simple. For the third time in as many games, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team has been plagued

More than 100 demonstrators in Lincoln Park protest ICE killing of Renee Good
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — More than 100 demonstrators attended an “Ice Out” protest outside Lincoln Park Saturday. Many protesters cited the killing by an ICE agent of

Terrors remain atop North Tier League with victory over Coudersport
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com DUKE CENTER, PA – As the Otto-Eldred and Coudersport boy’s basketball teams entered the Terror Dome, one fact was inevitable: someone would be tallying their












