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FILE -- Josh Wilson puts a ball in play during the Oiler's Sunday matchup against the Genesee Rapids. On Wednesday, Wilson tallied his first home run of the season in the first game of a double-header against Watertown. | File photo by Hunter O. Lyle

WEDNESDAY ROUNDUP: Two Oilers homer as they pick up two wins over Watertown

July 3, 2025

WATERTOWN, NY – Seeing the Watertown Rapids for the first time all season, the Olean Oilers pulled out back-to-back wins in their double-header showdown, with consistency and power with the

Lizard licked: Salamanca sweeps doubleheader with Sherrill

July 2, 2025

Lizards push win streak to four with 7-2 & 9-4 victories By J.P. BUTLER Special to the Olean Star SALAMANCA — For the Salamanca Lizards, after this thrilling Game 2 victory,

TUESDAY ROUNDUP: Lizards come up clutch for 5-4 win over Oilers in extras

July 2, 2025

OLEAN, NY — Clutch is a word the Salamanca Lizards have become very familiar with as of late. In its game on June 28, Salamanca scored a run in the

Kane's Phinn Chamberlain (30) beats an attempted tag out at first during Bradford Legion's 6-1 loss on Tuesday. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Bradford Legion bows out of regular season with blowout loss to Kane

July 1, 2025

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com KANE, PA – In their season finale, the Bradford Legion Post 108 baseball team fell to Kane 6-1 as their playoff chances were thrown into

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Part of the trunk of the historic Roosevelt-Higgins oak tree that stood in Lincoln Park for 119 years that had been feared lost, was discovered hiding in plain sight.

Feared lost, Roosevelt-Higgins historic oak tree trunk is found

March 7, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Olean Historical and Preservation Society President Steve Teachman was deeply disappointed last month when the historic Roosevelt-Higgins oak tree in Lincoln Park had to be

Feds arrest Theodore “Teddy Tickles” Coffie with a handgun and 20 grams of crack cocaine in Olean

March 7, 2025

OLEAN — Theodore Coffie A.K.A. “Teddy Tickles,” age 54 was arrested yesterday by the Olean Police Criminal investigation Unit and Street Crimes Unit at the intersection of Putnam St. and

After pulling down the game-sealing offensive rebound, Caleb Strade (35, right) embraces Carson Kwiatkowski (13, left) as the Gators earned a spot in the Section VI Class B2 championship. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Kwiatkowski lifts Gators to finals with win revenge win over Eden

March 6, 2025

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BUFFALO, NY – Behind Carson Kwiatkowski’s 37 points, the Allegany-Limestone boys’ basketball team was able to earn redemption as well as a shot at the

(NYS Health Department) NYS Health Department map of the state shows Cattaraugus County among the lowest counties in the state in terms of measles vaccination rates.

Cattaraugus County’s vaccination rate for measles lowest in Western New York

March 6, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — As the number of measles cases continue to rise in Texas — including one death — Cattaraugus County reports a 74% vaccination rate for measles,