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TUESDAY ROUNDUP: Salamanca bounces back with five-inning win over Cuba-Rushford

April 29, 2025

SALAMANCA — After suffering its first two losses of the season in back-to-back games against CCAA Div. I rivals Dunkirk, the Salamanca baseball team jumped back into the win column

Alongside his four first place finishes, Brayden Frair set Bradford's school record in the 800 meter during the Owls' Senior Night win over Elk County Catholic on Monday. | Photo submitted

Frair breaks school record, quadruples as Owls beat ECC on Senior Night

April 29, 2025

BRADFORD, PA — In his final time competing at home, Brayden Frair rose to the Senior Night occasion, not only grabbing four first places in the Bradford boys track and

MONDAY ROUNDUP: Bradford baseball splits season series with Kane; Lady Terrors win 11th straight

April 28, 2025

KANE, PA – Facing Kane for the second time this season, the Bradford baseball team fell short of a comeback, as well as a season sweep, losing to the Wolves

Allegany-Limestone bounces back with shutout win over Salamanca

April 28, 2025

By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ALLEGANY — The Allegany-Limestone softball team, after suffering its first defeat of the season in its last game, needed a bounce-back performance. And a superb day

(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