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Eight fire companies help put out Salamanca fire on North Main Street
By RICK MILLER Olean Star SALAMANCA – Eight Fire companies fought to contain a fire that started in the first floor of an abandoned four-story building at 64 Main St., Salamanca

Pollock: Suddenly, the Buffalo Bills’ season turns after second blowout win; Damar Hamlin records first INT
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun and Olean Star Senior Sports Writer And then there were five. That’s the number of the NFL’s 32 teams which survived the season’s first three

Faulty Electric possible Cause of Fire on Main Street in Salamanca
Salamanca and surrounding fire crews responded to a fire on Main Street in Salamanca. Heavy smoke was observed coming form the building by a Salamanca police officer and called into
Pollock prediction: Plenty of familiarity between Bills and Jaguars in Monday Night Football matchup
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun and Olean Star Senior Sports Columnist Talk about familiarity. When the Bills and Jaguars meet at Highmark Stadium in the first of two Monday Night

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

Salamanca’s first ‘true’ Super 8 marks new chapter in Meet’s legacy
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA — The first ‘true’ Super 8 track and field meet is officially in the books. The Salamanca track and field team has a long, storied












