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Bona looks to take advantage of struggling La Salle on the road
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com PHILADELPHIA, PA — The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team, in search of a positive result at the tail end of the regular season, will look to

Lady Terrors move on to Class A semifinals with 55-point win over NoPo
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com DUKE CENTER, PA – In their inaugural game of the District 9 Class A postseason, the Otto-Eldred girls’ basketball team clobbered Northern Potter, winning 61-26

Bona men’s hoops, back after week off, look to avenge loss to Duquesne
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — With four games left in the regular season and just four games currently separating the fifth and 15th placed teams in the Atlantic

Corrections officers strike enters fifth day Friday; HALT end sought
By RICK MILLER Olean Star GOWANDA — The smell of wood burning floated from the correctional officers’ strike headquarters across Route 62 from the Collins Correctional Facility on Thursday. The temperature was

Antique Tractor Pull starts off 181st Cattaraugus County Fair
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — The 181st Cattaraugus County Fair got underway Saturday under sunny skies and good crowds. The north end of the infield was taken

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











