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Legislators ask Hochul to reconsider ending some Medicaid payments to rural ambulance services
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to reconsider a provision in her executive budget that would
Chuck Pollock: Reflections on Schmidt’s stint at St. Bonaventure
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist The hammer came Saturday morning when the Olean Star announced that St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt would be coaching his final game
Borrello, Sempolinski vote against Senate, Assembly add-ons to Hochul’s record state budget
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello criticized the Senate’s one-house budget resolution, passed Thursday along party lines, which adds $7.1 billion to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s
Former Cattaraugus county probation director receives maximum sentence under plea deal for possessing child porn
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — A former Cattaraugus County Probation Director was sentenced in County Court Thursday by Acting County Court Judge Nicholas A. DiCerbo to six
Amy Sherburne elected Olean mayor over Aiello in landslide
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Amy Sherburne won a landslide victory over Mayor Bill Aiello Tuesday, winning by a nearly three-to-one margin. The unofficial vote tally from the
Pollock: Bills continue regular-season dominance of Chiefs
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist It shouldn’t have been a surprise … we already knew the regular-season numbers. Since Sean McDermott became Bills coach in 2017 his regular-season
Bonnies get contributions from everywhere in season-opening win over Mansfield
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — In its first game of the 2025-26 season, there was not much that went wrong for the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team. The
MONDAY ROUNDUP: Huskies, Warriors headed to Section VI finals
DEPEW, NY – Keeping their season alive with a 3-1 win over East Aurora, the Olean volleyball team surpassed last year’s watermark as they earned a spot in the Section
