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Lady Owls earn another D9 finals appearance, Olean Girls soccer bows out of postseason
BRADFORD, PA — As they chase their seventh consecutive District 9 Championship, the Bradford girls soccer team took a step towards the title with a 2-0 win over Clearfield. In

Ending the Southern Tier Biennial Best in Show Winner Tammy Renee to exhibit work at Tri-County Arts Council
OLEAN – The Tri-County Arts Council presents “Buck Up Buttercup” featuring 2023 Southern Tier Biennial Best in show winner, Tammy Renée Brackett, now through October 26 in the Peg Bothner

Pollock: Near the halfway point of the season, the Buffalo Bills have positioned themselves well
A column by CHUCK POLLOCK, Senior Sports Columnist Come Sunday, the NFL reaches the figurative halfway mark of this season and the Bills have positioned themselves well in the division

Allegany County Sports Roundup
Photos by Tricia Davenport (Cuba-Rushford) and Chris Brooks (Andover/Whitesville), stories by CHRIS BROOKS, managing editor, wellsvillesports.com. See more local coverage at www.wellsvillesun.com ANDOVER — Anything can happen now at this

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











