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(Facebook photo) An Allegany County man died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound after crashing his pickup truck into the front of the Seneca Gaming and Entertainment casino on the Oil Springs Territory.

Allegany county man crashes truck into casino, dies from shotgun blast

October 15, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star An Allegany County man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he crashed his pickup truck into the Seneca Gaming and Entertainment casino on the Seneca Nation’s

Photo by Hunter O. Lyle Otto-Eldred’s Carrie Drummond celebrates with her teammates after a kill during the Lady Terror’s sweep of Smethport.

Lady Terrors breeze by Lady hubbers, eye league banner

October 15, 2024

By HUNTER O. LYLE DUKE CENTER, PA – As they blaze through the final weeks of the regular season, the Otto-Eldred volleyball team picked up another clean sweep, this time

(Image provided) This is an artist's rendition of the new addition to the Jandoli School of Communications at St Bonaventure University — the 6,200-square-foot Henretta Communications Center. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

St. Bonaventure’s Jandoli School gift aids Henretta Communication Center

October 15, 2024

ST. BONAVENTURE — The upcoming addition to the home of the renowned Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University now has a name, thanks to the generosity of one of its most accomplished alumni.

(Photo: Bills rookie Ray Davis with a big catch on a pass from Josh Allen during the Monday Night Football victory. Photo by Bill Wippert/Buffalo Bills)

It was an ugly win, but the Buffalo Bills are in first place in the AFC East with 23-20 flag-fest win over the Jets

October 15, 2024

By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun and Olean Star Senior Sports Columnist Oh, this one was ugly. Monday night’s meeting for the lead in the AFC East between the Bills (now

Salamanca's Leilene McComber takes a mid-range jumper during the Lady Warriors' 57-47 loss to Port Allegany. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Lady Gators top Salamanca in opening game of DeCerbo Showcase

December 27, 2024

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com ALLEGANY, NY – Kicking off the annual Joe DeCerbo Holiday Showcase, the Salamanca girls’ basketball team suffered their second loss of the season, falling to

Bates: Depth, Versatility and what defense means in the Atlantic 10

December 24, 2024

By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team has enjoyed one of its most fruitful starts to a season in program history. And in building

Weekend Roundup: Salamanca indoor track sets records at Inter-Divisional; Huskies drop third straight

December 23, 2024

On Saturday, the Salamanca girls’ indoor track and field team traveled to Houghton University for the Section VI A/B Inter-Divisional Meet. Concluding their second meet of the season, the Lady

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Giant candy canes line the sidewalk at 660 Main St., Olean Saturday leading to the home where Santa Claus was speaking to an audience of about 250 children and their parents.

Santa wows crowd from roof of Main Street home in Olean

December 22, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Hundreds of Olean-area residents and their children turned out in cold temperatures Saturday night to watch and listen to Santa on the Rooftop. The longtime