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‘We just gotta play better’: Bonnies aim for overall improvement against Rhode Island
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com KINGSTON, RI — According to St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark

Sheriff, retired sheriff endorse Smith for District Attorney: Whitcomb not concerned about Smith’s lack of experience
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County sheriff and former sheriff

Monday Roundup: Lady Huskies top Dunkirk; O-E girls enter postseason on a high note
DUNKIRK, NY – Playing their final road game of the regular season, the Olean girls’

Salamanca locks up second-place finish in CCAA Div. I with 45-44 OT win over Allegany-Limestone
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ALLEGANY — It was far from the tidiest affair, but nevertheless

St. Bonaventure unveils Seneca Nation Land Acknowledgement at Bonnies game
ST. BONAVENTURE — As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen bonds with its neighbors

No cases of bird flu found in county chickens, cattle
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — While no cases of bird flu have been

K-9 Lex is welcomed as county’s newest police dog
LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office Road Patrol’s newest K-9 member, Lex, is

Republican lawmakers blast plan for inmates early release
RICK MILLER Olean Star GOWANDA — Republican state lawmakers from Western New York blasted state

Chuck Pollock: Hornell’s Gene Mastin reflects on old-time football in the Big 30 from Bill Shesman to George Whitcher
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun, Hornell Sun Senior Sports Columnist An email arrived the other

Frank B. Cole
July 8, 1983, March 27, 2025 Olean- Frank B. Cole “Loving Father, Grandfather & Brother”


Pollinator Steward to Share Spring Gardening Tips on Thursday
As the warmer weather beckons, thoughts turn to gardening, whether for food, beauty or both.

Two Olean demonstrations draw almost 300 Trump protestors
Rick Miller Olean Star Sign-waving demonstrators protesting a number of President Trump’s potential cuts including
Friday Roundup: Terrors, Lady Owls pick up first wins; Olean baseball starts campaign 2-0
ULYSSES, PA – A mix of consistent and clutch hitting carried the Otto-Eldred baseball team
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