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(Facebook) Olean Police and firefighters responded Tuesday night to a drive-by shooting on Seneca Avenue.

Eleven-year-old Olean boy shot in leg in Seneca Avenue drive-by shooting

October 16, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star UPDATE – OLEAN — An 11-year-old boy

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Linda Mecca (right) removes a cover from the memorial for her husband Trooper Joseph J. Mecca Jr., is a memorial dedication ceremony Sunday in front of the Olean State Police Substation on Homer Street in Olean. Retired Sgt. Heidi Riley had just unveiled a memorial to her late husband Trooper Ross M. Riley. Both troopers' deaths were in the line of duty.

Memorial to fallen state troopers dedicated outside Olean substation

October 15, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Nearly 100 people attended the

(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

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

Cutline: Chuck Pollock points out, for Sean McDermott, with major personnel losses to free agency and a dearth of experienced wide receivers, Buffalo still won 13 games and collected a fifth straight AFC East title. Bill Wippert/Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills are merely waiting for playoff foe: Broncos, Dolphins or Bengals

January 4, 2025

By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist It’s out of the Bills’ hands. Nothing they do Sunday afternoon at Foxboro’s Gillette Stadium against the New England Patriots (1 o’clock

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Olean Mayor Bill Aiello delivers his 2025 State of the City Address during the Common Council reorganization meeting Thursday night.

Mayor Aiello delivers State of City Address, pivots to solving problems

January 4, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — In his State of the City Address Thursday, Olean Mayor Bill Aiello said it is time to pivot toward solutions to the city’s problems —

Clayton Arlo Brown

January 4, 2025

August 23, 1932 – January 2, 2025 Clayton Arlo Brown, 92, of Randolph, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2025 at UPMC Chautauqua Hospital in Jamestown. He was born August 23,

Helen M. Olshefski

January 4, 2025

October 9, 1940 – December 22, 2024 Helen M. Olshefski, 84, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, peacefully left this world on December 22, 2024, embraced in love and surrounded by her family.