Olean Times Herald

OLEAN An Olean police sergeant will be the next head of the 35-officer agency.

A Gowanda native’s book has earned belated honors for a little-remembered yet critical World War II general who had a connection to St. Bonaventure University.

State Sen. George Borrello, R-Chautauqua County, is facing his third election in a year in the 57th Senate District.

PORTVILLE For the past several months, a committee at Pfeiffer Nature Center has devised innovative activities and programs to keep the community involved with the facility during the pandemic.

OLEAN The Olean Public Library has announced its special holiday programs for the month of December, which include offerings for all ages.

The premier political race across the Southern Tier is the rematch between U.S. Rep. Tom Reed and Democratic challenger Tracy Mitrano of Penn Yan.

ELLICOTTVILLE Win-Sum Ski Corp. has submitted an application to the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency for tax breaks for a $4 million project at Holiday Valley a new detachable quad chairlift.

ALFRED Alfred University offered alumni this past week a special Zoom program featuring Richburg pumpkin carver Eric Jones.

ELDRED, Pa. An Eldred man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly fired a gun during a dispute with another man Monday morning.

The end of daylight saving time is here and, yes, in the witching hours of Halloween tonight, we must remember to turn our clocks back an hour.

ALBANY A new law requiring seat belts for all passengers in the back seats of vehicles in New York goes into effect Sunday.

OLEAN While most attention is on federal-level races, city voters are seeing several local decisions on the ballot.

Buffalo City Court Judge Amy C. Martoche, a Democrat, faces Western New York attorney Gerald J. Greenan III, a Republican, in the election for a seat in District 8 of the New York State Supreme Court.

OLEAN Eight Cattaraugus County residents received positive COVID-19 test results on Friday, bringing to 471 the number of people who have contracted the virus.

BELMONT One new death due to COVID-19 complications and 74 total cases of infection are linked to two Wellsville area care facilities, Allegany County health officials reported Friday.

ALBANY Cases of the coronavirus have climbed enough in New York over the last week that the state has now met the threshold officials set for inclusion on its own quarantine list.

PULTENEY (TNS) A deputy dog control officer in Steuben County has been accused of killing her husband, her town’s head dog control officer.

ALBANY (TNS) The state Education Department said Thursday it has created a website that is meant to help school systems follow a law which requires them to teach students in kindergarten to eighth grade about child sexual abuse and exploitation pr