Olean News

Dozens of homeless animals in Cattaraugus County need your help. The SPCA is running low on dog and cat food and workers there are asking for donations.

Misty R. Simko, 29, of Mayville was charged at 5:03 p.m. on Monday with petit larceny.

An Olean woman is accused of welfare fraud, after allegedly receiving $1,983 in food stamps she was not entitled to.

Fredonia's Kyle Muldowney and Joe Conti and Dunkirk's Josh Galardo have advanced to next Monday's Sectional Qualifier after placing in the top six individually at the CCAA Division 1 Boys Golf League Qualifier Monday at Tri-County Country Club.

Anita Cizek Moore, M.S., R.N., CCRP, will deliver the 2013 commencement address at Jamestown Community Col-lege's Cattaraugus County Campus on May 17 and at the Jamestown Campus on May 18.

Fallon Smith, 25, is charged with third degree welfare fraud, third degree grand larceny, fourth degree grand larceny and first degree offering a false instrument for filing.

Newton ad exec Bruce Mittman's radio company has reached a deal to buy seven additional stations in the Elmira-Corning and Olean, N.Y., markets.

The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office are advising residents of the Olean area to lock their vehicles following a recent string of break-ins. Sheriff's say multiple break-ins have been reported this week in the Town of Allegany, Village of Allegany, and Town of Olean.

A pediatric nurse at Olean General Hospital is facing charges by federal officials of distribution and possession of child pornography.

A registered nurse who works with pediatric patients at Olean General Hospital has been arrested and charged with distributing child porn.

The Fredonia Lady Hillbillies snagged a pair of victories in CCAA Division 1 girls high school golf action Monday at Moon Brook Country Club.

Southwestern improved to 5-0 on Friday as the Trojans rolled past Dunkirk, 39-15 in a Division 1 golf match played at Maplehurst Country Club on Friday.

Darryl Myers, 41, of Olean is locked up on charges in the Cattaraugus County Jail.

Prosecutors say John Williams, 29, of Olean sexually abused a child under the age of 11 between March 2006 and November 2007 in the Town of Allegany, engaging in oral and anal sexual conduct with the child.

As the chair of the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Senator Catharine Young announced that the bi-partisan commission charged with addressing the needs of rural New York has chalked up several policy victories so far this year.

June V. H. Carlson Sampson, 97, formerly of 261 Falconer St., Jamestown, died at 2:50 a.m. Friday in the Her-itage Green Rehab and Skilled Nursing Facility.

A state trooper is being credited with saving the life of a volunteer firefighter who stopped breathing at an accident scene in western New York.

A New York man has been acquitted of charges he molested two teenage girls in exchange for cigarettes at the northwestern Pennsylvania facility for troubled youth, though he was found guilty of two citations for illegally selling cigarettes.

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