Olean News

A woman reporting to the Cattaraugus County Building to meet with her parole officer was arrested on a parole violation after security officers reported finding a bottle of suspected cocaine in her pocket.

Painting of Maine's Memorial Bridge in Augusta will cost the state about half what it had expected, under a contract awarded recently.

OLEAN, N.Y. - An Olean woman is accused of bringing cocaine to a meeting with her parole officer in Cattaraugus County.

The grocery store Aldi is hiring new managers here in Western New York. A hiring event is being held in Dunkirk, Jamestown, and Olean on Tuesday.

Lori Pettit Rieman, Cattaraugus County district attorney, reported the following activity in Cattaraugus County Court on Monday, Jan.

An Olean man is being held in Cattaraugus County Jail on charges of assaulting a police officer and robbery.

OLEAN, NY - A decision is near on whether or not Olean City Schools will close two elementary schools.

An Olean man facing charges of illegal drug possession in Allegany last year has entered a not-guilty plea in Cattaraugus County Court.

Caleb M. Neeley, 21, of Barnum Road, was arrested on an Allegany Town Court warrant charging him with second-degree aggravated harassment, second-degree criminal trespass and endangering the welfare of a child.

A Jamestown man waived a preliminary hearing last week in Olean City Court after being accused of stabbing three men Jan.

Bertha I. Oakley, age 90, a longtime Olean community volunteer, died Thursday January 26, 2012 at the Heritage Village Rehab & Skilled Nursing Facility in Gerry, NY.

Lori Pettit Rieman, Cattaraugus County District Attorney, reported the following activity in Cattaraugus County Court on Monday, Jan.

LITTLE?VALLEY?- Lori Pettit Rieman, Cattaraugus County district attorney, reported the following activity in Cattaraugus County Court on Tuesday, Jan.

Western New York Public Broadcasting Association and the University at Buffalo are pleased to announce that WBFO-FM 88.7 will become a part of the WNED family of public radio and television stations effective Thursday, March 1. Under the purchase agreement, originally signed on July 28, 2011, WNED will pay UB $4 million for the licenses to operate ... (more)

A Cattaraugus County jury found Michael J. Ward, 23, of South Barry Street, Olean, not guilty of one count of felony second-degree assault and guilty of one count of a violation for unlawfully possessing marijuana Friday.

New York State Police in Machias are investigating a fatal motor-vehicle accident which occurred at 4 p.m. on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Franklinville on Wednesday.

Southwestern/Maple Grove recorded a 1-1 record last weekend in the Small School Division of the Western New York Club Hockey League.

GOWANDA Clara B. Rizzo age 81, formerly of Erie Avenue, Gowanda passed away Saturday January 21, 2012 at the Gowanda Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a lengthy illness.

OLEAN, N.Y. - The grandson of the former president of the Seneca Nation of Indians has run out of second chances with the law.

OLEAN, N.Y. - One person is under arrest in Olean after a fight outside a bar early Saturday ended with three people stabbed.