By JOHN ANDERSON After meetings, special meetings, an ethics board and town attorney meetings that took place over nearly two months, and ethics complaint has turned out to be an employee handbook violation. The Town of Wellsville held a 30-minute executive session Wednesday night to go over findings from the Town of Wellsville Ethics Committee. […]

#JoinJones Job Fair Next Month WELLSVILLE, NY (December 28, 2021) – As of December 5, the minimum wage at Jones Memorial Hospital was been raised to $15 an hour. “The original plan was to raise the minimum wage next spring,” explained Kristopher Green, HR Director at Jones. “But doing it now is an opportunity to […]

By JOHN ANDERSON The Wellsville man who was stabbed and airlifted to Strong Memorial Hospital in Wellsville told the Wellsville Sun he is in a lot of pain but listed in stable condition at Strong Memorial Hospital. On Christmas Eve around 4:30 a.m., Adam Morehouse, 20, was stabbed in the Wellsville Shopping Center parking lot […]

By JOHN ANDERSON The Town of Wellsville will meet at 7 p.m. in a special meeting to go over findings and a report to the board from the Town of Wellsville Ethics Committee. The town will take advantage of special meeting to pay bills and take care of end of the year budget transfers. The […]

A 70 Year-Old Female is the 83rd, A 78-Year-Old Female is the 84th, and 69 Year-Old Male is the 85th Allegany County Resident to Pass Away as a Result of COVID-19 The Allegany County Department of Health (ACDOH) is sad to report to our residents and community that there have been three (3) additional COVID-19 related […]

Photo: Haley M Button By JOHN ANDERSON Wellsville Village Police charged Haley M. Button, 23 of Little Genesee with second-degree attempted murder, a Class A felony, first-degree assault, a Class B felony and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly stabbing a Wellsville man on Christmas Eve. Button was arraigned in Wellsville Village Court […]

A dog is rescued by firefighters as they pet the dog to keep it calm.

INTERSTATE 390 – Sheriff Thomas J. Dougherty reports the arrest of an Allegany County resident on a felony weapon charge following an incident in August of 2020.On August 30th , 2020 at about 12:20am Deputy Laszlo Babocsi was on patrol in the area of Interstate 390 when he conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle […]

OLEAN- Community Care of Western New York welcomes Melissa Sullivan as newly named Chief Executive Officer and President and CEO of Total Senior Care. Melissa brings more than 17 years serving our community and experience in the healthcare field. Most recently Melissa was Vice President for clinical and support services for Upper Allegheny Health System, […]

By Bob Confer Being able to predict what our state government will do is increasingly difficult. Covid and responses to it have really upended what the expectations for government are – by it and the people. Also, the one-party rule that came to be in the November 2018 elections has loosened the reins for the […]