Big Lewie | radioNOVO News for Olean/Hornell 06-01-26

Good morning, Local classrooms are getting a major financial boost. Under New York State’s newly passed budget, public schools across Cattaraugus and Allegany counties will see a fifteen-point-one-million-dollar increase in state aid. The Olean City School District will receive nearly forty-two million dollars in total funding, including money to expand pre-K programs.Meanwhile, two local natives have officially joined the New York State Police. Mitchell Freeland of Hornell and Cody Schneider of Belmont just graduated from the State Police Academy and will begin local highway patrols this weekend.And Cattaraugus County approved three-hundred-thousand dollars in federal funds to safely remove toxic lead paint from up to twelve local homes, protecting children currently being treated for lead exposure.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.