Breaking News, Local News
December 26, 2025
Due to the severity of Friday's winter storm, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is temporarily prohibiting trucks heavier than 1...
January 1, 2026
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has denied the appeal of Frederick "Ricky" Camejo, convicted in the 2022 shooting of Edward Fomby Jr. on Congress Stre...
December 31, 2025
As one year gives way to the next, many people pause to look back on what has been and think about the hopes they have for the coming year. For genera...
December 31, 2025
Each year The Era’s editors and reporters reflect on the coverage that was, compiling a final list of its Top 10 stories of the year. Windmill debate ...
December 31, 2025
(Editor's note: This is part one of a three-part series that will be continued in The Era's next two editions and online at bradfordera.com.) WARREN ...
Local Sports
December 30, 2025
ST. MARYS - Chase Simbeck and Jack Breindel each posted 10 points as ECC claimed a win over Ridgway in Round 1 of the Elk County Holiday tournament. T...
Local Sports
December 30, 2025
MECHANICSBURG – As the calendar flips to a new year, a new leader will take the helm at Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. (PIAA)...
Local Sports, Sports
December 29, 2025
Rebels top SHS 74-38; OHS, O-E, Bradford all win ALLEGANY — The Cuba-Rushford boys basketball team entered the 50th annual Joe DeCerbo Holiday Showcas...
Local Sports, Sports
December 29, 2025
ALLEGANY — In the closest matchup of the opening day of the Joe DeCerbo Holiday (IAABO) Showcase, the Salamanca girls basketball team could not hold o...
Local Sports
December 29, 2025
Era Photo by Pam Fischer Port Allegany wrestling has eight returning lettermen for head coach BJ Greenman. Front row, from left: Collin Furgeson, Bran...
Lifestyles, Local News
Dec 31, 2025
DuBOIS — Smoking isn’t cool anymore. According to Gallup polling, in the mid-1950s, approximately 45% of the adult population in the U.S. smoked. Toda...
Local News
Dec 31, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — In 2026, Penn State Extension will offer a webinar series aimed at helping property owners plan and implement simple stewardship pr...
Local News, News
Dec 31, 2025
Due to the New Year's Day federal holiday, The Bradford Era will not publish a print edition Thursday. The Era business office will be open until 3 p....
Local News, Obituaries
Dec 31, 2025
MAY 2024 24 - Paula Arlene Camp, 70, Halifax, Va., formerly of Bradford NOVEMBER 2024 25 - Charles William Callahan Jr., 84, Gastonia, N.C. DECEMBER ...
Local News
Dec 30, 2025
Winter visits Wolf Run Marina on the Allegheny Reservoir. The boats and docks are safely ashore while the empty bay shimmers with cold sunlight.
Crime, Local News
Dec 30, 2025
An Erie attorney who has practiced in McKean and Warren counties has been sanctioned by the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. A...
Crime, Local News
Dec 30, 2025
SMETHPORT — All charges against Matthew Luke for allegedly shooting into an occupied vehicle were bound to court at a hearing Tuesday before District ...
Crime, Local News
Dec 30, 2025
The Lewis Run man jailed on $3 million bail for more than 450 felonies relating to rape and child pornography has petitioned McKean County Court for a...
Business, Local News
Dec 30, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Monday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
Local News
Dec 29, 2025
Across the country, gas prices are posted below $2 per gallon in more than a dozen states this week. Pennsylvania is not one of them. According to Gas...
Crime, Nation & World, PA State News
December 29, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Human trafficking networks are complex. But for more than a decade, artificial intelligence has helped one Pittsburgh startup unrav...
Crime, Local News
December 26, 2025
SMETHPORT — While the trial for alleged killer Thomas McElhattan was set to begin in late June of next year, McKean County's top prosecutor has asked ...
Crime, Local News
December 26, 2025
GIFFORD — A Foster Township man accused of firing at a vehicle as it fled a Gifford residence earlier this month now faces a charge of attempted crimi...
Gallery, Local News
December 19, 2025
The Grinch showed up at a Port Allegany High School wrestling match again this year, trying to get the better of Santa Claus. Scroll through the galle...
Gallery, Local News
December 15, 2025
The sights and sounds of Christmases past returned to downtown Bradford during Old Fashioned Christmas held Saturday. People enjoyed horse-drawn carri...
Gallery, Local News
December 10, 2025
Bradford City Fire Department was dispatched at 5:55 Wednesday morning to a reported garage fire at 29 Willard Ave. Firefighters requested a second al...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 31, 2025
The Small Business Administration won’t try to recover most of the potentially improper grants it gave to restaurants during the Covid-19 pandemic, ac...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 31, 2025
Ten months ahead of November’s midterms, political and economic crosscurrents are colliding. Which of these conflicting trends prevail will greatly sh...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 31, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last year’s not totally serious predictions were as forgettable as President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address. Undaunted, we...
Lifestyles
January 1, 2026
DEAR READERS: Welcome to 2026! A New Year has arrived; the last one is safely behind us. As always, this New Year brings with it our hopes for a new b...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 31, 2025
In recent years, a handful of deep-blue states have aggressively tried to offer “free” health care to those in the country illegally only to develop a...
Lifestyles
December 31, 2025
Dear Heloise: The letter about preventing carbon monoxide poisoning by getting a monitor for your home is a must but, it didn't go far enough. You sho...
Round the Square
December 31, 2025
LOOKING BACK: The Pompelon Club banquet, given in December 1887 with the Honorable Rufus Barrett Stone as Toastmaster, was an affair that was hugely e...
Hockey, National Sports, PA State Sports
December 30, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Anthony Mantha scored twice and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Tuesday night. Mantha, who scored in his...
Baseball, Sports
December 30, 2025
(TNS) - Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Andrew Heaney, who won a World Series with the Texas Rangers in 2023, made a major announcement recently. He...
