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Coast petitions court for bail reduction
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
December 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...
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Some states see sub-$2 gasoline
Sara Furlong 
December 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...
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An icy cold welcome to 2026
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
December 29, 2025
It will be an icy cold New Year. A series of weather systems will impact the Bradford area over the next several days, bringing multiple rounds of sno...
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Fireworks finale for First Night
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
December 29, 2025
First Night Bradford will once again ring in the New Year with a full day of family-friendly entertainment, culminating in a patriotic fireworks final...
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C-R shoots past Salamanca for IAABO sweep
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...
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Port Allegany wrestling returns letterwinners
Local Sports
Jo Wankel 
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...
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Winter at Wolf Run
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.
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
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...
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Local oil purchasers decrease prices
Business, Local News
Dec 29, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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Casino gearing up for New Year’s Eve
Local News
Dec 27, 2025
SALAMANCA, N.Y. — As 2025 winds to a close, Seneca Resorts & Casinos has plenty of fun ways for guests to send the year out with a blast and welcome t...
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Pa. National Guard unit being honored in Bastogne for WWII actions
Local News, Nation & World, PA State News
By CORY ANGELL angellcory3@gmail.com 
Dec 27, 2025
A Luxembourg family’s appreciation of Pennsylvania’s 28th Infantry Division spans generations, and has led to a newly proposed monument in the histori...
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Q&A with the DA: Bail versus punishment
Local News
By STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER  McKean County District Attorney  
Dec 27, 2025
(Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...
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Take care during extended antlerless deer season
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
Dec 27, 2025
For the first time that I can remember, Pennsylvania has added an extended firearms antlerless deer season on all Deer Management Assistance Program (...
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DA asks to move up McElhattan trial
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
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 ...
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Santa versus the Grinch
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...
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An Old Fashioned Christmas
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...
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Willard Avenue house fire
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...
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12-time evictee gets rental assistance
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 30, 2025
A Massachusetts man who had already been evicted from 12 apartments for refusing to pay rent received $23,000 in taxpayer-funded rental assistance in ...
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Other Voices: The clowns are here
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 30, 2025
Isn't it rich that the guy who had to ask the meaning of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor — according to the 2020 book, "A Very Stable Genius,...
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Get ready, 2026 is going to be great
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 30, 2025
CHICAGO (TNS) — With only hours left in 2025, Americans should treasure their time with family and friends during the too-busy and too-short holiday s...
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Pennsylvania health care in 2025
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
December 29, 2025
HARRISBURG — Perhaps more than any other area of concern, the story of Pennsylvania’s health care in 2025 has been carved out in reactions to the mass...
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