January 28, 2026
The Bradford City Water Authority held its annual election Wednesday, returning Ron Orris as chairman. Orris gave an update on the authority's 2025 ac...
Means few operational changes
January 28, 2026
The City of Bradford Police have entered into a 287g agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but that doesn't mean much of a ch...
January 28, 2026
At Tuesday's meeting, Bradford City Council approved a measure toward developing a comprehensive plan for the Tunungwant Valley. A resolution was pass...
January 27, 2026
SMETHPORT — Subdivision and land development ordinances (SALDOs) govern how land can be divided, built on, accessed, drained and serviced. McKean Coun...
Local Sports, Sports
January 28, 2026
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (TNS) — The messaging from the Buffalo Bills since Jan. 19 has been clear. They fired head coach Sean McDermott two days after the...
Local Sports
January 27, 2026
GIRLS BASKETBALL Otto-Eldred 47, Port Allegany 38 The Lady Terrors rallied from a three-point deficit at the half to claim the victory over the Lady G...
Local Sports, Soccer, Sports
January 27, 2026
Registration for Bradford United’s 2026 Winter Recreational Soccer Program is still open. The season will run from early March to late-April and will ...
Local Sports, Sports
January 27, 2026
PITTSBURGH — The tears started early for Mike McCarthy. Really early. Considering the setting, it was hard to blame him. There the kid who grew up roo...
College Sports, Local Sports, Sports, ...
January 27, 2026
The Bonnies (12-8, 1-6) face Duquesne (11-9, 3-4) on the road on Wednesday, in a tilt between two teams seemingly moving in opposite directions. The B...
Local News
Jan 28, 2026
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University senior Cadence Rodgers has won the 2026 Ryan Realbuto Award, an honor presented annually to recogni...
Local News
Jan 28, 2026
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to launch “Wellness on ...
Business, Local News, PA State News
Jan 28, 2026
ERIE — National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation has asked the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to approve a $19.7 million increase in annual b...
Local News
Jan 28, 2026
Waterfalls at Bent Run, opposite Kinzua Dam along Route 59.
Local News
Jan 28, 2026
ERIE — FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., known in northwestern Pennsylvania as Penelec, has completed a major ...
Local News
Jan 28, 2026
The Mount Jewett Memorial Library is once again helping to grow greener communities through its annual free tree program, offered in partnership with ...
Local News, News
Jan 28, 2026
EASTON (TNS) — The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners tentatively rejected moving the start of the regular firearms season for white-tailed deer...
Local News, PA State News
Jan 28, 2026
Locally, it doesn't happen often — that someone passes away without a will and without any heirs. However, a law that went into effect last week makes...
Local News, PA State News
Jan 28, 2026
HARRISBURG — An audit of pensions for Johnsonburg Borough in Elk County showed an error in the minimum municipal obligation figure for the police pens...
Local News, PA State News
Jan 28, 2026
(Editor's note: Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds p...
Crime, Local News
January 27, 2026
SMETHPORT — A Rew man will face charges including rape of a child in McKean County Court after a hearing Monday before District Judge Bill Todd. Shawn...
Crime, Local News
January 23, 2026
WARREN — Charges alleging sexual abuse of a student against former Bradford resident Megan Minich were bound to Warren County Court at a hearing earli...
Crime, PA State News
January 23, 2026
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced significant progress in removing fentanyl and illegal firearms from Pennsylvania communities durin...
Gallery, Local News
January 26, 2026
Bradford City Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at 8 Longfellow Ave. at 4:03 p.m. Saturday. First-arriving firefighters found a worki...
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...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
January 28, 2026
Gov. Josh Shapiro clearly wants to be president. Like most political memoirs, his says as much what he thinks about the path ahead as an accurate rend...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
January 28, 2026
Instead of using tariffs, I wish President Trump would have gone directly to the fundamental points of disagreement with the European community and NA...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
January 27, 2026
Enough is enough. With two people now dead in Minneapolis, it’s time for everyone involved to do what’s necessary to defuse the tension and to avoid f...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
January 27, 2026
While the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection is passed, Americans must sdtill confront a difficult truth: the violence and division that erupted t...
PA State News
January 28, 2026
HARRISBURG — The Shapiro administration has opened 339 new truck‑parking spaces across Pennsylvania, part of a plan to add at least 1,200 spots by the...
PA State News
Shapiro campaigned on justice for sexual abuse survivors; some say he hasn’t done enough as governor
Some say he hasn’t done enough as governor
January 28, 2026
(Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account...
PA State News
January 28, 2026
(TNS) — A recent analysis by a Florida-based real estate law firm deemed the State College area the hottest real estate market in Pennsylvania. Nation...
Local News
January 28, 2026
City firefighters have been shoveling out buried fire hydrants across the city. “Now that the storm has passed, help the department and your neighbors...
Business, Local News
January 28, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Tuesday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pur...
Local News
January 28, 2026
SMETHPORT — McKean County commissioners announced the reopening of the McKean County Veteran Affairs Office and the appointment of Carolyn McCaslin as...
