November 24, 2025
There was no change this week in the nationwide average for a gallon of gas or a kilowatt hour of charging. Prices remained $3.03 and 38 cents, respec...
November 24, 2025
SMETHPORT — For decades, the Tri-County Fire School has been a quiet but powerful force supporting first responders from both Pennsylvania and New Yor...
November 24, 2025
SMETHPORT — McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer will seek the death penalty against Tyler Prescott, the Bradford man accused ...
Smart, elusive game tests hunters’ skill
November 22, 2025
Today marks the opening of bear season in Pennsylvania. I’ve seen more bears this fall than I can ever remember, but that doesn’t mean hunters will ha...
Local Sports
November 24, 2025
Photo submitted Patrick French of Bradford set a new Pennsylvania State Deadlift record in the 18–19-year-old 220-pound Junior Division, lifting 600....
Local Sports
November 24, 2025
The Fretz 7th and 8th grade girls’ basketball teams delivered impressive victories over Ridgway on Monday night. The 8th grade Lady Owls secured 34-5 ...
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
November 24, 2025
The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) announced that a limited number of Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) coupons remain available withi...
Football, Local Sports
November 21, 2025
Photo provided Port Allegany's Aiden Bliss fights to reach the end zone on the final play of Friday's game with Greenville but is turned back. Greenvi...
Local Sports
November 21, 2025
The Fretz 8th grade girls’ basketball team delivered an impressive performance on Thursday, defeating Sheffield 34-3. Leading the Lady Owls were Jonni...
Local News, PA State News
Nov 24, 2025
OIL CITY — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and its safety partners remind motorists of the importance of driving sober this ho...
Business, Local News
Nov 24, 2025
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – As the holiday season begins, the board of directors of the National Fuel Gas Co. Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Natio...
Crime, Local News
Nov 24, 2025
SMETHPORT — Robert Densmore was arrested by Bradford City Police on Friday for multiple violations of a protection from abuse (PFA) order. Between Oct...
Local News
Nov 24, 2025
The annual Christmas Bazaar at St. Gabriel's Parish Hall will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 6 at 203 Arnold Ave. in Port Allegany. The event will fea...
Crime, Local News
Nov 24, 2025
SMETHPORT — An inmate at the McKean County Jail has been sentenced to state prison. Kyle Nortum pleaded guilty to possession of an offensive weapon af...
Crime, Local News
Nov 24, 2025
SMETHPORT — Clarence Barker, who pleaded guilty earlier this month following his arrest by the McKean County Drug Task Force in March, has been senten...
Local News, Nation & World, PA State News
Nov 24, 2025
HARRISBURG – Rapid expansion of data centers in the mid-Atlantic region leaves its power grid’s operator, PJM, standing at a crossroads: how can elect...
Local News
Nov 24, 2025
There will be no edition of The Bradford Era on Thursday, Nov. 27, due to the Thanksgiving Day federal holiday. The paper will resume Friday, Nov. 28.
Business, Local News
Nov 24, 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...
Local News
Nov 23, 2025
AUSTIN — Sinnemahoning State Park has announced dates for its popular winter Women in the Wilds weekend, set for Feb. 6 to 8. Registration opens Dec. ...
Crime, Local News
November 21, 2025
The former Bradford Area School District bus driver charged with taking inappropriate photos and videos of students on his bus has waived 560 criminal...
Crime, Local News
Jailed on $1.25 million bail
November 20, 2025
A Lewis Run man is in McKean County Jail on $1.25 million bail for allegedly raping a young man over a three-year period, along with stalking, wiretap...
Crime, Local News
November 17, 2025
A former Rew man has been sentenced to additional state prison time following a drug investigation earlier this year. Robert Wallin, currently incarce...
Gallery, Local News
November 11, 2025
The intrepid quartet of the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and Dorothy enter the Haunted Forest on a quest for the Wicked Witch of the West...
Gallery, Local News
October 20, 2025
Folks stepped back in time Saturday and celebrated the season at the Bradford Landmark Society's second annual Harvest Apple Festival at Crook Farm. T...
Gallery, Local News
October 6, 2025
The “Sisters of the North Woods," a group of Kane women who dress as witches and perform dance routines to the delight of children, were just one attr...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
November 24, 2025
ATLANTA (TNS) — President Abraham Lincoln officially made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, during the Civil War that threatened the very exist...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
November 24, 2025
HARRISBURG — Integrity is doing the right thing — even if nobody is watching. However, after this month's election, it’s clear that Pennsylvanians are...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
November 21, 2025
The United States is gearing up for what could be a major military operation with the ultimate objective: regime change in Venezuela. Nicolás Maduro i...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
November 21, 2025
ATLANTA (TNS) — When President Donald Trump was booked and fingerprinted at the Fulton County Jail in 2023, there was just one elected official there ...
Business, PA State News
November 24, 2025
MIFFLINBURG (AP) — Christmas went on the auction block this week in Pennsylvania farm country, and there was no shortage of bidders. About 50,000 Chri...
Lifestyles
November 24, 2025
As we anticipate the Thanksgiving holiday, we remember the English settlers who in 1620 boarded the Mayflower to settle Plymouth Colony in what is now...
Lifestyles
November 24, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I had a child with "Richard," whom I met 10 years ago. I was married at the time but had been separated from my husband, "Eddy," for nine m...
Lifestyles
November 24, 2025
Dear Heloise: I am 102 years of age and live by myself. Cooking for one is difficult. I have containers that hold a serving of mac and cheese, sliced ...
PA State News
November 23, 2025
(TNS) — An 82-year-old mayor of a Pennsylvania borough has been charged with drunken driving and fleeing from a crash earlier this month. Charles Petr...
PA State News
November 23, 2025
(TNS) — A team of Penn State researchers has found a correlation between central Pennsylvania’s “Farm Belt” and higher rates of melanoma cases. Resear...
