December 12, 2025
The people who hand us our morning coffee, ring up our gas or greet us on a quick stop inside the convenience store become part of our daily rhythm. M...
December 12, 2025
The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund staged another massive holiday distribution Friday morning — its biggest to date — filling the former Sears buildi...
December 12, 2025
Only eight more days until winter starts. Actually, that depends who you ask. Astronomically speaking, winter begins on the winter solstice, the short...
December 12, 2025
SMETHPORT — The teenage all-terrain vehicle operator whose passenger was killed in a crash April 17 in Bradford is being charged with homicide by vehi...
Local Sports
December 12, 2025
Girls Basketball Austin 45, Smethport 24 AUSTIN - Cailyn Ogden put up 18 of Austin’s 45 points and Lilly Clinger added 11 in the win over Smethport Fr...
Local Sports
December 12, 2025
Photo submitted Smethport has announced the Scholar Athletes for Fall 2025. Front row, from left: Joseph Henderson, Silas Locke, Calidonia Dart, Hanna...
Local Sports, Sports
December 12, 2025
OLEAN — Coming off of a dramatic comeback win against Colgate, the Bonnies (10-1) will travel to Rocket Arena to face Ohio University, looking to cont...
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
Holiday trap shoot returns
December 12, 2025
ELDRED – The Eldred Conservation Club is kicking off the holiday season with its second annual Holiday Whooby-Whatty Trap Shoot, set for 9 a.m. Sunday...
Local Sports
December 11, 2025
ST. MARYS - ECC used three double-digit quarters to outscore St. Marys 54-31 Thursday. Leading the Crusaders were Chase Simbeck with 15 points and Jac...
Local News
Dec 15, 2025
Keeping a Christmas tradition alive, a group of friends went caroling Sunday night in Bradford.
Local News
Dec 15, 2025
Volunteer Marsha Thomas places a wreath on a veteran's grave in Degolia Cemetery, reading the veteran's name aloud and offering a sincere salute. Thom...
Local News
Dec 15, 2025
The 2025 Winter Wine Walk followed Old Fashioned Christmas festivities. Shown, Amy Auman of Elk Mountain Winery pours some samples. Local wineries wer...
Gallery, Local News
Dec 15, 2025
The sights and sounds of Christmases past returned to downtown Bradford during Old Fashioned Christmas held Saturday. People enjoyed horse-drawn carri...
Local News
Dec 15, 2025
SMETHPORT — Alan McGill from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office will be at the Smethport Senior Center at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday to present info...
Local News
Dec 15, 2025
Kevin J. Dusenbury, funeral director/owner of Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home in Shinglehouse, announced his Candlelight Service of Remembrance will be ...
Business, Local News
Dec 15, 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
Dec 13, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Weed control is essential in apple orchards because weeds compete with trees for nutrients, water and sunlight, which can reduce fru...
Local News
Dec 13, 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...
Local News
Dec 12, 2025
Era photographer Wade Aiken came across these eye-catching Christmas decorations on Bolivar Drive. We'll share other strikingly spiffed up homes for t...
Crime, PA State News
December 15, 2025
HARRISBURG – A rise in swatting, defined as bogus emergency calls meant to trigger an armed police response, particularly at Pennsylvania schools and ...
Crime, PA State News
December 11, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Four years after the killing of a 16-year-old a few blocks from his Lebanon home, one of two charged suspects remains on the loose,...
Crime, Local News
December 11, 2025
COUDERSPORT — In July 2024, a 5-year-old Coudersport boy was rushed to UPMC Cole in cardiac arrest. He was soon flown to Janet Weis Children’s Hospita...
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...
Gallery, Local News
December 8, 2025
The Bradford Area Chamber of Commerce staged its beloved annual Christmas Parade on Friday. The parade featured floats, music, holiday lights, the Bra...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 15, 2025
Since 2013, the federal government has paid over $20 million to cover attorneys’ fees for organizations engaged in “sue and settle” litigation, accord...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 15, 2025
Blue state governors have demonstrated a reflexive opposition to President Donald Trump. That’s led to some absurd outcomes. The U.S. Department of Ag...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 15, 2025
I’ve never hidden my deep disagreements with Donald Trump — his policies, behavior and worldview. But years ago, I acknowledged one point where he sou...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 15, 2025
The recent announcement that Warner Brothers, a Hollywood institution for more than a century, will be acquired by Netflix, one of the wokest of the w...
Comment & Opinion
December 15, 2025
The U.S. Postal Service has been delivering joy for 250 years. Holiday readiness comes down to performance you can count on, especially during our bus...
Nation & World, PA State News
December 15, 2025
New York is the eighth state found to routinely issue commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that are valid long after they are no longer legally ...
Nation & World, PA State News
December 15, 2025
When Indiana adopted new U.S. House districts four years ago, Republican legislative leaders lauded them as “fair maps” that reflected the state's com...
Business, PA State News
December 15, 2025
HARRISBURG — A clash of future visions that seems to encapsulate both the fears and hopes of many Pennsylvanians found expression at the Capitol this ...
Lifestyles
December 15, 2025
Dear Heloise: Thank you for the time-saving, informative and interesting hints that you and your faithful readers have been providing us with for year...
Lifestyles
December 15, 2025
DEAR ABBY: We have a mutual friend who's very dear to us. He's a kind-hearted and generous disabled vet who's too proud to ask for help. Unfortunately...
