Asks for prayers to appoint new bishop
December 17, 2025
ERIE — After 13 years at the helm of the Diocese of Erie, Bishop Lawrence T. Persico has submitted his resignation to Pope Leo XIV. Per canon law, a b...
December 17, 2025
The intricacies of the code behind the Bradford Board of Health's public nuisance findings was the focus of a hearing Tuesday for a property at 27 Pet...
December 16, 2025
During the busy holiday season, it is important to take time to recharge and AAA Nails and Spa offers customers the opportunity to do just that. At 11...
December 16, 2025
The Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau has announced its 2026 Marketing and Event Grant Program, which funds eligible projects and events from ...
Football, Local Sports
December 16, 2025
Era Photos by Pam Fischer The Gator Football Boosters sponsored the 2025 Football Banquet Sunday evening at the Moose Lodge #460. MC for the event was...
Local Sports
December 16, 2025
Girls Basketball Northern Potter 40, Otto-Eldred 34 Lilly Steele posted 24 points to lead Northern Potter over O-E Tuesday. Leading the Lady Terrors w...
Local News, Local Sports
December 16, 2025
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University will implement security enhancements for major events at Reilly Center, beginning with Saturday’s m...
Local Sports
December 15, 2025
ST. MARYS - Despite leading 11-9 at the end of the first quarter, the Port Allegany girls basketball team fell 57-46 to St. Marys as Molly Hanslovan l...
Local Sports
December 15, 2025
The Bradford Owls swim teams opened the season Friday against Punxsutawney. The boys' team claimed an 87-68 win, while the girls' team fell to Punxsy ...
Business, Local News
Dec 17, 2025
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Dr. Arnaud Lambert has been accepted into the State University of New York’s highly competitive I...
Local News
Dec 17, 2025
WARREN — Public access to 10 facilities in Highland Township on the Allegheny National Forest has been restricted "to protect public health and safety...
Local News
Dec 17, 2025
JOHNSONBURG — Grace Notes Studio of Wilcox will present Christmas Delight at 7 p.m. Monday in the sanctuary of Holy Rosary Catholic Church on Bridge S...
Business, Local News, PA State News
Dec 17, 2025
READING — Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh visited Patton Avenue Learning Center to highlight new investments for t...
Local News
Dec 17, 2025
SHINGLEHOUSE — Kevin and Patty Dusenbury of Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home announced the 25th Gift of Memory program has been a success, thanks to gene...
Local News
Dec 17, 2025
For the 89th consecutive year, Kiwanis Club of Bradford held its Christmas party for the children of Beacon Light Behavioral Health System (BLBHS), an...
Local News
Dec 17, 2025
CANONSBURG — Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania offers cold-weather tips for customers to stay safe and warm while saving on energy costs. Lower temperatur...
Local News
Dec 17, 2025
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University senior Tanner Pasi of St. Marys has won the Broadcast Education Association’s inaugural Gen AI Comp...
Local News
Dec 17, 2025
No rate increase is projected for 2026 for the stormwater or sanitary systems, the Bradford Sanitary Authority announced at this week’s meeting. The b...
Local News
Dec 17, 2025
DUKE CENTER — Otto Township Volunteer Fire Department on Sweitzer Drive will resume its buffet breakfasts, starting 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday. Santa will ma...
Crime, Local News
December 16, 2025
Three men accused of murder await prosecution in McKean County Court, one who has pleaded guilty, one who is waiting for an attorney appointment and a...
Crime, Local News
December 16, 2025
The discovery of starving, abandoned dogs in a cage in the woods over Tuna Avenue in Bradford led to the arrest of a homeless man last week. George K....
Crime, Local News
December 16, 2025
A Bradford woman is in McKean County Jail, charged with kicking an EMT and an emergency room nurse who were helping her Saturday. Haley Baker, 25, of ...
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...
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 17, 2025
Nearly every university relies on donations from its former students, but those with alumni in the Senate can solicit money straight from taxpayers’ w...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Generosity is shocking. Especially when it’s to strangers. That was my first thought upon hearing of the Dell family donation of $6...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 17, 2025
The Pennsylvania state House is Democratic-run – by one seat. The state Senate is Republican-run – by two seats. Meanwhile, at the national level, the...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
December 17, 2025
Philosopher George Santayana once famously observed, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Unfortunately, our nation’s coll...
National Sports
December 17, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Another Penguins ownership change appears to be imminent, as Fenway Sports Group is deep in discussions with the Hoffmann Family of...
Outdoors, Sports
December 17, 2025
Hunting public land in the Pocono Mountains, I set the alarm for 3:50 a.m. Nov. 29 — opening day of the regular firearms season for Pennsylvania deer....
Nation & World
December 17, 2025
WASHINGTON — After clearing the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, legisl...
Business, Nation & World
December 17, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., along with Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Chris Coons, D-Del., and Jon Husted, R-Ohio, introduced the ...
Nation & World
December 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a H...
Local News
December 17, 2025
The Bradford Area High School chapter of National Honor Society inducted 29 new members in a ceremony held Tuesday evening at the University of Pittsb...
