HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Senate Education Committee has begun vetting Gov. Tom Wolf’s plans for more accountability and transparency in Pennsylvania’s charter schools.
HARRISBURG — People can sue to challenge a city’s gun restrictions even if they have not been charged with violating them, Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled Wednesday.
A Pennsylvania appeals court heard arguments Wednesday on whether the Wolf administration had the legal right to impose a mask mandate on K-12 schools and child care facilities to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The deadline to sign up as recipients of The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund’s Christmas gift program is fast approaching.
Monday saw several cases of COVID reported in various school districts in McKean County.
SMETHPORT — The Sons of the American Legion Squadron #138 in Smethport will sponsor a Wreaths Across America fundraiser from 2-7 p. m. Saturday at the American Legion on West Main Street.
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ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Jaren Holmes had always wondered what it might be like.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cody Bellinger hit a tying, three-run homer and Mookie Betts then lined an RBI double as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied in the eighth inning, beating Atlanta 6-5 Tuesday an…
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jeff Skinner and Tage Thompson scored 23 seconds apart in the third period and the Buffalo Sabres rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Tuesday night.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Evidently, the Super Bowl parade plans are on hold in Buffalo after the Bills’ so-called redemption tour hit a speed bump in Tennessee.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — No one needed official evidence but it came anyway from the state of New Jersey, where people apparently really like to bet on sports. They put more than $1 billion on their f…
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Premier Hockey Federation has reached an agreement to make ESPN+ the exclusive home for watching games in this U.S. this season, a major step forward for the women's hockey…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Rosario homered twice in his second four-hit game of the series and six pitchers combined on a four-hitter, giving the Atlanta Braves a 9-2 victory Wednesday night ove…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers were asking the world of Julio Urías when he took the mound for the fourth time in 12 days.
Former Emporium K-9 officer Volker Kiefer was sentenced Tuesday to 3-10 years, to be served in a state correctional institution, for a conviction related to child pornography.
SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman who was charged with abuse of children age 13 and under was found guilty Tuesday by a McKean County Court jury.
LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. — According to Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb, on Oct. 16 at 3:39 a.m. Timothy J. Bottorf, 41, of Eldred, Pa. was arrested for Criminal Possession of a control…
LANCASTER (AP) — An armed bystander intervened after gunfire broke out in a central Pennsylvania mall over the weekend, shooting one of the participants, police said.
SMETHPORT — Former Bradford music store owner Edward Wright is appealing his legal designation as a sexually violent predator.
On Tuesday morning Steven Skaggs celebrated the official opening of his new business in downtown Bradford — Steve’s This-n-That, located at 4 Boylston Street.
For the second straight week, gas prices have risen in Western Pennsylvania. This week, prices are seven cents higher at $3.516 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. This is compared to the average price on Oct. 11, which was $3.446, and the week of Oct. 19, 2020 had …
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pennsylvania is rolling out a plan to give car buyers better access to electric cars and trucks without having to travel to neighboring states to find more plug-in options on dealers’ lots.
Five top finalists in the Harvey L. Golubock Business Competition will be competing in a Pitch Event for up to $20,000 in prize money. The Bradford Area Alliance is championing the second annual business competition to seed and support the formation of new startups and new ventures of existi…
U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson visited a congressional district in Kentucky Monday and Tuesday and met with members of the agricultural community.
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The culture of Harrisburg would be best described as “clubby.” After legislative sessions at the State Capitol on Third Street, lawmakers and their staffs often head toward the wide selection of establishments on Second Street and elsewhere to socialize and strategize — and to attend the con…
For its San Diego convention in the summer of 1996, the Republican Party was anxious to avoid the acrimonious tone of its gathering in Houston four years earlier. So the GOP turned to its most respected voice of moderation and reconciliation: Gen. Colin Powell. He did not disappoint.
The Biden administration is hesitant to call our competition with China a new Cold War, even though Beijing has zero qualms about making the parallels with our decades-long struggle with the Soviet Union abundantly clear.
In an age in which religiosity is waning, the notion that a person would forgo a medical treatment, perhaps even a life-saving one, because of sincerely held faith must be difficult to understand.
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HARRISBURG (TNS) — As a gauge against the ongoing decline of bee populations, the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners are helping to create Pennsylvania’s first long-term bee-monitoring program.
HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Senate Education Committee has begun vetting Gov. Tom Wolf’s plans for more accountability and transparency in Pennsylvania’s charter schools.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — TriState Capital Holdings Inc. (TSC) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $20 million.
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A Pennsylvania appeals court heard arguments Wednesday on whether the Wolf administration had the legal right to impose a mask mandate on K-12 schools and child care facilities to help prevent…
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EXTON, Pa. (AP) — Omega Flex Inc. (OFLX) on Wednesday reported earnings of $6.1 million in its third quarter.
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Netflix employees protest Dave Chappelle's anti-transgender comments; Paris Hilton speaks at Washington Congressional Democrats conference about the troubled teen industry; Morgan Freeman sits on panel to interview nine potential police officers. (Oct. 21)
