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Kiwanis sponsors Challenger season awards for third year
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
June 26, 2026
For the third consecutive year, the Kiwanis Club of Bradford will sponsor season awards and medals for the Bradford Regional Little League Challenger ...
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Zippo/Case Museum to host America250 celebration
June 25, 2026
Zippo Manufacturing Co. will host the America250PA-McKean County Celebration Concert and Fireworks Display from 3 to 10:30 p.m. July 2 at the Zippo/Ca...
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Bradford Majors softball defeats Brookville, falls to DuBois
Local Sports, Softball
Jo Wankel 
June 24, 2026
Bradford All-Star softball defeated Brookville 10-3 on Wednesday. Leading Bradford was Onalee Hammock with a double. Thursday's game against DuBois, h...
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An early morning on a lake: 200 horsepower versus 4
Local Sports, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
June 24, 2026
The lake was shimmering, its oily surface as smooth as glass. Scattered patches of fog hung randomly here and there as floating misty phantoms in the ...
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McGruther charged with retail theft
Crime News, Local News
Jun 25, 2026
Bradford City Police arrested Antonio Miguel McGruther, 24, on charges of retail theft, a second-degree misdemeanor, and pedalcycle in a business dist...
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Assault suspect jailed after arrest
Crime News, Local News
June 17, 2026
A 33-year-old man is accused of assaulting another man and resisting arrest Saturday morning. According to City of Bradford Police, officers were disp...
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Camejo appeal denied by state Supreme Court
Crime News, Local News
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
June 16, 2026
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has denied convicted murderer Frederick Camejo's latest request for appellate review in the 2022 fatal shooting of Edwa...
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Superior Court upholds Pysadee conviction
Crime News, Local News
June 15, 2026
SMETHPORT — The Pennsylvania Superior Court has denied the appeal of a former Rochester, N.Y., man convicted in the death of a Bradford woman in 2021....
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Jeeps take on the mud and mountains
Gallery, Local News
June 22, 2026
Jeeps leave the University of Pittsburgh on Panther Parkway Saturday morning for another day of trail riding. Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Depart...
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Fallen service members honored during Memorial Day observances
Gallery, Local News
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
May 25, 2026
Cloudy skies hung over downtown Bradford Monday, but the rain held off as veterans, marching bands, first responders and community groups gathered for...
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Pitt-Bradford sends Class of ’26 on its way
Gallery, Local News
Honors alumni, community leaders 
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
May 4, 2026
Nearly 200 students crossed the stage Sunday as the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford marked the end of the academic year with its Spring 2026 Comm...
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The state of political violence in Pa.
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JEFF BLOODWORTH RealClearPennsylvania 
June 26, 2026
It’s not your imagination: American politics, including in Pennsylvania, has become more aggressive and, sadly, violent. From 2024 to 2025, the number...
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Mamdani, Marxists and the rest of us
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ANDREW WALWORTH RealClearPolitics 
June 25, 2026
When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani equated the lobbying group AIPAC to “monsters” in a blistering get-out-the vote speech last week in Brooklyn, ...
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Waste of the Day: ICE wasted millions on food
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
June 24, 2026
A tiny contractor’s disastrous time running an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in El Paso came to an end this March. Now, a Gov...
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The AI jobs crisis no one is talking about
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By PARMY OLSON Bloomberg Opinion 
June 24, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Spinning a good narrative is critical to selling artificial intelligence these days. But the leaders of today’s biggest labs are givi...
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