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PennDOT temporarily prohibits truck travel on Route 6

December 26, 2025

Due to the severity of Friday's winter storm, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is temporarily prohibiting trucks heavier than 1...

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Comment & Opinion, Opinion

January 2, 2026

Has the West given up protecting its citizens?

By SIMON HANKINSON

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Two centuries ago, gentlemen routinely carried swords or pistols to protect the...

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Social Security still works, but its future is up to us

By ROBERT CROPF The Fulcrum/TNS

January 2, 2026

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — Like many people over 60 and thinking seriously about retirement, I’ve been paying closer attention to Social Security, and rec...

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Crime, Local News

May trial scheduled for McElhattan in Haynes murder

By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com

January 2, 2026

A May trial has been scheduled for the Bradford man accused in the June shooting death of a woman in her Jefferson Street home. Thomas McElhattan, 42,...

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Outdoors, Sports

2026 already? Really?

By WADE ROBERTSON

January 2, 2026

It seems amazing interceptor missiles today zip along at Mach 8, leaving the speed of sound far behind. I have difficulty in comprehending speeds that...

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January 2, 2026

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Round the Square

‘Round the Square: ‘An effect rarely witnessed’

January 2, 2026

NEW YEAR: The New Year came in 1900 with a service at St. Bernard's in Bradford, with a temperature "somewhat Alaskan, but there was no blizzard conne...

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