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McElhattan waives arraignment in Jefferson Street shooting
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
September 12, 2025
SMETHPORT — The Bradford man charged with gunning down a woman in her Jefferson Street home earlier this year has waived arraignment in McKean County ...
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Local politicos react to Kirk’s shooting death at Utah event
Local News, Nation & World, PA State News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
September 11, 2025
America is about freedom of speech, not about shooting someone with whom one disagrees. Wednesday's murder of Charlie Kirk, right-wing activist, autho...
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Prescott’s hearing moved to October
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
September 11, 2025
The preliminary hearing originally set for Friday for Tyler Prescott has been postponed until next month. Prescott, 32, who has been incarcerated on $...
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Bradford City Council seeks grant for home rule consultant
Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
September 10, 2025
The City of Bradford is applying for a grant to help fund a state consultant for the Home Rule Study Commission. At Tuesday's meeting, council members...
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Bradford to host public meeting on government study
Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
September 10, 2025
The City of Bradford will host a public meeting at 6 p.m. Sept. 25 on the Government Study Commission. The meeting will be held at the Bradford Senior...
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Board of Health considers debris-filled nuisance properties
Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
September 3, 2025
Rather than dealing with a number of blighted houses, Tuesday's Bradford Board of Health meeting dealt with five Terrace Street properties in need of ...
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Shapiro administration: Thompson’s SNAP allegation inaccurate
Local News, Nation & World, PA State News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
September 3, 2025
Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration is calling out U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson for what it says is an inaccurate allegation he made in a recent release ab...
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WWII veterans honored at V-J Day ceremony
Local News
Held Tuesday at Eldred museum
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
September 2, 2025
ELDRED — About 82 years ago, Dick Bondi decided to take a walk. It probably wasn't the best idea, he said. "It was pretty dumb," he told a reporter Tu...
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Two months out, Hvizdzak trial may include 33 victims’ testimony
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
September 1, 2025
The federal trial for the Hvizdzak brothers for allegations of fraud and wire tapping is two months away, and 33 investors may be called as witnesses....
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