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Light ballots for Pennsylvania primary election
Local News, PA State News
Sara Furlong 
May 18, 2026
Pennsylvania voters will head to the polls Tuesday to choose party nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, all 17 U.S. House seats, all 203 state ...
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AMERICA250PA – Did you know?
Local News
May 18, 2026
(Editor’s note: America250PA - McKean County provided the material featured here, created by the McKean County Planning Commission — Chairman Gregory ...
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Engines roar back to life this weekend
Local News
At Isadore's Bradford Speedway Memorial Day Bash
By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
May 18, 2026
The sounds of revving engines, spinning tires and roaring crowds will return to Isadore’s Bradford Speedway as the historic dirt track opens its 72nd ...
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business News, Local News
May 18, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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Three Bonaventure faculty earn excellence awards
Business News, Local News
May 18, 2026
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Three St. Bonaventure University faculty members received 2026 Awards of Excellence for their work in teaching, scholarship an...
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A weeklong celebration
Local News
May 18, 2026
Bradford Ecumenical Home celebrated National Nursing Home Week with a full schedule of activities, including music, games, ice cream sundaes and a “Se...
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Spring rain growing record-book bucks?
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
May 16, 2026
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, one thing that benefits from a lot of rain is whitetail antler growth. So far this spring, we’ve had a ton ...
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Testimony underway in McElhattan’s homicide trial
Crime News, Local News, News
By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
May 15, 2026
SMETHPORT — As defendant Thomas McElhattan seeks to have a McKean County Court jury find him guilty of a lesser count of criminal homicide, the distri...
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