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SMETHPORT — For decades, the Tri-County Fire School has been a quiet but powerful force supporting first responders from both Pennsylvania and New Yor...

OIL CITY — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and its safety partners remind motorists of the importance of driving sober this ho...

SMETHPORT — McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer will seek the death penalty against Tyler Prescott, the Bradford man accused ...

MIFFLINBURG (AP) — Christmas went on the auction block this week in Pennsylvania farm country, and there was no shortage of bidders. About 50,000 Chri...

The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) announced that a limited number of Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) coupons remain available withi...

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – As the holiday season begins, the board of directors of the National Fuel Gas Co. Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Natio...

SMETHPORT — Robert Densmore was arrested by Bradford City Police on Friday for multiple violations of a protection from abuse (PFA) order. Between Oct...

The annual Christmas Bazaar at St. Gabriel's Parish Hall will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 6 at 203 Arnold Ave. in Port Allegany.  The event will fea...

SMETHPORT — An inmate at the McKean County Jail has been sentenced to state prison. Kyle Nortum pleaded guilty to possession of an offensive weapon af...

SMETHPORT — Clarence Barker, who pleaded guilty earlier this month following his arrest by the McKean County Drug Task Force in March, has been senten...

HARRISBURG – Rapid expansion of data centers in the mid-Atlantic region leaves its power grid’s operator, PJM, standing at a crossroads: how can elect...

There will be no edition of The Bradford Era on Thursday, Nov. 27, due to the Thanksgiving Day federal holiday. The paper will resume Friday, Nov. 28.

Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...

AUSTIN — Sinnemahoning State Park has announced dates for its popular winter Women in the Wilds weekend, set for Feb. 6 to 8. Registration opens Dec. ...

(TNS) — An 82-year-old mayor of a Pennsylvania borough has been charged with drunken driving and fleeing from a crash earlier this month. Charles Petr...

(TNS) — A team of Penn State researchers has found a correlation between central Pennsylvania’s “Farm Belt” and higher rates of melanoma cases. Resear...

“My year of unraveling” is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain. What’s called auto...

WITCH: Beware of the November Witch. Did you think the talk of witches went out with Halloween? This is a different kind of witch. It refers to the fr...

Today marks the opening of bear season in Pennsylvania. I’ve seen more bears this fall than I can ever remember, but that doesn’t mean hunters will ha...

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) announced recently that all statewide partnerships will end in September 2026, threatening small and rural ...