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PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has filed a lawsuit against Snap Inc., alleging its Snapchat platform encourages compulsive u...

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SMETHPORT — McKean County commissioners approved more than $42,000 in county aid for six municipalities Tuesday, including a previously tabled request...

KANE — The Kinzua Bridge State Park Complex will conclude its August programming with events Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28 and 29. A free Wildlife Watc...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — The Weeks Gallery at SUNY Jamestown Community College will celebrate the 45-year history of 10,000 Maniacs with a special archival e...

HARRISBURG — State Sen. Tracy Pennycuick has introduced legislation that would prohibit foreign-controlled entities from gaining control of sensitive ...

COUDERSPORT — The Cole Foundation will host its third annual gala, themed “Neon Lights,” from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 12, at the Coudersport Consistory, ...

Bradford Ecumenical Home Inc. has launched a $75,000 capital campaign to purchase a new fully accessible van for resident transportation. The organiza...

(The Center Square) – Fruit growers impacted by a late-April freeze will soon be able to apply for assistance from the state government. “Starting on ...

Last weekend's Kinzua Heritage Festival held in Russell celebrated Native American culture. Tribal dancing was the highlight, with many children parti...

SUMMER: When you remember summers of your childhood, what stands out? Riding bicycles down to Archer's on Main Street, begging for change for the loca...

EMPORIUM — Sizerville State Park will offer programs about stream life, woodpeckers and bats this weekend. A stream study will begin at 3 p.m. Saturda...

Several blood drives are scheduled in McKean, Potter and Elk counties from Aug. 31 through Sept. 18. Community Blood Bank will hold a drive from noon ...

Area students are returning to classrooms as McKean County school districts prepare for a new academic year and officials remind drivers to use extra ...

CLEARFIELD — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) invites high school students in the northcentral region to participate in the ann...

Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, welcomed U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Pennsylvania State Director Chris Hoffman to Bradford on ...

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

Gasoline prices in the Bradford area increased more than 13 cents this past week, according to AAA East Central. The average in Western Pennsylvania w...

Since 2001, the S.W. Smith Memorial Library Rotary Trust Fund has donated $175,374.61 to the S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library. The fund was establis...