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    Over 50 men, including youth coaches, charged in Erie prostitution bust
    Crime, PA State News
    Over 50 men, including youth coaches, charged in Erie prostitution bust
    Jul 07, 2025
    ERIE (TNS) — More than 50 people, including at least three youth coaches, have been charged with paying for sex at a Pennsylvania fitness center. Also...
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    Gausman conviction affirmed by appeals court
    Crime, Local News
    Gausman conviction affirmed by appeals court
    Sara Furlong 
    Jul 07, 2025
    SMETHPORT — The Pennsylvania Superior Court has affirmed the conviction of a Kane man accused of incest, rape and other crimes. Brian Gausman, then 43...
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    State police investigating Eldred burglary
    Crime, Local News
    State police investigating Eldred burglary
    Jul 03, 2025
    Pennsylvania State Police reported a 60-year-old Eldred woman was the victim of a residential burglary on Artline Road sometime between June 26 and 28...
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    Superior Court denies appeal from 2015 cocaine bust
    Crime, Local News
    Superior Court denies appeal from 2015 cocaine bust
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 03, 2025
    The state Superior Court has rejected an appeal from a Bradford man who claimed his cocaine sale to an informant in 2015 was entrapment. James Howard ...
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    Morrisroe denied parole for second time
    Crime, Local News
    Morrisroe denied parole for second time
    Jul 03, 2025
    Citing a lack of remorse and no acknowledgement of responsibility, the Pennsylvania Parole Board has again denied parole for Paul Morrisroe. Morrisroe...
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    Carpenter’s 160-year prison sentence upheld by appeals court
    Crime, Local News
    Carpenter’s 160-year prison sentence upheld by appeals court
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 02, 2025
    Convicted child rapist Darvin Carpenter's 160-year prison sentence has been upheld by the state Superior Court, but conditions for his theoretical rel...
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    Mount Jewett man sentenced for crimes at Walmart
    Crime, Local News
    Mount Jewett man sentenced for crimes at Walmart
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER and SARA FURLONG news@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 02, 2025
    SMETHPORT — A Mount Jewett man was sentenced Monday in a hearing at the McKean County Courthouse for crimes committed in 2024 at Walmart in Foster Bro...
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    House relaunches caucus to address youth and public safety
    Crime, Local News, PA State News
    House relaunches caucus to address youth and public safety
    By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Jul 02, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Building on progress begun with the state’s Juvenile Justice Task Force, which published its findings in 2021, have relaunched the bipart...
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    Bradford woman sentenced to state prison for rape
    Crime, Local News
    Bradford woman sentenced to state prison for rape
    Sara Furlong 
    Jul 01, 2025
    Donna Simons, 67, of Bradford was sentenced in McKean County Court on Monday to 8 1/2 to 17 years in state prison for crimes committed at a 2024 Fourt...
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    Q&A with the DA: ‘Date’ rape, ‘domestic’ violence, other crimes against friend or family
    Crime, Local News
    ‘Date’ rape, ‘domestic’ violence
    Q&A with the DA: ‘Date’ rape, ‘domestic’ violence, other crimes against friend or family
    Other crimes against friend or family
    By STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER  McKean County District Attorney  
    Jun 28, 2025
    (Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...
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    Bradford man gets 20 years in prison in child porn case
    Crime, Local News, News
    Bradford man gets 20 years in prison in child porn case
    Jun 26, 2025
    BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 26-year-old Bradford, Pa., man has been sentenced to the maximum of 20 years in prison on a federal conviction of receipt of child p...
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    Homicide charges bound to court against McElhattan
    Crime, Local News
    Homicide charges bound to court against McElhattan
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 25, 2025
    Homicide charges against Thomas McElhattan for the alleged shooting death of a young pregnant woman earlier this month were bound to court Wednesday b...
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    Smethport man arrested for child pornography
    Crime, Local News
    Smethport man arrested for child pornography
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 25, 2025
    A Smethport man was arraigned last week on felony counts of child pornography after a predator watch group turned over evidence to police in December....
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    Homicide, arson charges after Olean, N.Y., fire
    Crime, Local News
    Homicide, arson charges after Olean, N.Y., fire
    By BOB CLARK  news@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 24, 2025
    OLEAN, N.Y. — A woman is facing arson and homicide charges after a Monday evening fire claimed the life of an Olean senior citizen. The Olean Police D...
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    New York man charged with assaulting, threatening state trooper
    Crime, Local News
    New York man charged with assaulting, threatening state trooper
    Jun 24, 2025
    A Cattaraugus, N.Y., man is in McKean County Jail for charges including aggravated assault on a police officer for an incident last week on Mead Run R...
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    Marshburg woman convicted of charges from 9 hour standoff last year
    Crime, Local News
    Marshburg woman convicted of charges from 9 hour standoff last year
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 24, 2025
    SMETHPORT — Following a two-day trial last week in McKean County Court, Sharon Vandrish was convicted of charges coming from a nine-hour standoff with...
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    Arrested in McKean County, Ware wanted on federal charges in Mass.
    Crime, Local News, Nation & World
    Arrested in McKean County, Ware wanted on federal charges in Mass.
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 20, 2025
    A Yonkers, N.Y., man has been sentenced to state prison for a scam on a Bradford bank, and is wanted on federal charges for financial shenanigans in M...
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    Police arrest suspect in church burglaries
    Crime, Local News
    Police arrest suspect in church burglaries
    Jun 19, 2025
    Bradford City Police Department announced Michael J. Keller was taken into custody Monday in connection with a string of recent burglaries at First Pr...
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    Bill modernizing CPA licensure would address growing workforce shortage
    Crime, PA State News
    Bill modernizing CPA licensure would address growing workforce shortage
    Jun 16, 2025
    HARRISBURG – Sen. Scott Hutchinson,R-21, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and prime sponsor of Senate Bill 719, announced the successful passa...
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    Port Allegany woman jailed for alleged assault on toddler
    Crime, Local News
    Port Allegany woman jailed for alleged assault on toddler
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 13, 2025
    A Port Allegany woman is in McKean County Jail, charged with an alleged drunken assault on a toddler at a Liberty Township residence. Claudia Chavez, ...
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    ‘Round the Square: Skywalk reopens Aug. 8
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: Skywalk reopens Aug. 8
    July 8, 2025
    SKYWALK: Aug. 8. That's the date when the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources reopens the Kinzua Skywalk for the fall season. The Kinzua ...
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    BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Sweet’s Saltwater makes a splash
    Business, Local News
    BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Sweet’s Saltwater makes a splash
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    July 8, 2025
    Whether you are a longtime aquarium enthusiast or you just learned about planted tanks and want to find out more, there is something for everyone at S...
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    Don’t let strawberries spoil
    Lifestyles
    Don’t let strawberries spoil
    July 8, 2025
    Dear Heloise: We love fresh strawberries at our house, but frequently a few of them spoil in the container before we can use them all. We discovered a...
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    Sibling is making elderly mom’s life a living hell
    Lifestyles
    Sibling is making elderly mom’s life a living hell
    July 8, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I live five hours away from my hometown. My mom is 98 and in assisted living there. In recent years, my younger sister has become cruel to ...
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    2025 NY/PA Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase slated for July 27
    Local Sports
    2025 NY/PA Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase slated for July 27
    Jo Wankel 
    July 7, 2025
    Four soccer matches showcasing 175 of the best high school soccer players from Northwestern PA and Southwestern NY will take place on July 27 at Pitt-...
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    Harrison Brunicke wants to be in Pittsburgh, but the Penguins say he must earn his place first
    National Sports
    Harrison Brunicke wants to be in Pittsburgh, but the Penguins say he must earn his place first
    Matt Vensel Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    July 7, 2025
    (TNS) —This time last summer, Harrison Brunicke was a lesser-known Penguins prospect who arrived at his first development camp eager to learn and get ...
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