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Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center

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Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center

Transitioning to outpatient care center

By SARA FURLONG news@bradfordera.com

February 17, 2026

(Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information available from hospital officials and state Rep. Martin Causer Tuesday afterno...

Casey urges VA to make websites accessible for people with disabilities

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Casey urges VA to make websites accessible for people with disabilities

Marcie

Jun 08, 2022

WASHINGTON — This week, U.S. Senate Aging Committee Chairman Bob Casey, D-Pa., led a bipartisan, bicameral group of nine other committee leaders in se...

Biden scrambles to avoid Americas Summit flop in Los Angeles

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Biden scrambles to avoid Americas Summit flop in Los Angeles

ELLIOT SPAGAT, JOSHUA GOODMAN and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press

Jun 05, 2022

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When leaders gather this week in Los Angeles at the Summit of the Americas, the focus is likely to veer from common policy changes ...

Police: Tennessee shooting leads to 3 dead, 14 injured

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Police: Tennessee shooting leads to 3 dead, 14 injured

Marcie

Jun 05, 2022

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A shooting near a Tennessee nightclub early Sunday led to three deaths and 14 people suffering gunshot wounds and other inju...

Lawyer: Cosby used safe spaces to sexually abuse teen girl

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Lawyer: Cosby used safe spaces to sexually abuse teen girl

ANDREW DALTON Associated Press

Jun 01, 2022

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Bill Cosby used friendly spaces — a film set at a public park, a game room — to give 16-year-old Judy Huth a sense of safe...

Man pleads guilty to felony charge in riot at U.S. Capitol

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Man pleads guilty to felony charge in riot at U.S. Capitol

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Jun 01, 2022

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia man charged in the January 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol after he was turned in by an ex-girlfriend after ...

Hinckley to get full freedom 41 years after shooting Reagan

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Hinckley to get full freedom 41 years after shooting Reagan

JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press

Jun 01, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Hinckley, who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, is “no longer a danger to himself or others” and will be freed from all res...

Casey introduces bill for FDA to get infant formula back on shelves

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Casey introduces bill for FDA to get infant formula back on shelves

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

May 20, 2022

On Thursday, U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., i...

Casey introduces bill to crack down on union busting

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Casey introduces bill to crack down on union busting

Marcie

May 13, 2022

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced the No Tax ...

Reactions to Supreme Court abortion decision leak run the gamut

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Reactions to Supreme Court abortion decision leak run the gamut

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

May 04, 2022

Reactions to the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade were swift and loud, and ran the gamut from outrage at the leak...

Prosecution asks judge to preclude mention of other Jan. 6 defendants at Bauer trial

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Prosecution asks judge to preclude mention of other Jan. 6 defendants at Bauer trial

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

May 03, 2022

The prosecution in the criminal case against defendant Pauline Bauer is asking the judge to bar her from mentioning other Capitol riot defendants’ cas...

ARC seeks leaders for training opportunities

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ARC seeks leaders for training opportunities

Apr 22, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Appalachian Regional Commission is accepting applications for the fourth class of the Appalachian Leadership Institute, a free leader...

3,000 miles, 30 days, 2 bicycles riding to battle childhood cancer

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3,000 miles, 30 days, 2 bicycles riding to battle childhood cancer

MANDY COLOSIMO erastaff.43@gmail.com

Mar 28, 2022

No fooling around, they are really beginning their trek across the nation on April 1st. Starting on Friday, Jeff Weidow, of St. Marys, who has ties to...

Toomey, Casey respond to State of the Union

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Toomey, Casey respond to State of the Union

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Mar 03, 2022

Pennsylvania senators’ responses to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday fell along party lines. U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., s...

Capitol riot suspect Bauer slated for trial in July

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Capitol riot suspect Bauer slated for trial in July

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Feb 26, 2022

Jury selection and trial for Capitol riot defendant Pauline Bauer has been set to begin July 5 in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Bauer, 5...

Casey, Toomey call for sanctions on Russia

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Casey, Toomey call for sanctions on Russia

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Feb 24, 2022

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania’s senators voiced support for the Ukrainian people and for sanctions against Russia following President Vladimir Putin’s inv...

Pennsylvania high court picks new map of US House districts

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Pennsylvania high court picks new map of US House districts

MARC LEVY and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press

Feb 23, 2022

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court broke a partisan deadlock Wednesday over a new map of congressional districts by selecting boundaries t...

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‘The brand is so toxic’: Dems fear extinction in rural US

STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer

Feb 17, 2022

SMETHPORT (AP) — Some Democrats here in rural Pennsylvania are afraid to tell you they’re Democrats. The party’s brand is so toxic in the small towns ...

Reminder: Human trafficking is closer than we imagine

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Reminder: Human trafficking is closer than we imagine

JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com

Jan 27, 2022

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention month. Tonia Hartzell, Family Advocate for the Children’s Advocacy Center of McKean Count...

Ordering online can make for dicey deliveries where food safety is concerned

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Ordering online can make for dicey deliveries where food safety is concerned

Jan 17, 2022

UNIVERSITY PARK — As the omicron variant continues to rage, many people turn to food delivery as a safer alternative to eating in a restaurant or shop...

101-year-old returns to Pearl Harbor to remember those lost

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101-year-old returns to Pearl Harbor to remember those lost

AUDREY McAVOY and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press

Dec 07, 2021

HONOLULU (AP) — When Japanese bombs began falling on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell first sought refuge below deck on the USS ...