Politics

The Fraternal Order of Eagles will be hosting a Designer Purse Bingo event at 3 p.m. Saturday upstairs at 49 E. Main St. Tickets are $30 each. The eve...

BRADFORD — The McKean County Republican Committee will host a chicken barbecue Sept. 26, from 4-7 p.m. at Hamlin Lake Park in Smethport. Cost is $10 f...

SMETHPORT — Smethport Borough Council accepted a bid Monday to replace the security system in Hamlin Lake Park. Besides labor, the $1,460 bid from Pre...

In Bradford Township, it appears as though Mark Cline has captured the Republican nomination for supervisor. Cline was the top vote-getter with 216 vo...

Challenger Melissa Jo Smith appears to have captured the Republican nomination for McKean County treasurer. According to unofficial results released T...

Five candidates vying for seats with the Bradford Area School Board were selected during Tuesday’s primary elections for the Republican and Democratic...

It appears that Peter Causer has won the Republican nomination for a six-year term as Annin Township supervisor, according to unofficial results relea...

Two Democratic candidates and two Republican candidates will face off in the fall general election for McKean County commissioner, for which three sea...

It appears incumbent Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer will appear on the Republican ballot in November’s McKean County district attorney race. Unofficial ...

The mayor of the City of Bradford stepped into the primary for McKean County district attorney Thursday with a social media endorsement of Phil Clabau...

The Republican candidates for several local offices spoke to a crowded multi-purpose room at the Bradford Area Public Library Wednesday evening. Each ...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Commissioners shared with the public Tuesday their plans to honor the life and public service of a former colleague, Al ...

All news announcements for political candidates for the May primary election must be submitted to The Era no later than Monday. Announcements may be s...

ST. MARYS — St. Marys resident Margie Brown has announced that she will be running as a write-in candidate in Tuesday’s primary for the third open sea...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House moved forward on legislation that would make it easier to obtain government records, as a new congressional report conclud...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A dummy U.S. Hellfire missile was mistakenly shipped from Europe to Cuba in 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The ine...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department produced "inaccurate and incomplete" responses to public records requests while Democratic presidential hopeful...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are fighting for the favor of many of the same undecided voters across Iowa, where even some of the...

CLAREMONT, New Hampshire (AP) — Chris Christie is the Republican presidential candidate to beat in second-to-vote New Hampshire — so say the super PAC...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It seems like only yesterday that skeptics of Barack Obama's birth in Hawaii rushed to the Supreme Court to try to block the son of ...