December 23 2025

MUSIC: 'Tis the season for Christmas music everywhere you go. We all have preferences, but for us, we'd have to say Bing Crosby, Burl Ives, Gene Autry...

Dear Heloise: For our experienced citizens who have acquired hearing aids, they shouldn't just employ them intermittently. They should use them all th...

DEAR ABBY: My sister, "Blanche," and I didn't grow up together after she turned 13. I was 6 at that time, and our grandmother raised her. We talked on...

Girls Basketball Otto-Eldred 36, Galeton 7 Otto-Eldred used a 31-point first half to clinch a victory over Galeton Monday, scoring 13 in the first qua...

The final dual meet of 2025 concluded with a 614-397 loss by the YMCA Barracudas to the Oil City YMCA swim team. This was the first loss of the season...

Bail was raised to $3 million and 270 charges were added during a preliminary hearing held Monday in the case against Ray Coast, the Lewis Run man acc...

CROSBY — Supervisors denied Black Cherry Wind’s application to raise a meteorological (met) tower in Norwich Township, during their December meeting. ...

Bradford Area Christian Academy student Stevie Clark prepared her "boxcar" Monday before the schoolwide showing of the Christmas classic, "The Polar E...

Fuel prices are down across the board this week and, nationwide, gas prices are the lowest they’ve been since December 2020. The national average for ...

Children at Port Allegany United Methodist Church pose by one of two trees decorated with hats, scarves, gloves and socks collected by the congregatio...

Every year around this time, the noise starts to drop. The pace eases a bit. Families gather, neighbors reconnect, and people who disagree on just abo...

The scandal among the Somali community in Minnesota highlights a question to consider as we plunge deeper into the AI Age, an age in which some futuri...

Almost everyone knows that government spending has been increasing for years, but it can’t all be blamed on inflation and population growth. Historica...

Consumers don’t like higher electricity prices, but many don’t fully understand why their costs have increased. An Ipsos poll this year found that 73%...

PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN UNIVERSITY — Nearly 3,000 undergraduate students at PennWest University have been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2025 seme...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Concluding his first year in office, Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., released his first ever Annual Letter to Pennsylvanians, a perform...

As the year draws to a close, the United Way of the Bradford Area invites the community to help finish its 100th Annual Campaign strong. The campaign ...

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity wants Pennsylvanians looking for a last-minute gift for a child in their life to know that the gift ...

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