April 09 2026

APRIL: This month marks the awareness of some serious topics, and others that are more on the strange side. It's Child Abuse Awareness month; look for...

A cluster of painted turtles basked on a mound of reeds in a McKean County pond this past weekend.

Dear Heloise: Portion sizes used to get out of hand in my kitchen until I put a muffin tin to use in a new way. Instead of guessing or overfilling bow...

DEAR ABBY: For the past three years, my family has had reunions with my older half-sister, "Sybil." We did not grow up together, and we have very diff...

(TNS) — After tearing his ACL just 13 games into the 2024-25 season, Anthony Mantha wasn’t sure what his hockey career would look like moving forward....

Softball ECC 15, Kane 0 (4 innings) ST. MARYS - ECC’s Lauren Weisner went 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs as ECC beat Kane Wednesday. Leading K...

MacDonald plans to lean on unique experience in next chapter with Bonnies ST. BONAVENTURE — Mike MacDonald was introduced as the new head coach of men...

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

City officials reminded the public that the municipal dump site at the end of Holley Avenue is restricted to use by City of Bradford residents only, c...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service announced a sweeping restructuring to “move leadership closer to the forests and communitie...

When Linda Transki talks about why she walks, she begins with her grandfather. A World War II veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient, he carried ...

MOUNT JEWETT — Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) officials responded in March to accusations of “gross negligence and mass p...

While on a recent assignment in Mount Alton, Era photographer Wade Aiken spotted these bufflehead ducks swimming in a pond along the road. Buffleheads...

Zippo Manufacturing Co. has prevailed in a trademark and design infringement case in Türkiye, where a court ruled that a competing lighter design unla...

SMETHPORT — Douglas Dickerson, principal of Smethport Area Junior-Senior High School, has announced the honor rolls for the third marking period of th...

PITTSBURGH— Konnor Griffin is with the Pittsburgh Pirates for the long haul. The 19-year-old shortstop agreed to a nine-year, $140 million contract wi...

I’m a very lucky person in many ways. In fact, I’m still enthusiastic about the first day of trout season. True, year-round fishing has greatly dimini...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Step into Olean High School during the 1987–88 season, and you’d see something unusual: a brand of basketball that looked nothing like t...