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OIL NOTES: Our columns about the history of the Bradford oilfield have sparked some comments from Harold Pier: "My father, Jerome Pier, worked for man...

For those individuals, agencies and businesses interested in helping the families affected by the fire that destroyed four homes at the top of Kennedy...

NOT SO: If you've seen or heard those reports that Mars is going to soon appear in the nighttime sky to be roughly the same size as the moon - don't b...

Bradford's Charlie Fitzsimmons finally achieved his goal. Fitzsimmons won the heavyweight division at the Ringside World Amateur Boxing Championships ...

Joe and Bob Goldthwaite won the men's Member-Guest Golf Tournament at Pine Acres Country Club on Sunday. The Goldthwaites won on a shootout on the 10t...

The third annual Heart of the Alleghenies Folk Music Festival (HOTA), held at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Friday through Sunday, was a gr...

High school seniors in McKean County drink, smoke and use more drugs than in past years - and more than their peers nationwide, according to a 2005 su...

Class reunions are a place for people to bring back memories of the past, but for one man, it also brought back a material item he lost around the las...

U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's, R-Pa., "Keep Up the Fight" tour made a stop in McKean County on Saturday. At 8:15 a.m., Santorum was at Beacon Light Behavi...

Mildred Helen Pehonsky, 72, of 1203 South Ave., Bradford, passed away Saturday (Aug. 12, 2006) at St. Vincent's Hospital, Erie. Funeral arrangements a...

New York State's biggest auto racing weekend is here as NASCAR's Nextel Cup and Busch Series invade Watkins Glen for their annual Empire State stop. T...

John D. Thornton, 85, of 17 Long Lane, formerly of Islip, Long Island, N.Y., died Thursday (Aug. 10, 2006) at the Bradford Regional Medical Center. Fu...

The cause of the blaze at 170 Kennedy St. early Thursday morning was still undetermined Friday, state police fire marshal Trooper Greg Agosti said. Se...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann visited Zippo Manufacturing Co. Friday morning, toured the plant and visitors center - and greeted as ma...

THAT SOUND: We've had items in RTS about the various ""melodies"" of the oilfield - pretty much a thing of the past.[neWLine] Two come to mind - the s...

ST. MARYS - Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann made several stops during a campaign trip through Elk County on Friday. Swann said he want...

Norfolk Southern Railway Corp. will offer residential pH water sampling in the Cameron County area affected by the June 30 train derailment. The sampl...

WELCOME: With the Festa Italiana in full swing, we must pause to welcome people back to the old hometown. This weekend is often picked for Bradford cl...

Four homes were destroyed by fire early Thursday morning on Kennedy Street, leaving 11 people homeless and nearly an entire city block decimated. The ...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will receive $2.15 million in rural education outreach funding from the state for fiscal year 2007 to be used...