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(Editor’s note: Jennifer Taylor is a Bradford mother who is an advocate for children and young people with Down syndrome.) My 6-year-old son, Preston,...

On Tuesday, residents throughout Bradford are being invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the 35 th annual National Nigh...

The Elk County Community Foundation recently announced the St. Marys American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship winner. Cathy Johnson, right, from the St. ...

Jim Neely and Nick Thomas of the Smethport Fire Department stabilize vehicles during the Vehicle Rescue Awareness course Sunday morning at the Tri-Cou...

Developing good mental health practices, that include natural methods of dealing with stress in life, should start as early as the elementary school y...

ST. MARYS — Life and Independence for Today (LIFT) is hosting a free countywide safety awareness day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Elk County Cat...

One day, Tina Hubbard hopes to see the stigma of mental health erased in the Bradford area. For now, Hubbard, coordinator of the mental health consume...

Toes were cramped in the ends of pointy shoes and there was plenty of wobbly walking in high heels Thursday when men and boys turned out during the fi...

On Thursday, men and boys will be slipping on the high heels, while also raising awareness. The fifth-annual Walk A Mile in Her Shoes event will be he...

TICK FEST: Flo and Lu from the McKean County Historical Society said they read our recent column on ticks with interest. The society is “puttin’ the i...

As pastors of the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Bradford, Rev. Rob Kouw and his wife, Rev. Katherine Randall, know that homeless people have v...

When former Pitt-Bradford Hockey Team member Matt Pekular lived in the community as a student, he had no idea of the prevalence of domestic violence -...

From left, Bryn Easton, Sarah Causer and Lorissa Roys, all officers for the Yellow Ribbon Club in Port Allegany, show off some donations collected so ...

The YMCA of Bradford teamed up with the McKean County Children and Youth Services as well as Colonial Radio for Adoption Awareness Month on Thursday. ...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will show the documentary “Lives worth Living” at 2 p.m. Oct. 11 in the Mukaiyama University Room in the Fram...

Back in 2012, I was an expecting mother to my second child. It was a boy who we were going to name Preston. He was going to be an adored little brothe...

With Susan Evans leading the cause, September will be officially recognized as Ovarian Cancer Awareness month in Pennsylvania this year and moving for...

Every April, we recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This year, with rape in the headlines too frequently, we speak out with even greater urgency...

The fourth annual Autism Awareness Art Auction is set for Tuesday in the large group instruction room at Floyd C. Fretz Middle School, with doors open...

SMETHPORT — April is child abuse awareness month, and McKean County Children and Youth Services are reminding residents what to do if abuse is suspect...