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SANTA: Santa and the reindeer have been cleared for take-off. Gov. Tom Wolf, joined by Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding and Pennsylvania State...

Music, a children’s skit and an inspiring message will highlight Open Arms Church’s annual Christmas Eve’s Eve Service on Thursday. “The Christmas Sto...

Imagine knowing that the very act of going to a religious service would likely result in violence and death. In Nigeria, churches have been sent warni...

KERSEY — For the second year in a row, the Elk County Fair and the Ridgway Salvation Army are hosting a drive-thru Christmas display entitled, Holiday...

RESPONSE TO GRINCH: Mayor Brandy Schimp’s response to the Grinch came in, and we like what she had to say: “Listen Mr. Grinch, even with the problems ...

The First Baptist Church just finished a week of collecting shoe boxes for Samaritan’s Purse for their Operation Christmas Child program. They collect...

Open Arms Church is hosting a night of praise and worship at 6 p.m. Saturday at 1289 E. Main St. “This event will be filled with songs of worship and ...

Families who may not have the means for a Thanksgiving meal are welcome to submit an application to go on a shopping trip this Sunday. The Thanksgivin...

An indoor Trunk or Treat event will be taking place from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the B-Free Church on Boylston Street in Bradford. The fun will includ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — Mattresses waiting for sanitation pickup. Downed trees. Trees pruned by nature. Bags and bags and bags of garbage. On the way from th...

ST. FRANCIS ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday in Monsignor G. Carlton Ritchie Hall. A light dinner will be provided. A meeting and ros...

During the past 18 months, a number of area families were unable to mourn loved ones who died from COVID-19 in the hospital or nursing home due to loc...

Bradford Regional Medical Center and Olean General Hospital will host COVID memorial services at 6:30 p.m., Aug. 24. The programs will honor those los...

MOUNT JEWETT — The 50th annual Swedish Festival is officially back after a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic. The event, which entails both old and ...

First Wesleyan Church is offering vacation Bible school from Monday to Friday, from 6 to 8 p.m. The theme is Mega Sports Camp. It is for preschool and...

Her name has been forgotten in the history of Bradford. Intentionally, perhaps. Married for nearly a decade in the 1920s to the rich son of a Bradford...

Open Arms Church of Bradford will be holding a baptism service on Sunday. The service is set to begin at 10 a.m. at Kinzua Beach, located on Forest Ro...

ERIE — American Red Cross blood drives have been set across the region for the month of August. In McKean County, a blood drive will be held from 12:3...

The news that Pope Francis will reimpose limits on the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass will disappoint and even enrage devotees of that ritu...

The Catholic bishops of Pennsylvania issued a joint statement Thursday indicating that the dispensation from the obligation to attend mass, which went...