Football, High School, Local Sports, ...
Dec 07, 2020
Bradford offensive coordinator Nate Zitnik didn’t check his mailbox during Thanksgiving break, but when he finally did, he found a small envelope addr...
Football, Local Sports, Pro, ...
Dec 03, 2020
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin isn't one for excuses. Even as COVID-19 wreaked havoc with his team's schedule, pushing their matchup with Baltimore fro...
High School, Local Sports, Sports, ...
Nov 24, 2020
Since graduating from Bradford Area High School last summer, the grind hasn’t stopped for former Owl soccer and track star Regan Johnson. Johnson, a c...
High School, Local Sports, Sports
Nov 10, 2020
The Bradford Board of Education approved the beginning of winter sports at Monday night’s meeting. As it was in the fall, Bradford will compete in the...
Basketball, Bradford, High School, ...
Nov 10, 2020
After 10 years at the helm of Bradford High basketball, Brian Hobbs is resigning. Hobbs’ resignation is effective on Dec. 9 or “another date mutually ...
College Sports, Football, Local Sports, ...
Nov 09, 2020
Penn State has sustained 26 defeats since James Franklin became head coach in 2014, none as indefensible or uninspired than Saturday's debacle against...
Basketball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Nov 05, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Under ordinary circumstances, its focus would lie almost solely on the season. On the games that lie ahead. Free of the perils...
Local News
Oct 23, 2020
JOHNSONBURG — Johnsonburg Area School District has reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 — an athletic coach. Due to close contact with the co...
Bradford, Local News, News
Oct 13, 2020
A wide variety of topics were discussed during a meeting of the Bradford Area School Board on Monday, from changes to the academic calendar to a stude...
Cross Country, Local Sports, Pro, ...
Sep 21, 2020
It’s been 20 years since Kane native Amy Rudolph competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Rudolph, who has a long list of accolades ...
Local News
Sep 16, 2020
SMETHPORT — The Smethport Area School Board on Monday approved the meal delivery for At Home Distance Learning students and the extension of the Summe...
Cross Country, High School, Local Sports, ...
Sep 15, 2020
The 2020 Bradford Owls Cross Country team will have many challenges to face this year, with only eight athletes out for the team. This is the smallest...
Football, High School, Local Sports, ...
Sep 12, 2020
(Editor’s note: this is the second in a two-part story on the postponement of New York high school football.) Many coaches, such as Bolivar-Richburg’s...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 11, 2020
(Editor’s note: this is the first in a two-part series on the postponement of New York’s high school football season.) OLEAN, N.Y. — It wasn’t the new...
Columns, High School, Local Sports, ...
Sep 09, 2020
It wasn’t just another implausible plan for a season in the next calendar year. It differed from the hypotheticals, non-answers and instructions to “w...
Local Sports, Sports
Sep 04, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Cheering has been a lifelong sport for Bradford alumna Brianna Goodell. A native of Rochester, N.Y., Goodell moved to Bradford...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Aug 28, 2020
SMETHPORT — Smethport High School graduate Caleb Lutz was born to be around athletics. His grandfather was a football coach, his father a basketball c...
College Sports, Football, Local Sports, ...
Aug 24, 2020
STATE COLLEGE — James Franklin thinks college football isn't being played on a level playing field amid the coronavirus pandemic. And Penn State's sev...
Outdoors, Outdoors
Aug 22, 2020
As any coach knows, it's always great to hear back from those you’ve coached. Special bonds, competition and common experiences create friendships tha...
Bradford, High School, Local Sports, ...
Aug 22, 2020
This Monday would have marked the first big date on the New York state high school football schedule. In mid-to-late August, teams would report for th...
PA State News
August 2, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Making wine is a complex endeavor — it depends on grape composition, microbes like yeast, and environmental conditions such as tempe...
Business, Nation & World, PA State News
August 2, 2025
(TNS) — If there was any takeaway from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s first public meeting on the restart of the nuclear power station at Three M...
Lifestyles, Local News, Local Sports, ...
August 2, 2025
Mast crops are spotty this year, except for acorns. Soft mast, like apples and wild cherries, seems to be minimal to none in most areas. Soft mast blo...
Round the Square
August 2, 2025
EXCITED: It's August — are you getting excited for the fabulous events in McKean County during this back-to-school month? It's Festa Italiana in Bradf...
Lifestyles
August 2, 2025
Dear Heloise: When hanging up pictures, it is best to drill a pilot hole into the plaster for the nail before hammering it in. If one does not drill a...
Lifestyles
August 2, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I made a terrible mistake moving 2,000 miles across the country to be closer to my grandchildren. In the past, I have always noticed my son...
