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Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center

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Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center

Transitioning to outpatient care center

By SARA FURLONG news@bradfordera.com

February 17, 2026

(Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information available from hospital officials and state Rep. Martin Causer Tuesday afterno...

Pennsylvania lawmakers push to find out causes of death for older adults in abuse or neglect cases

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Pennsylvania lawmakers push to find out causes of death for older adults in abuse or neglect cases

MARC LEVY Associated Press

Mar 26, 2024

HARRISBURG (AP) — Republican state lawmakers are pushing Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration to do more to investigate the deaths of older adults who a...

Questions regarding the use of deadly force by law enforcement

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Questions regarding the use of deadly force by law enforcement

JONATHAN BERGMUELLER pennlive.com

Mar 25, 2024

(TNS) — A shootout between a gunman and a police officer last week at a busy Harrisburg intersection in the middle of the day raised questions regardi...

MLB investigating gambling, theft allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara

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MLB investigating gambling, theft allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara

RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer

Mar 23, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has opened a formal investigation into illegal gambling and theft allegations involving Los Angeles Dodgers star...

The crossed paths of Irish and Black American heritage

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The crossed paths of Irish and Black American heritage

ARTHUR G. AUSTIN JR. Special to The Era

Mar 23, 2024

Irish American Heritage Month follows African American History Month on the American history calendar. African American history celebrated in February...

Shinglehouse man convicted of threats in McKean County Court

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Shinglehouse man convicted of threats in McKean County Court

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Mar 22, 2024

SMETHPORT — A Shinglehouse man was convicted Thursday at a one-day bench trial in McKean County Court on charges that he threatened to shoot a neighbo...

Lots of talk but little action on AI bills in Pa. legislature

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Lots of talk but little action on AI bills in Pa. legislature

FORD TURNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mar 21, 2024

HARRISBURG (TNS) — With the state House and Senate back in action simultaneously this week for the first time in months, there is considerable talk bu...

Bradford woman charged for alleged fraud

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Bradford woman charged for alleged fraud

Mar 21, 2024

A Bradford woman was arraigned Thursday on fraud allegations for allegedly submitting false claims about caring for her mother. Kasandra Jerman, 49, o...

Bottorf convicted of flight to avoid apprehension, firearm charges

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Bottorf convicted of flight to avoid apprehension, firearm charges

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Mar 20, 2024

SMETHPORT — Former Bradford man Timothy Bottorf was convicted earlier this week on charges beginning when he failed to show up for trial in April 2023...

Armed robbers nab $400K from Pa. gambling machines in brazen heist

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Armed robbers nab $400K from Pa. gambling machines in brazen heist

Mar 20, 2024

(TNS) — Four people pinched $400K from a gambling machine collection van in an armed heist in broad daylight Monday, according to state police. State ...

Behind the times in W.Pa.

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Behind the times in W.Pa.

BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mar 20, 2024

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania as a whole have always behind the times. It’s one of the things I love about my hometown. Fashi...

Shapiro says no troops for the border

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Shapiro says no troops for the border

CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square

Mar 20, 2024

Gov. Josh Shapiro won’t send the Pennsylvania National Guard to the Mexican border. In response to legislation approved in the state Senate on Tuesday...

Appeals court says Camejo’s cell phone in for murder prosecution

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Appeals court says Camejo’s cell phone in for murder prosecution

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Mar 20, 2024

McKean County’s top prosecutor got some welcome news from the state Superior Court on Monday — a cell phone seized at the site of a 2022 murder is bac...

Bradford woman charged for allegedly falsifying paperwork

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Bradford woman charged for allegedly falsifying paperwork

Mar 19, 2024

A Bradford woman is facing charges for allegedly trying to buy a gun by falsifying paperwork. Kayleigh Wyant, 33, of 189 High St., is charged with mak...

Bradford man jailed for threat to ‘blow up’ facility

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Bradford man jailed for threat to ‘blow up’ facility

Mar 18, 2024

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sent to McKean County Jail on Saturday for allegedly threatening to blow up Beacon Light. Nathan Gustafson, 48, of Clar...

Eldred man jailed for alleged arson, trashing commercial garage

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Eldred man jailed for alleged arson, trashing commercial garage

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Mar 18, 2024

SMETHPORT — An Eldred man is in McKean County Jail for allegedly trashing a commercial garage in January, and setting fires inside it. James Funicello...

Bradford woman jailed for allegedly spitting on cops

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Bradford woman jailed for allegedly spitting on cops

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Mar 18, 2024

SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman who was sleeping in her car in the parking lot of Bradford Area Public Library early Saturday morning is in McKean County...

Court beat

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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Mar 18, 2024

Bradford woman jailed for alleged police assault A Bradford woman was sent to McKean County Jail for allegedly assaulting a police officer who was try...

Grave peril of digital conspiracy theories: ‘What happens when no one believes anything anymore?’

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Grave peril of digital conspiracy theories: ‘What happens when no one believes anything anymore?’

DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press

Mar 18, 2024

WASHINGTON — Days after Maui’s wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes last August, a shocking claim spread with alarming s...

Man faces charges in two states after killings of family members in Pa.

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Man faces charges in two states after killings of family members in Pa.

Mar 17, 2024

LEVITTOWN (AP) — A man faces murder charges in Pennsylvania and carjacking and weapons charges in New Jersey after allegedly killing three family memb...

Q&A WITH THE DA: The adult and juvenile justice systems

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Q&A WITH THE DA: The adult and juvenile justice systems

STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney

Mar 16, 2024

(Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...