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HARRISBURG — Solitary confinement conditions in a Pennsylvania state prison are unconstitutional, worsening and creating mental illness in those held ...

“Defund the police” may go down as the most misguided and foolish political slogan in American political history. After the events of the last week, i...

A Bradford woman has been charged with aggravated assault following a skirmish after a fender-bender back in June. Blake Pascarella, 20, of 45 Congres...

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail, charged with allegedly punching a woman in the face hard enough that he broke her orbital bone. Jonathan E. S...

Finders, keepers. It was the law of playground and classroom and may still apply today: if it’s lost and you find it, it’s yours. Not that that’s alwa...

In honor of National Newspaper Week, I want to answer the most common question I’ve been asked since I started here in 2001 — “Why do you do it?” Mayb...

This week, Oct. 1-7 is designated by the American Library Association as Banned Books Week. It is a week to celebrate the freedom to read and shine a ...

Law and order are long overdue in the City of Brotherly Love. Last week’s rioting is the latest black eye on Philadelphia in an ongoing saga of danger...

A traffic stop for malfunctioning lights led to felony charges against a Salamanca, N.Y., woman early Friday morning after she fought with several pol...

WASHINGTON — With the number of truck crashes continuing to rise, federal transportation officials are moving ahead with efforts to limit how fast tra...

(TNS) — A 10-year-old boy stole a construction loader and took it on a joyride in a Pittsburgh neighborhood Monday night, leaving a trail of destructi...

The bon-bons look absolutely yummy. You heard there’s a special creme inside them, so you’ll be sure to have one or five. The pies smell delicious; sw...

For weeks, the nation had its eyes on Chester County, Pennsylvania — my home. The hunt for double-murderer Danelo Cavalcante captivated viewers, espec...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Former President Donald Trump is on the campaign trail again, and most of the attention he’s getting is for bare-knuckled attacks o...

When President Joe Biden urged world leaders on Tuesday not to diminish support for Ukraine, he used a phrase whose importance you may have missed. Sp...

DuBOIS — An 18-year-old student at DuBois Area High School is accused of having two guns, a knife and several boxes of ammunition in his car on school...

Charges alleging a Bradford woman faked a kidnapping to get drugs and money were bound to court at a preliminary hearing on Wednesday. Tuesday Hale, 5...

A Bradford man waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday on 24 felonies relating to possessing child pornography. Abrahm Hatcher, 21, of 869 W. Washingto...

Thousands of mink are on the loose in Northumberland County after someone cut holes in a fur farm’s fence and opened their pens over the weekend, acco...

Police have charged a Washington County mother with criminal homicide following the death of her 1-year-old daughter as a result of fentanyl toxicity....