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    Box truck thief extradited, jailed
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    Box truck thief extradited, jailed
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 12, 2025
    A Massachusetts man is in McKean County Jail, charged in the October theft of a Bradford Publishing Co. box truck. John A. McWhinnie, 46, of Shelburne...
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    Shaffer will not run for county judge seat; will remain in service as district attorney
    Local News, News
    Shaffer will not run for county judge seat; will remain in service as district attorney
    Mar 11, 2025
    SMETHPORT — District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer announced Tuesday that she will not run in the upcoming election to fill the vacancy for th...
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    Homicide charges bound to court against Kuchinka
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    Homicide charges bound to court against Kuchinka
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 10, 2025
    SMETHPORT — Brian Austin Kuchinka messaged a friend on SnapChat that he "did something stupid" and would be "going to jail for life" prior to his arre...
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    BASD teacher cited for alleged slap to 10-year-old
    Local News, News
    BASD teacher cited for alleged slap to 10-year-old
    Mar 07, 2025
    An art teacher at School Street Elementary School has been cited by Punxsutawney-based state police for allegedly slapping a 10-year-old student. Rebe...
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    Pitt chancellor honors Gaskew for public service
    Local News, News
    Pitt chancellor honors Gaskew for public service
    Mar 06, 2025
    PITTSBURGH — University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Joan Gabel has selected Dr. Tony Gaskew, professor of criminal justice at the university’s Bradford c...
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    Hawaii man freed after 30 years in prison visits mother’s grave and ponders ubiquitous cellphones
    Nation & World, News
    Hawaii man freed after 30 years in prison visits mother’s grave and ponders ubiquitous cellphones
    JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated Press 
    Mar 01, 2025
    HONOLULU (AP) — One of the first places Gordon Cordeiro visited when a judge ordered him released after spending 30 years in prison for a killing he a...
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    Priest to face charges in two cases in McKean Co. court
    Crime, Local News, News
    Priest to face charges in two cases in McKean Co. court
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 27, 2025
    A Bradford man will face charges in McKean County Court for assault and for allegedly calling 911 on the police who were at his residence. Adam Priest...
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    Bradford woman waives hearing in alleged hatchet assault
    Crime, Local News, News
    Bradford woman waives hearing in alleged hatchet assault
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 26, 2025
    A Bradford woman remains incarcerated in McKean County Jail for allegedly hitting another woman in the face with a hatchet. Tanya Graves, 35, of 1 Mai...
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    Assault hearing waived Wednesday
    Crime, Local News, News
    Assault hearing waived Wednesday
    Feb 26, 2025
    A Bradford man waived a hearing Wednesday before District Judge Rich Luther on assault allegations. Wayne Baker, 26, of 303 Derrick Road, upper, is ch...
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    Bradford man jailed on trespass charge
    Crime, Local News, News
    Bradford man jailed on trespass charge
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 26, 2025
    A Bradford man is in jail for allegedly breaking into someone's apartment and lying on the floor, holding hedge clippers. August Whitford, 22, of 221 ...
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    Kuchinka jailed without bail for homicide of Port A. woman
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    Kuchinka jailed without bail for homicide of Port A. woman
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 24, 2025
    SMETHPORT — Shackled and escorted by at least six members of law enforcement, Brian Austin Kuchinka was arraigned Monday afternoon for the shooting de...
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    PORT ALLEGANY: Homicide charges filed after woman found at motel
    Crime, Local News, News
    PORT ALLEGANY: Homicide charges filed after woman found at motel
    Feb 23, 2025
    SMETHPORT — McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer reported Sunday that homicide charges have been filed in the investigation of...
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    Other Voices: Save Quehanna Boot Camp
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: Save Quehanna Boot Camp
    Feb 21, 2025
    The Quehanna Boot Camp, located in Clearfield County, opened in 1992 as the first military-motivational boot camp in Pennsylvania for both men and wom...
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    Woman sentenced to state prison for cocaine charge
    Crime, Local News, News
    Woman sentenced to state prison for cocaine charge
    Feb 20, 2025
    SMETHPORT — A Shinglehouse woman was sentenced recently in McKean County Court to spend at least a year in state prison for conspiring to deliver coca...
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    New York man sentenced to state prison
    Crime, Local News, News
    New York man sentenced to state prison
    Feb 17, 2025
    SMETHPORT — A New York man pleaded guilty to and was sentenced for a firearms violation, in McKean County Court on Jan. 30. Ronald Billingsley was sen...
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    Bradford man pleads guilty in McKean County Court
    Crime, Local News, News
    Bradford man pleads guilty in McKean County Court
    Feb 14, 2025
    SMETHPORT — A Bradford man pleaded guilty Thursday in McKean County Court to charges involving the rape of a child. Andrew Wegemer-Silsby, 36, formerl...
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    Inform ICE of immigrant arrests
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Inform ICE of immigrant arrests
    Feb 10, 2025
    It shouldn’t be controversial for law enforcement agencies to work together to protect the public. Yet, some people object to local police doing just ...
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    Fuller waives hearing in Ramos homicide
    Crime, Local News, News
    Fuller waives hearing in Ramos homicide
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 07, 2025
    The fourth person charged in the 2020 murder of Joshua Ramos in Potter County has waived a preliminary hearing in his case. Varley Fuller, 65, of Mans...
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    Newly unsealed documents reveal more details of prosecutors’ evidence in 9/11 attacks
    Nation & World, News, World
    Newly unsealed documents reveal more details of prosecutors’ evidence in 9/11 attacks
    ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press 
    Feb 07, 2025
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly unsealed documents give one of the most detailed views yet of the evidence gathered on the accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shei...
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    Emporium man nabbed in meth bust
    Crime, Local News, News
    Emporium man nabbed in meth bust
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 05, 2025
    EMPORIUM — An Emporium man is in McKean County Jail after an arrest by the Attorney General's North Central Drug Task Force in Cameron County on Tuesd...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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