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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...

Clearfield woman charged for allegedly having explosives in backpack

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Clearfield woman charged for allegedly having explosives in backpack

JULIE NOAL DuBois Courier Express

Mar 06, 2024

CLEARFIELD — A Clearfield woman has been charged with possessing weapons of mass destruction after her backpack was found containing explosive devices...

Pa. state police have yet to fully determine lost data’s impact on criminal cases

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Pa. state police have yet to fully determine lost data’s impact on criminal cases

Mar 05, 2024

(TNS) — The Pennsylvania State Police commissioner still can’t fully guarantee that data lost as a result of the Jan. 3 deletion of information on sta...

When we develop technology without morality

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When we develop technology without morality

CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Mar 05, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — I have spent several days reading coverage of the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that recognized extrauterine embyros a...

GREAT VALLEY: Contractor accused of stealing more than $3M from customers

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GREAT VALLEY: Contractor accused of stealing more than $3M from customers

Mar 04, 2024

LITTLE VALLEY — A Great Valley man is facing several felony charges after being accused of stealing over $3 million from customers of his construction...

Bradford man arraigned for alleged burglary

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Bradford man arraigned for alleged burglary

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Mar 04, 2024

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail for the alleged burglary of a Lafayette Township residence last month. Daniel Joseph Silfies, 57, of 916 High ...

A ruling against free press

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A ruling against free press

Mar 04, 2024

A federal judge who held a veteran investigative reporter in contempt of court for not revealing her confidential sources erred in his decision that t...

Corry man arrested in slaying of pregnant Amish woman

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Corry man arrested in slaying of pregnant Amish woman

Mar 03, 2024

SPARTANSBURG (AP) — A Pennsylvania man was arrested Saturday and charged with the slaying of a pregnant Amish woman whose body was found last week. Sh...

Q&A with the DA: How cases move through the criminal justice system

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Q&A with the DA: How cases move through the criminal justice system

STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney

Mar 02, 2024

Every prosecutor is asked questions about the criminal justice system and part of my job is to provide information to people about the system, dangero...

Wilcox man sentenced in Erie County, N.Y.

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Wilcox man sentenced in Erie County, N.Y.

Mar 01, 2024

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced for raping a child in Evans in 2022, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office and...

Moonan gets probation for drunken rampage on backhoe

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Moonan gets probation for drunken rampage on backhoe

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Feb 29, 2024

A Bradford man will serve two years of probation for a drunken rampage through a work zone on a backhoe last June. Todd Moonan, 56, of 874 High St., w...

Judge shuts down central Pa. pilot’s use of drone to recover hunted animals

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Judge shuts down central Pa. pilot’s use of drone to recover hunted animals

JONATHAN BERGMUELLER pennlive.com/TNS

Feb 29, 2024

First impressions are important. But in the world of law, they set a precedent for how future cases will be decided. One such “first impression case” ...

Property owners appeal to Board of Health Tuesday

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Property owners appeal to Board of Health Tuesday

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Feb 29, 2024

Two property owners appealed nuisance actions by the Bradford City Board of Health at a meeting Tuesday. The first was for 25 E. Main St., where the c...

Charges from two-state high-speed chase bound to court

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Charges from two-state high-speed chase bound to court

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Feb 28, 2024

All 95 counts against an Ellicottville, N.Y., man for a two-state, high-speed chase in January were bound to McKean County Court at a hearing Wednesda...

Pa. taxpayers spent nearly $1M filling legislative vacancies over the past year

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Pa. taxpayers spent nearly $1M filling legislative vacancies over the past year

JAN MURPHY pennlive.com

Feb 28, 2024

(TNS) — Trying to fill open seats in Pennsylvania General Assembly this legislative session has been an expensive proposition. Nine special elections ...

Other Voices: We need a strong leader

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Other Voices: We need a strong leader

Feb 27, 2024

As I watched the Donald Trump town hall with Laura Ingraham on Fox News, I saw the concern and passion he had for the United States. When he was asked...

Three University of Wyoming swimmers killed in highway crash in Colorado

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Three University of Wyoming swimmers killed in highway crash in Colorado

MEAD GRUVER Associated Press

Feb 24, 2024

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed and two others injured when their sport utility ...

Opioid crisis ‘not a situation that can be solved by the police’

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Opioid crisis ‘not a situation that can be solved by the police’

ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square

Feb 24, 2024

Treating drug addiction is two-fold: one part is law enforcement reducing the supply and another is getting addicts the help they need to recover. Suc...

Judge shuts down central Pa. pilot’s use of drone to recover hunted animals

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Judge shuts down central Pa. pilot’s use of drone to recover hunted animals

JONATHAN BERGMUELLER pennlive.com

Feb 23, 2024

(TNS) — First impressions are important. But in the world of law, they set a precedent for how future cases will be decided. One such “first impressio...

Police say Pa. man stole more than $10K from American Legion

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Police say Pa. man stole more than $10K from American Legion

Feb 22, 2024

(TNS) — A Punxsutawney man has been arrested after police say he stole over $10,000 from an American Legion in Jefferson County. Ryan Kyser, 36, was c...

Bradford man to face hearing next week on assault allegations

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Bradford man to face hearing next week on assault allegations

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Feb 22, 2024

A preliminary hearing for a Bradford man charged last week with aggravated assault on a woman has been scheduled for Wednesday. William McKinney Jr., ...