criminal law

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man pleaded guilty earlier in the week, on the day his case was set for trial in McKean County Court, to a charge of sexually a...

Four men have been indicted on attempted murder and gang assault charges in a brutal attack earlier this month that left a freshman Alfred (N.Y.) Stat...

SMETHPORT — A former Smethport man pleaded guilty in McKean County Court to drug possession while in the county jail. Francis Kramer, 50, currently in...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Con-people are everywhere. They’re online, on the phone, mailing letters and knocking on doors with offers to kill mosquitoes, gree...

RIDGWAY — #Every1KnowsSome1. This is the campaign message for Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2023, a partnership between the National Network to En...

KANE — Tia Dyne, wanted on drug charges in Kane, was taken into custody in Warren on Thursday, District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer reported...

SMETHPORT — A man accused of killing a man in a drunk driving accident on East Main Street in Bradford in July pleaded guilty Thursday in McKean Count...

COUDERSPORT — Potter County District Attorney Andy J. Watson said Wednesday no charges will be filed in the death of musician Shae Ebner during the Au...

McKean County detectives and officers with the Drug Task Force have filed charges against two Kane women for felony drug crimes, the culmination of a ...

A GoFundMe effort is well underway for 2023 Bradford Area High School graduate Derek Correa, who is fighting for his life after being attacked just of...

SMETHPORT — McKean County Commissioners held their regular meeting Tuesday morning, approving a resolution in time for Veterans Day, among other routi...

If you’ve always thought that federal judges ought to determine what presidential candidates can and can’t say about political matters, you should lov...

Early news reports are the first draft of history, and Hamas’ effort to blame Israel for an explosion at a Gaza hospital are collapsing under scrutiny...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A sexual harassment scandal had once again consumed Harrisburg. Allegations against a Democratic lawmaker , Rep. Mike Zabel, from b...

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration paid $295,000 in taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment complaint from a female former deputy secretary invol...

PITTSBURGH — An “emergency temporary suspension” was issued Friday by the state Office of Disciplinary Counsel against Elk County attorney Christopher...

A fourth person has been charged in a straw purchase of guns scheme from a Smethport business. Misty Kimbrough, 35, of 50 Kincaid St., Bolivar, N.Y., ...

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail on allegations that he sexually assaulted a juvenile female, impregnating her. Mark Hardy, 22, of 297 E. Main ...

GALETON — A Gaines man is incarcerated without bail on charges including attempted murder of two people at a Galeton residence in September. Robert M....

SMETHPORT — A Buffalo, N.Y., man jailed for drug charges is facing more drug charges for allegedly taking drugs to jail with him. Jalon Posey, 32, of ...