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    Box truck thief extradited, jailed
    Crime, Headlines, Local News, ...
    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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    ICE officers at Taco Inc.
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    ICE officers at Taco Inc.
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 10, 2025
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were seen outside Taco Inc. at 27 Main St. in Bradford on Monday morning. In addition to the I...
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    Homicide charges bound to court against Kuchinka
    Crime, Headlines, Local News, ...
    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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    Other Voices: Ethnic cleansing of Gaza
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: Ethnic cleansing of Gaza
    Feb 18, 2025
    Ethnic cleansing refers to the deliberate and systematic forced removal, displacement or persecution of a particular ethnic, religious or cultural gro...
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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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    Prosecutor: Rushdie too stunned to react when man started to stab him
    Prosecutor: Rushdie too stunned to react when man started to stab him
    CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press 
    Feb 10, 2025
    MAYVILLE, N.Y. — Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York that the author didn't even try to...
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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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    Structure main focus of Challengers-Ramblers Unified Scrimmage
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    Structure main focus of Challengers-Ramblers Unified Scrimmage
    Jo Wankel 
    July 2, 2025
    Era Photo Bradford Challenger Gavin Daugherty is captured just before he belts a single into the outfield Wednesday during a scrimmage between the Cha...
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    Bradford YMCA reaches 80% of annual campaign goal
    Local News
    Bradford YMCA reaches 80% of annual campaign goal
    July 2, 2025
    The Bradford YMCA announced it has reached 80% of its 2025 Annual Campaign goal of $112,000, thanks to the generosity and commitment of local donors w...
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    Steelers linebacker goes fishing to get back to ‘old self’
    Outdoors, Sports
    Steelers linebacker goes fishing to get back to ‘old self’
    By BRIAN BATKO Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    July 2, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Patrick Queen spends much of his offseason with a line out, sitting in a boat on a lake full of bass. His passion gives him plenty ...
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    Impostors
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    Impostors
    July 2, 2025
    Tawny, or orange, daylilies are a hallmark of summer, but aren't truly lilies. Often mistaken for lilies due to their similar shape, daylilies belong ...
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    Home Food Preservation workshops slated for Potter County
    Local News
    Home Food Preservation workshops slated for Potter County
    July 2, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension will offer in-person food preservation workshops in Potter County this July. Instructors will present research-...
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    Penn Highlands fellow, residents graduate
    Business, Local News
    Penn Highlands fellow, residents graduate
    July 2, 2025
    DuBOIS — Penn Highlands Healthcare announced the graduation of its Graduate Medical Education Residents in family medicine and Psychiatry and Fellow i...
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