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    McGraw to serve 2 to 5 years in state prison for child porn
    Crime, Local News, News
    McGraw to serve 2 to 5 years in state prison for child porn
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 19, 2025
    EMPORIUM — Former Cameron County school teacher and coach Larry McGraw was sentenced to serve 2 to 5 years in state prison for child pornography. McGr...
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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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    Violence in health care — a renewed call for support
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Violence in health care — a renewed call for support
    Feb 27, 2025
    Editor's note: The following is a letter from the Western Pennsylvania Regional Chief Medical Officers Consortium in reaction to a shooting incident a...
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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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    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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    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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    Millerton man jailed for alleged assault of teens met on social media
    Crime, Local News, News
    Millerton man jailed for alleged assault of teens met on social media
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 30, 2025
    A Millerton man is in Potter County Jail for the alleged sexual assault of two female teens in 2022 in West Branch Township. Michael Keith Wales, 41, ...
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    COUDERSPORT: Domestic violence support group meets monthly
    Local News, News
    COUDERSPORT: Domestic violence support group meets monthly
    Jan 22, 2025
    COUDERSPORT — A Way Out, domestic violence and sexual assault services at 360 E. Second St., will host a domestic violence support group 5 to 6 p.m. e...
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    Western Pennsylvanians connected to attack on Capitol pardoned in sweeping Trump order
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    Western Pennsylvanians connected to attack on Capitol pardoned in sweeping Trump order
    MEGAN GUZA Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jan 21, 2025
    (TNS) — More than a dozen Western Pennsylvanians appear to be among those pardoned for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots under a sweeping ...
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    Wilcox man to serve prison sentence for sexual assault
    Crime, Local News, News
    Wilcox man to serve prison sentence for sexual assault
    Jan 20, 2025
    SMETHPORT — A Wilcox man was sentenced recently in McKean County Court to at least 13 years in state prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old fe...
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    Santa Biden’s latest Christmas present is for murderers
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Santa Biden’s latest Christmas present is for murderers
    DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
    Dec 25, 2024
    WASHINGTON(TNS) — PresidentJoe Bidenannounced Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death-row inmates to life in prison w...
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    Two jailed for burglary for beer, police say
    Crime, Local News, News
    Two jailed for burglary for beer, police say
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 18, 2024
    Two Bradford men were jailed Tuesday following arraignment for smashing a restaurant window and stealing a 15-pack of beer from inside. Jesse J. Lee, ...
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    Retail theft on the rise across the state
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    Retail theft on the rise across the state
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 17, 2024
    After years in decline, the number of retail theft offenses in Pennsylvania has skyrocketed, increasing 53% statewide. The Pennsylvania Courts compile...
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    Biden’s clemency for judge undeserved, some say
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Biden’s clemency for judge undeserved, some say
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Dec 16, 2024
    By commuting the sentences of 1,500 people who were released to home confinement during the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden dr...
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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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    Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge held with over 160 participants
    Local Sports
    Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge held with over 160 participants
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    The annual Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge (A-100) was held last weekend. It is an event where hikers can choose to hike 100, 75, 50 or 25 miles along...
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