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SMETHPORT — A Port Allegany man was arraigned Monday on allegations that he was concealing a folding knife and lighter in his underwear while sitting ...

SMETHPORT — An unannounced search of the McKean County Jail on Friday turned up no narcotics, according to District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaf...

Longtime Bradford City policeman and outdoor columnist Roger Sager passed away Monday at UPMC Hamot in Erie, following a long illness. He was 72. “We’...

Four candidates have filed petitions for the three vacancies on Bradford City Council for the May 18 primary election, according to the McKean County ...

SMETHPORT — Effective May 11, the McKean County Sheriff’s Office will resume processing applications for pistol permits, Sheriff Dan Woods announced. ...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Jail is weathering the storm of the current pandemic, using a “business as usual” approach to daily operation and handli...

While visitors aren’t permitted at the McKean County Jail, Sheriff Dan Woods has made sure that families and inmates can stay connected through video ...

Last autumn, Open Arms Church took on a mission to bring hope to the community. That mission included publication of “Greater Than,” a book featuring ...

SMETHPORT — McKean County Sheriff Dan Woods was the guest speaker Saturday at the Smethport Fire Department's annual appreciation dinner. A retired Pe...

A corrections officer with McKean County Jail has been charged in Albion, N.Y., with stealing a woman’s purse from a shopping cart at Wal-Mart. Albion...

Era photo by Fran De Lancey The Smethport Rotarians honored veterans Tuesday at the club’s noon meeting at the Desert Rose Café. Seated are Reid Matte...

SMETHPORT — In a report to the McKean County Commissioners Tuesday morning, Sheriff Dan Woods said that the jail has "earned full compliance during th...

A motion for the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition Program has been filed in a criminal case against a former McKean County sheriff’s deputy. Col...

In an age when active shooters have become commonplace in schools, churches and workplaces, more ways are sought to protect places and gatherings. Suc...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Commissioners on Tuesday accepted the low bid of $138,601.14 from M & M Contractors of Ridgway for the county recycling ...

McKean County Sheriff’s Deputy Collin S. Meeker was wrong last month to step on private property and yank down a flag — no matter how disgusting its h...

The McKean County sheriff’s deputy charged with theft for alleging taking a Nazi flag from private property last month has waived his preliminary hear...

A McKean County sheriff’s deputy has been suspended and is under investigation for allegedly entering the private property of a white supremacist grou...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County commissioners voted Tuesday to terminate the current inmate telephone system at the jail and search for a new provider. ...

On Sunday night, gunshots rained from a Las Vegas hotel window into a crowd of concert-goers. The deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history has n...