News
May 13, 2021
WASHINGTON — As National Police Week 2021 continues, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and U.S. Rep. Fred Keller, R-Pa., have announced that they are re-in...
Local News, Online Features
Dec 31, 2020
Local residents certainly can say that 2020 was a year like no other. The novel coronavirus invaded every aspect of life, causing widespread issues fo...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 27, 2020
Americans who are voting for Joe Biden on Nov. 3 find comfort in polls that show him maintaining a significant lead over Donald Trump, even in some of...
Local News
Aug 22, 2020
The three defendants charged in the murder of Joshua Ramos in Potter County may be facing the death penalty. Galeton residents Felicia K. Cary, 33, Kr...
Local News, Online Features
Aug 13, 2019
Pennsylvania lawmakers are introducing legislation again in an effort to deliver justice to victims and their families in federal death penalty cases....
Bradford, Crime, PA State News
May 18, 2019
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., on Thursday introduced a measure — the Thin Blue Line Act — to ensure that criminals face the strongest poss...
Crime, Local News, News
Feb 22, 2018
Separate trials have been granted for two Ridgway residents facing the death penalty for the 2016 bludgeoning death of a 5-year-old boy. Scott Murphy,...
Crime, Local News, News
Oct 04, 2017
The Elk County couple charged in the 2015 death of their 5-year-old nephew are asking a judge to bar the prosecution from seeking the death penalty in...
Local News, News, Online Features
Aug 27, 2017
EMPORIUM (EC) — A plea hearing will be held today for a local man accused of murdering an Emporium woman in her apartment last October. Michael Fuller...
Local News, News
May 12, 2017
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., re-introduced a trio of measures designed to show that police lives also matter. The bills are the ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 12, 2017
CHARLESTON, S.C. — If Death lingers in courtroom corridors awaiting sentences, this historic city's federal courthouse was surely a top destination. O...
Local News, News, Online Features
Jan 02, 2017
Seldom has a top story of the year for The Era impacted as many people as the one for 2016 has — the opioid epidemic. Lives have been lost, families h...
Crime, Local News, News, ...
Dec 21, 2016
EMPORIUM (EC) —The Cameron County District Attorney announced on Tuesday that the Commonwealth does not intend to seek the death penalty against an Em...
Crime, Local News, News
Dec 14, 2016
EMPORIUM (EC) —Facts in the case of an Emporium man charged with homicide are currently under review by Cameron County judicial officials to determine...
Editorial
Dec 12, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A deep stillness settled over the federal courtroom as graphic photos were shown of the nine people murdered last year at Mother Em...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 15, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
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...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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...
Local Sports
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...
