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    Gaps in mental capacity law
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Gaps in mental capacity law
    Dec 02, 2022
    Sometimes doing the right thing doesn’t fix the problem. In September, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court looked at the case of a mentally ill man convict...
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    RTS – Animal Abuse in PA
    News, PA State News, Round the Square
    RTS – Animal Abuse in PA
    Jul 15, 2022
    ANIMAL RIGHTS: Have you ever considered just how prevalent animal abuse is in Pennsylvania? A law inspired by a badly neglected Boston terrier found i...
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    Death penalty and civilized society
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Death penalty and civilized society
    Mar 28, 2022
    At a time when Americans are increasingly opposed to the death penalty and states are increasingly ending the practice, some others are returning to f...
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    Sentencing reported for Howard, Williams
    Crime, News
    Sentencing reported for Howard, Williams
    Jan 29, 2022
    District Attorney Stephanie L. Vettenburg-Shaffer reported Friday that, following a sentencing hearing at the McKean County Courthouse on Thursday, Ma...
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    Mount Jewett man convicted of sexual assault
    Crime
    Mount Jewett man convicted of sexual assault
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    May 19, 2021
    A Mount Jewett man accused of sexually assaulting two children was convicted Tuesday in McKean County Court. A jury trial for Kevin S. Brown, 58, was ...
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    Attempted murder charges stand against two defendants
    Crime
    Attempted murder charges stand against two defendants
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 16, 2020
    Attempted murder charges stand against two of three of the people accused of assaulting and stabbing a man in Emporium on Sept. 6. Court records indic...
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    Hearings set for next week in Emporium attempted murder
    Bradford, Crime, Local News, ...
    Hearings set for next week in Emporium attempted murder
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 11, 2020
    Preliminary hearings are scheduled for next week for the three men accused of attempted murder in the Sept. 6 beating and stabbing of an Emporium man....
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    3 charged in Ramos murder may face death penalty
    Local News
    3 charged in Ramos murder may face death penalty
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    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...
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    State attorney general stops Northwest Bank from aggressive debt-collection practices
    Local News
    State attorney general stops Northwest Bank from aggressive debt-collection practices
    ERIE TIMES-NEWS 
    Aug 20, 2020
    The state Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday ordered Northwest Bank to refrain from using aggressive collection practices on car loans, State Atto...
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    Charges in Bradford Township neighborhood dispute dropped
    Local News
    Charges in Bradford Township neighborhood dispute dropped
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Aug 11, 2020
    A criminal case against a Bradford Township man accused in a neighbor dispute has been dropped. Richard D. Yovichin II, 60, was awaiting trial for 21 ...
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    Inmate at FCI-McKean indicted for alleged contraband
    Local News
    Inmate at FCI-McKean indicted for alleged contraband
    Marcie 
    Jun 11, 2020
    ERIE — An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of possessio...
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    Bradford resident indicted on federal gun allegations
    Local News
    Bradford resident indicted on federal gun allegations
    Marcie 
    Jun 11, 2020
    ERIE — A resident of Bradford has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney ...
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    Deer abuse charges filed in Brookville incident
    Local News
    Deer abuse charges filed in Brookville incident
    Marcie 
    Jan 10, 2020
    HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission today filed charges against two Brookville teenagers who recorded social-media videos of themselves hold...
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    Buffalo lawsuit claims Erie’s Trautman covered up abuse
    Local News
    Buffalo lawsuit claims Erie’s Trautman covered up abuse
    ED PALATTELLA Erie Times-News 
    Jan 03, 2020
    Retired Erie Catholic Bishop Donald W. Trautman has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit that claims he covered up clergy sexual abuse when he was a...
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    FCI-McKean inmate accused of possessing contraband
    Local News
    FCI-McKean inmate accused of possessing contraband
    Marcie 
    Nov 14, 2019
    ERIE — An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Lafayette Township has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of...
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    Jeff. Co. constable charged with assault
    Local News
    Jeff. Co. constable charged with assault
    Marcie 
    Oct 01, 2019
    HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Monday announced charges against a Jefferson County Constable and candidate for Jefferson County Sherrif...
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    Rixford man receives jail sentence for indecent assault
    Crime, Local News
    Rixford man receives jail sentence for indecent assault
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 27, 2019
    SMETHPORT — A Rixford man accused of having contact with an underage girl will serve time in McKean County Jail. On June 24, a jury found Anthony J. S...
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    Inmate accused of failing to report to FCI-McKean satellite camp
    Crime, Local News
    Inmate accused of failing to report to FCI-McKean satellite camp
    Marcie 
    Sep 26, 2019
    ERIE — An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Mich., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of escape afte...
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    Johnsonburg man arrested for selling stolen handgun in Ridgway Township
    Local News
    Johnsonburg man arrested for selling stolen handgun in Ridgway Township
    Marcie 
    Sep 26, 2019
    RIDGWAY — A Johnsonburg man may be facing charges after selling a stolen handgun to a possible felon at 5:47 p.m. on Tuesday on Wilcox Road in Ridgway...
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    Bradford man convicted of drug charges
    Bradford, Crime, Local News, ...
    Bradford man convicted of drug charges
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 18, 2019
    On Tuesday, a Bradford man was convicted of drug charges after a two-day trial in McKean County Court. David R. Kelsey, 47, was found guilty of a char...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    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...
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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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