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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...

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...

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...

District Attorney Stephanie L. Vettenburg-Shaffer reported Friday that, following a sentencing hearing at the McKean County Courthouse on Thursday, Ma...

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 ...

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...

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....

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...

The state Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday ordered Northwest Bank to refrain from using aggressive collection practices on car loans, State Atto...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission today filed charges against two Brookville teenagers who recorded social-media videos of themselves hold...

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...

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...

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Monday announced charges against a Jefferson County Constable and candidate for Jefferson County Sherrif...

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...

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...

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...

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...