Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 06, 2021
Jake Corman, the Republican president pro tempore of the state Senate, must be a suspicious guy. Of the untold number of Pennsylvanians who have the e...
Local News
Dec 11, 2020
It didn’t take for Joe Scarnati long to figure out how he will fill his days after retiring from his 20-year legislative career on Nov. 30. The now fo...
Bradford, Local News, News
Nov 28, 2020
HARRISBURG — Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, spoke out earlier this week on the state Supreme Court’s ruling in a case regardin...
Local News
Oct 21, 2020
HARRISBURG — Tuesday during Senate Session in Harrisburg, The Pennsylvania Senate honored Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, for a...
Local News
Sep 24, 2020
(Editor’s note: This story focuses on Republican candidate Cris Dush who is seeking the 25th District state senate seat. A story on Democratic candida...
Local News
Aug 26, 2020
Gov. Tom Wolf’s request for legislation to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania drew responses across the spectrum from both sitting legisl...
Local News
Aug 08, 2020
Erie County’s prolonged fight for a community college is about to get even longer. In an appeal filed Friday with the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court,...
Local News
Jul 07, 2020
In a June 27 article regarding state Sen. Joe Scarnati’s response to a Spotlight PA report printed by The Era, the senator has taken issue with The Er...
Local News, Online Features
Jun 27, 2020
Two investigative journalism organizations that have called out Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati on allegations of corruption have the state’...
Local News
Jun 12, 2020
After a years-long battle and strong opposition from a top Pennsylvania lawmaker, Erie County’s request for a brick-and-mortar community college has b...
Bradford, Local News, News, ...
May 28, 2020
Dr. Jim Brown sees a need for a change. A career educator and now part-time farmer, the 64-year-old Jefferson County resident was studying local state...
Local News
May 08, 2020
HARRISBURG — Contractors, gig workers, self-employed individuals and other Pennsylvanians who applied for benefits through the new Pandemic Unemployme...
Letters to Editor
Apr 30, 2020
State Sen. Joe Scarnati is right. Some counties like McKean, Warren, Forest, Elk and Potter, which have single-digit or low double-digit cases of coro...
Bradford, Local News, News
Apr 24, 2020
DUBOIS — Herm Suplizio has picked up a major endorsement in his campaign for the state Senate. State Senator and Senate President Joe Scarnati, R-Broc...
Bradford, Local News, News, ...
Apr 23, 2020
Editor’s note: Rep. Cris Dush was inadvertently omitted from an article that ran on Page A-1 of Monday’s edition. HARRISBURG — As the COVID-19 pandemi...
Local News
Apr 22, 2020
HARRISBURG — As Pennsylvania continues to cope with the impacts of COVID-19, the Senate on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that promotes telemed...
Local News
Apr 21, 2020
HARRISBURG — Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, on Monday spoke out against the state House Rules Committee removing local involve...
Coronavirus, Local News
Apr 18, 2020
HARRISBURG — This week, Senate Bill 327 was passed by the Senate which included an amendment by Sen. Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, to allow for the safe r...
Coronavirus, Local News
Apr 16, 2020
HARRISBURG — The Senate approved two bills Wednesday that would provide much-needed clarity and common sense to the process of deciding which business...
Local News
Apr 14, 2020
HARRISBURG — Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, and Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Bellefonte, announced Monday the Senate ...
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...
Local Sports, Sports
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...
