Breaking News
July 31, 2025
The U.S. National Weather Service announced this morning that thunderstorms with especially heavy rain are possible this afternoon and evening. The he...
Crime, News
Jan 06, 2022
An Olean, N.Y., man was convicted of drug charges Wednesday following a two-day trial in McKean County Court. Karl Ginnery, 37, was convicted of posse...
Crime, News
Oct 15, 2021
SMETHPORT — Former Bradford music store owner Edward Wright is appealing his legal designation as a sexually violent predator. Wright, 69, of Bradford...
News
Aug 28, 2021
The criminal trial for Daniel Oaks II remains ongoing in McKean County Court. Oaks, 34, was the driver in a one-vehicle crash on Sept. 8, 2018 in Duke...
Crime, News
Jul 23, 2021
SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court for allegations that he sexually assaulted an underage victim while she was w...
Crime
Jul 02, 2021
Anthony J. Fenton, 36, of Bradford, pleaded innocent Thursday in McKean County Court to charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly enda...
News, Online Features
Jun 16, 2021
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’...
News
Jun 05, 2021
SMETHPORT — Honorable Senior Judge John Pavlock swore in two new Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) on Friday via virtual video conference. Advo...
Crime, News
Jun 03, 2021
SMETHPORT — An Olean, N.Y., woman who pleaded guilty in May to a motor vehicle accident in which a Portville, N.Y., man died was denied a different at...
Crime
May 14, 2021
SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced to prison time for allegations he was manufacturing methamphetamine in a home where a minor lived. William T....
News
Apr 23, 2021
SMETHPORT — Joanne Bly, McKean County court administrator, is retiring. Bly worked there for 28 years, according to President Judge John Pavlock. He t...
Crime, Local News
Apr 02, 2021
SMETHPORT — A former Smethport man was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court for allegations related to an assault that took place three years ago...
Crime
Mar 26, 2021
SMETHPORT — A Kane man accused of having sexual contact with a child on several occasions pleaded guilty Thursday in McKean County Court. Jeffrey J. V...
Crime
Mar 12, 2021
SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman pleaded guilty to allegations that she stole more than $23,000 from a Port Allegany church while she was employed there. ...
Local News
Feb 12, 2021
SMETHPORT — A Bradford man will serve prison time and pay $100,000 for a police chase in which he drove into Bradford’s water treatment plant. Richard...
Crime
Feb 12, 2021
SMETHPORT — A Port Allegany man will serve six to 12 years in state prison for three criminal cases related to the sexual abuse of children. Gage Orti...
Local News
Jan 15, 2021
SMETHPORT — A new trial will be scheduled for a Smethport man accused of making threats with a machete and strangling someone in 2018. On Sept. 30, 20...
Local News
Jan 15, 2021
SMETHPORT — A Kane man will serve time in state prison for child pornography allegations. Curtis A. Haight, 65, appeared Thursday in McKean County Cou...
Local News
Dec 26, 2020
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has denied the appeal of Paul Morrisoe, imprisoned since 2017 for causing the death of Dakota Heinaman. Morrisroe, 44,...
Bradford, Crime, Local News, ...
Dec 18, 2020
A Bradford man who was accused of driving into Bradford’s water treatment plant during a high-speed chase with police pleaded guilty in two separate c...
Local News
Dec 17, 2020
Jury trials in McKean County have been suspended until April 15, according to an order issued Wednesday by President Judge John Pavlock. The order dec...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
July 31, 2025
President Donald Trump’s tariff negotiations have been largely successful. Not so for his efforts to end the Ukraine war. Trump has expressed increasi...
Lifestyles
July 31, 2025
August is a special month. The pressure is off and it’s time to enjoy the late-season garden. We still have to weed, trim, and water but we can also p...
July 31, 2025
Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire Department, along with Mount Jewett and Kane ambulances, were dispatched at 8:54 a.m. Thursday to a reported tractor...
Local News
Rotary garden blooms with unity
July 31, 2025
On Wednesday evening members of Bradford’s Rotary Club were honored to install a set of Peace Poles within their garden, located at the corner of Mech...
July 31, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — The left-leaning press is ringing the alarm bells: “Trump’s Texas Gerrymander Is Supercharging a New War on Democracy,” says ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
July 31, 2025
According to rankings released by U.S. News, Pennsylvania is the 41st “best state,” positioning itself at 39th in education and 38th in its overall ec...
