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Judge Richard Masson has retired from his position as president judge of Elk and Cameron counties. Masson retired, effective Dec. 31, and has transiti...

Democratic challenger Maryanne Cole faced off against Republican incumbent Martin Causer Tuesday night in an at-times heated debate organized by The E...

WASHINGTON — Following the confirmation of Judge Chad Kenney and Peter Phipps to the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Distric...

COUDERSPORT — Ongoing criminal justice reforms and efforts were a focus of discussions at Thursday’s Potter County commissioners meeting. Jessica Gieb...

WASHINGTON — Following the confirmation of Judge Susan P. Baxter as U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, U.S. Sens. Pat...

HARRISBURG — The state Supreme Court on Monday named McKean County Judge John Cleland to help figure out what can be made public in a grand jury's rep...

WASHINGTON -- No Supreme Court nominee is a completely safe bet. No one -- not even the nominee himself or herself -- knows for certain how he or she ...

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania’s senators had opposite reactions to Wednesday’s announcement that Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring from the U.S. Supreme...

There is a lawlessness rampant in the land, but it isn't emanating from the Trump administration. The source is federal judges who are making a mocker...

Impeachment is the nuclear option undergirding the separation of powers framework of American government. An antique vestige borrowed from British tra...

EMPORIUM — A bench trial will be held for three Emporium residents accused of assaulting a man with a shovel last year. Michael E. Hallowell, 48, Dana...

ERIE — A citation was issued Jan. 11 to the Bradford Club, 32-40 Boylston St., Bradford, the Erie-based Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement announced...

The state Supreme Court has released a Bradford woman from the obligations of Megan’s Law, ruling that a recent law change could not be applied retroa...

SMETHPORT — The Bradford Era has named McKean County President Judge John Pavlock as the 2017 Newsmaker of the Year in recognition of his efforts to k...

At the beginning of the trial for Stephen Stidd Tuesday morning in McKean County Court, Senior Judge John Cleland filled in the jurors on their legal ...

HARRISBURG — The state’s highest court has denied an appeal by a Bradford man serving a sentence of 45 years in prison for raping an 11-year-old girl....

Highland Township’s controversial home rule charter has been stripped of its oil and gas provisions by a federal judge. On Friday, Magistrate Judge Su...

A McKean County judge has ruled in favor of liquor license holder Joseph Troutman for the Hotel Holley, effectively reinstating his license despite th...

A Bradford woman is asking the state’s highest court to release her from obligations of Megan’s Law after a law change extended her registration requi...

One of the legal dilemmas facing Highland Township appears to have been resolved. On Monday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal filed...