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Skill games company is Goliath
Opinion, Сolumns
PETE SHELLY, DICK GMEREK and SEAN SCHAFER 
May 13, 2025
Is there any wonder why state Sen. Gene Yaw is such an ardent supporter of skill games and Pace-O-Matic (POM), the largest distributor of these machin...
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Trump and ‘The Rock’
Opinion, Сolumns
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
May 09, 2025
President Trump made headlines recently for suggesting that Alcatraz, the infamous prison in San Francisco Bay, should be reopened to house the worst ...
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Millions owed to McKean County residents
Local News, News, PA State News
May 05, 2025
HARRISBURG — Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced more than $5.9 million of unclaimed property is owed to residents of McKean County. “One of my top prio...
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Rew man jailed for alleged cocaine trafficking
Crime, Local News, News
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
May 02, 2025
After a drug bust in Potter County led to a search of his McKean County home, a Rew man was sent to jail Friday for allegedly trafficking cocaine thro...
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Police seeking alleged fugitive McKinney
Crime, Local News, News
May 02, 2025
Bradford City Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Brandon James McKinney Sr., 38, wanted on two arrest warrants. A statement issued...
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Yet another hit on gun rights
Opinion, Сolumns
May 01, 2025
California’s Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla have revived one of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s worst ideas: a ban on so-called assault weapons...
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Nortum jailed on theft charges
Crime, Local News, News
Apr 29, 2025
A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail on allegations involving a vehicle stolen in October. Kyle Nortum, 18, is charged with theft by unlawful takin...
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Q&A with the DA: Part 2 — The law, open to interpretation?
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STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
Apr 26, 2025
(Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...
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Bradford man jailed for alleged assault
Crime, Local News, News
Apr 25, 2025
A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail for allegedly choking a woman during a domestic dispute earlier this week. Russell Kemery, 39, of South Kendal...
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Bradford man convicted of strangulation
Crime, Local News, News
Apr 25, 2025
SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was convicted at jury trial Thursday in McKean County Court for assaulting his then girlfriend last year. Ozzy Strait, 27, ...
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Baker sentenced to prison for rape of child
Crime, Local News, News
Apr 24, 2025
SMETHPORT — A Westfield man convicted of raping an infant was sentenced in McKean County Court to 15 to 30 years in state prison. Steven Paul Baker, 2...
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Senators condemn ban on trans military service
Nation & World, News, PA State News
Apr 23, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., along with 12 of their fellow Senate Democratic colleagues, sent a letter ...
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