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    A good case for mandatory national service
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A good case for mandatory national service
    CHRIS TALGO InsideSources.com/TNS 
    Mar 27, 2025
    As someone who firmly believes in libertarian/conservative values and principles, I fully understand that compulsory national service could seem like ...
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    PD: Suspect found with cocaine en route to jail
    Crime, Local News, News
    PD: Suspect found with cocaine en route to jail
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 25, 2025
    SMETHPORT — The OYO Hotel resident arrested last week for allegedly selling cocaine in Bradford was arraigned Tuesday for trying to smuggle drugs into...
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    Olean woman jailed for alleged 2024 Eldred burglary
    Crime, Local News, News
    Olean woman jailed for alleged 2024 Eldred burglary
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 25, 2025
    SMETHPORT — An Olean, N.Y., woman is in McKean County Jail for allegedly breaking into the old Ethan Allen facility last year and stealing items from ...
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    It’s Trump vs. the world
    Opinion, Сolumns
    It’s Trump vs. the world
    FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
    Mar 24, 2025
    Another column about Donald Trump. I would feel guilty for being repetitive, but really what else is there to write about these days? President Trump ...
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    Bradford man jailed for theft of safes, wagon
    Crime, Local News, News
    Bradford man jailed for theft of safes, wagon
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 21, 2025
    A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail for taking two safes, and a wagon to carry them in, from a High Street home earlier this week. Dakota Allen, 2...
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    Duke Center man jailed for theft of Pumpkin Fest funds
    Crime, Local News, News
    Duke Center man jailed for theft of Pumpkin Fest funds
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 21, 2025
    A Duke Center man is in McKean County Jail, accused of stealing the proceeds of Bradford's Pumpkin Fest celebration. Justin Hartsel, 44, of 159 Oil Va...
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    Supremes say back off
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Supremes say back off
    Mar 21, 2025
    U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, in a rare interview, denounced the idea of impeaching judges when political leaders disagree with their rulin...
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    Bradford woman convicted of rape
    Crime, Local News, News
    Bradford woman convicted of rape
    Mar 20, 2025
    SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman was convicted of sex crimes against an unconscious male, after a two-day jury trial at the McKean County Courthouse. Donn...
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    Court beat
    Crime, Local News, News
    Court beat
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 20, 2025
    Kane man charged for alleged assault on troopers A Kane man who allegedly fought with two state troopers at UPMC Kane has a hearing scheduled next mon...
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    Barker arrested for alleged cocaine sales in Bradford
    Crime, Local News, News
    Barker arrested for alleged cocaine sales in Bradford
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 20, 2025
    A weeks-long investigation into cocaine sales in the City of Bradford resulted in the arrest of a former Buffalo, N.Y., man Wednesday. Clarence Barker...
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    Unemployment support for domestic violence victims clears House
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Unemployment support for domestic violence victims clears House
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Mar 20, 2025
    HARRISBURG — A bipartisan bill providing unemployment benefits for domestic violence survivors has cleared the House. The legislation would allow peop...
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    Bradford man pleads guilty in child pornography case
    Crime, Local News, News
    Bradford man pleads guilty in child pornography case
    Mar 19, 2025
    The U.S. Attorney's Office in Buffalo, N.Y. reported Wednesday that Dylan C. Irvin, 26, of Bradford pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography, wh...
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    McGraw to serve 2 to 5 years in state prison for child porn
    Crime, Local News, News
    McGraw to serve 2 to 5 years in state prison for child porn
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 19, 2025
    EMPORIUM — Former Cameron County school teacher and coach Larry McGraw was sentenced to serve 2 to 5 years in state prison for child pornography. McGr...
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    Sunshine Week calls attention to darkening skies over Pa. universities
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Sunshine Week calls attention to darkening skies over Pa. universities
    AMY KRISTIN SANDERS 
    Mar 18, 2025
    University employees engaged in sexual misconduct. Administrators misappropriating public funds. Scientists paid by industry groups to obtain desirabl...
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    Compensating people who are wrongfully convicted is a hard sell in some states
    Nation & World, News
    Compensating people who are wrongfully convicted is a hard sell in some states
    CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America 
    Mar 18, 2025
    ATLANTA (AP) — Earlier this year, Michael Woolfolk attended a legislative committee in Georgia where lawmakers considered for a third year whether to ...
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    Ballot initiative floated banning licenses for unauthorized immigrants
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Ballot initiative floated banning licenses for unauthorized immigrants
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Mar 17, 2025
    HARRISBURG— Unauthorized immigrants would be prohibited from obtaining driver’s licenses in Pennsylvania if a constitutional amendment proposal is suc...
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    Q&A with the DA: When an offender seeks to override a jury’s verdict
    Headlines, Local News, News, ...
    Q&A with the DA: When an offender seeks to override a jury’s verdict
    STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
    Mar 15, 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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    Luigi Mangione’s attorney files motions to dismiss evidence gathered during Pa. arrest
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Luigi Mangione’s attorney files motions to dismiss evidence gathered during Pa. arrest
    MADISON MONTAG pennlive.com 
    Mar 13, 2025
    (TNS)—A Blair County defense attorney recently filed several motions on behalf of Luigi Mangione, asking a judge to release him from custody and dismi...
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    Box truck thief extradited, jailed
    Crime, Headlines, Local News, ...
    Box truck thief extradited, jailed
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 12, 2025
    A Massachusetts man is in McKean County Jail, charged in the October theft of a Bradford Publishing Co. box truck. John A. McWhinnie, 46, of Shelburne...
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    Shaffer will not run for county judge seat; will remain in service as district attorney
    Local News, News
    Shaffer will not run for county judge seat; will remain in service as district attorney
    Mar 11, 2025
    SMETHPORT — District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer announced Tuesday that she will not run in the upcoming election to fill the vacancy for th...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    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...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    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...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    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...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    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...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    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...
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