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The Supreme Court is releasing decisions in a handful of remaining cases into early July. In the meantime, the justices have struck a blow for freedom...

In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miranda vs. Arizona that criminal defendants were entitled to say nothing so as to not incriminate themselves...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Hunting on Sundays in Pennsylvania would be greatly expanded under a proposal that passed the state House on Thursday over objection...

A star Penn State football player charged with assault after a scuffle with a tow truck driver — one that left the man with a rib fracture — was accep...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) announced that, through the department’s independent external review process for Pennsylvania...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NFL was exploring a world without “Sunday Ticket” in 2017, where cable channels would air Sunday afternoon out-of-market games ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The Consumer Federation of America is urging home buyers to beware of the contracts they soon will be required to sign for represen...

CLEARFIELD — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) reminded property owners they must obtain a Highway Occupancy Permit (HOP) from P...

WARREN — Northern Pennsylvania Regional College criminal justice student, Shanda Kelsch, and Instructor of Criminal Justice, Dave Wilson, presented at...

(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...

EMPORIUM — Former Cameron County school teacher and coach Larry McGraw entered a guilty plea this week to charges of child pornography. McGraw, 74, of...

Two years ago, in overturning Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court declared that it was for each state to decide just how many rights women ou...

SMETHPORT — A Port Allegany man waived a preliminary hearing Thursday in McKean County Central Court on 75 felony counts relating to child pornography...

SMETHPORT — A Kane man waived a preliminary hearing on a charge of statutory sexual assault at Central Court on Thursday. William A. Brunt, 19, of Daw...

KANE — A Kane man has been charged with providing alcohol and drugs to three juveniles at his Kane residence back in February. Matthew Taylor, 21, of ...

CIVICS: What is the supreme law of the land? What is the study of the duties and rights of citizens? Do you know the answers? These are some of the sa...

SMETHPORT — Following a two-day trial in McKean County Court, a Smethport man has been convicted of sex crimes against a child. Robert Allen Tanner, 5...

COUDERSPORT — Two women were arrested on drug allegations May 31 by the East Drug Task Force in Potter County. Heather Rae Proctor, 36, of Galeton was...

Hunter Biden finds himself in a predicament of his own making. The question President Joe Biden might ask is why his son has allowed his legal travail...

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail after an alleged dispute Wednesday evening in the city. Matthew T. Zawatski, 42, of 153 Main St., Apt. 201, wa...