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    Q&A with the DA: Part 2 — The law, open to interpretation?
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    Q&A with the DA: Part 2 — The law, open to interpretation?
    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
    Bradford man jailed for alleged assault
    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
    Bradford man convicted of strangulation
    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
    Baker sentenced to prison for rape of child
    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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    Mount Jewett man convicted of Megan’s Law registration offense
    Crime, Local News, News
    Mount Jewett man convicted of Megan’s Law registration offense
    Apr 24, 2025
    SMETHPORT — James McMichael of Mount Jewett was convicted at jury trial in McKean County Court of failing to register as required for sexual offenders...
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    SAVE Act would do more harm than good for election integrity
    Opinion, Сolumns
    SAVE Act would do more harm than good for election integrity
    Apr 24, 2025
    OnApril 10, theHouse of Representativespassed the badly misnamed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE Act, which is now headed for a ...
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    High-speed chase sends man to state prison
    Crime, Local News, News
    High-speed chase sends man to state prison
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com, Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 21, 2025
    SMETHPORT — An Ellicottville, N.Y., man who led police on a two-state, high-speed chase in January 2024 while on bail in another matter was sentenced ...
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    Schumer asks DOJ to investigate Shapiro arson attack as possible hate crime
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Schumer asks DOJ to investigate Shapiro arson attack as possible hate crime
    XIMENA CONDE and GILLIAN McGOLDRICK The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Apr 20, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. on Thursday called on the Department of Justice to investigate whether an early mornin...
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    Get a warrant at the border
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Get a warrant at the border
    Apr 18, 2025
    Last week, U.S. Rep. Ted W. Lieu, D-Calif., along with fellow Democratic Reps.Eleanor Holmes NortonofWashington, D.C., Donald BeyerofVirginiaandAdrian...
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    Thompson: Trump’s first months ‘very effective’; McKean County GOP hosts spring dinner
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    Thompson: Trump’s first months ‘very effective’; McKean County GOP hosts spring dinner
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Apr 18, 2025
    U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson says no one should ever have expected President Donald Trump to embark on his second administration with “soft diplomacy...
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    Bill would assist in increasing affordable housing
    Local News, Nation & World, News, ...
    Bill would assist in increasing affordable housing
    Apr 15, 2025
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens John Fetterman, D-Pa., Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., introduced the bipartisan, b...
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    Q&A with the DA: The law, open to interpretation?
    Headlines, Local News, News, ...
    Q&A with the DA: The law, open to interpretation?
    STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
    Apr 12, 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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    McCormick introduces term limits resolution
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    McCormick introduces term limits resolution
    Apr 11, 2025
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to implement term limits in Con...
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    To protect all families, we must update Pa.’s parentage laws
    Opinion, Сolumns
    To protect all families, we must update Pa.’s parentage laws
    Apr 10, 2025
    Editor's note: The following is an op-ed submitted by four state representatives in Pennsylvania: Rep. Dan Miller, D-Allegheny County; Rep. Ben Sanche...
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    Bradford man jailed on meth allegations
    Crime, Local News, News
    Bradford man jailed on meth allegations
    Apr 08, 2025
    A Bradford man was sent to McKean County Jail following an arraignment Monday on methamphetamine allegations. Norman M. Quinn Jr., 63, of 1 Circle St....
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    Commissioners share several April proclamations
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    Commissioners share several April proclamations
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 08, 2025
    SMETHPORT — Commissioners recognized several April observances with four proclamations shared during their regular meeting Tuesday at the McKean Count...
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    Two charged for contraband meth while heading to jail
    Crime, Local News, News
    Two charged for contraband meth while heading to jail
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 08, 2025
    Two local residents are facing additional charges for allegedly having methamphetamine with them when being booked into McKean County Jail. Amber Tuck...
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    Trump protects America with Venezuela deportations
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Trump protects America with Venezuela deportations
    SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
    Apr 01, 2025
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Did the Trump administration violate the law by flying Venezuelan migrants out of the country as the ACLU battled in court to prev...
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    Men plead guilty to drug crimes
    Crime, Local News, News
    Men plead guilty to drug crimes
    Mar 31, 2025
    Former Bradford resident Mark Nagy pleaded guilty March 27 in McKean County Court to delivering methamphetamine while under surveillance by the McKean...
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    Q&A with the DA: Financial scams nothing new
    Crime, Headlines, Local News, ...
    Q&A with the DA: Financial scams nothing new
    STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
    Mar 29, 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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    Five Bradford Athletes Shine in Summer Showcase Track Championships
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    Five Bradford Athletes Shine in Summer Showcase Track Championships
    Jo Wankel 
    August 19, 2025
    ERIE - McDowell Track Club Hosted the Summer Showcase Track & Fields series of meets for the second year in a row.  Five Bradford athletes took part a...
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    Willow Creek to host hunter-trapper course
    Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
    Willow Creek to host hunter-trapper course
    August 19, 2025
    Willow Creek Sportsman's Club, 3307 W. Washington St., will host its first Pennsylvania Hunter-Trapper Education Course at 9 a.m. Sept. 28. Signups ar...
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    Nittany MinitMart’s ‘Fuel the Cause’ raises $183,570
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    Nittany MinitMart’s ‘Fuel the Cause’ raises $183,570
    For area volunteer firefighters
    August 19, 2025
    Nittany MinitMart announced that its sixth annual Fuel the Cause campaign raised an all-time high of $183,570.91 to support volunteer fire companies a...
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    Powerball® ticket worth $150,000 sold online to Warren Co. player
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    Powerball® ticket worth $150,000 sold online to Warren Co. player
    August 19, 2025
    MIDDLETOWN — The Pennsylvania Lottery recently awarded a prize worth $150,000 on a Powerball® with Power Play® ticket to a player from Warren County w...
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    McKean Co. receives $20,000 for 250th anniversary events
    Local News, Nation & World, PA State News
    McKean Co. receives $20,000 for 250th anniversary events
    August 19, 2025
    PENNSYLVANIA — Bradford Area Alliance was awarded a $20,000 grant toward McKean County’s America250 celebrations, which will include a parade and a co...
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    Junebug delights in Smethport
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    Junebug delights in Smethport
    August 19, 2025
    Locals like Denise Balon were delighted Monday when Margaret and Rocky McCarthy of Brockport brought their donkey, Junebug, in for a visit at Smethpor...
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