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    Box truck thief extradited, jailed
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    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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    Pennsylvanians join term-limit push
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    Pennsylvanians join term-limit push
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Mar 12, 2025
    Rep. Jared Solomon, D-Philadelphia, has introduced a concurrent resolution calling Pennsylvania to join states seeking a constitutional amendment for ...
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    Era retracts statements in Feb. 18 article; regarding Catalyst testing, pressure reading
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    Era retracts statements in Feb. 18 article; regarding Catalyst testing, pressure reading
    Mar 12, 2025
    A Feb. 18 article in The Bradford Era stated that Catalyst Energy Inc.’s fracking wastewater injection well in Cyclone had failed two mechanical integ...
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    Shaffer will not run for county judge seat; will remain in service as district attorney
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    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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    Legal minds fight over DOGE
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    Legal minds fight over DOGE
    LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
    Mar 10, 2025
    WASHINGTON – Since launching in January, the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has sparked both support and outrage...
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    OYO ordered to close, 15 days to vacate
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    OYO ordered to close, 15 days to vacate
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 06, 2025
    The City of Bradford's health officer's ruling is in — the OYO Hotel must be vacated within 15 days and its rooming house permit is denied. City offic...
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    Democratic senators block legislation banning males from women’s sports
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    Democratic senators block legislation banning males from women’s sports
    THERESE BOUDREAUX The Center Square 
    Mar 04, 2025
    WASHINGTON — Women’s sports advocates suffered a loss Monday night when all Democratic senators present voted against a bill that would ban males who ...
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    Q&A with the DA — Sunshine Act: Meetings by governing bodies are public
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    Q&A with the DA — Sunshine Act: Meetings by governing bodies are public
    STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
    Mar 01, 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 shoul...
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    Hawaii man freed after 30 years in prison visits mother’s grave and ponders ubiquitous cellphones
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    Hawaii man freed after 30 years in prison visits mother’s grave and ponders ubiquitous cellphones
    JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated Press 
    Mar 01, 2025
    HONOLULU (AP) — One of the first places Gordon Cordeiro visited when a judge ordered him released after spending 30 years in prison for a killing he a...
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    Birthright citizenship ban debated in Congress
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    Birthright citizenship ban debated in Congress
    THERESE BOUDREAUX The Center Square 
    Feb 27, 2025
    WASHINGTON — The legality of President Donald Trump’s ban on automatic birthright citizenship hinges on a single phrase in the 14th amendment, and law...
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    Bradford woman waives hearing in alleged hatchet assault
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    Bradford woman waives hearing in alleged hatchet assault
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 26, 2025
    A Bradford woman remains incarcerated in McKean County Jail for allegedly hitting another woman in the face with a hatchet. Tanya Graves, 35, of 1 Mai...
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    Assault hearing waived Wednesday
    Crime, Local News, News
    Assault hearing waived Wednesday
    Feb 26, 2025
    A Bradford man waived a hearing Wednesday before District Judge Rich Luther on assault allegations. Wayne Baker, 26, of 303 Derrick Road, upper, is ch...
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    Feds unfreeze $2.1B in funding for Pennsylvania
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Feds unfreeze $2.1B in funding for Pennsylvania
    CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
    Feb 25, 2025
    HARRISBURG – Eleven days after Gov. Josh Shapiro sued the White House to unfreeze billions in federal funding for Pennsylvania, the money is flowing a...
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    A New Jersey man is convicted of attempted murder in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie
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    A New Jersey man is convicted of attempted murder in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie
    CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press 
    Feb 21, 2025
    MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lectur...
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    Justice Department crisis was an unforced error
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Justice Department crisis was an unforced error
    NOAH FELDMAN Bloomberg Opinion 
    Feb 21, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Here’s the most important yet overlooked fact about theJustice Departmentprosecutors who resigned rather than drop charges againstN...
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    Bitcoin and digital asset bills filed in at least 31 states
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    Bitcoin and digital asset bills filed in at least 31 states
    BETHANY BLANKLEY The Center Square 
    Feb 21, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Bitcoin and digital asset bills have been filed in at least 31 state legislatures, according to a Bitcoin Laws website tracking state leg...
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    NY senator: Bill would raise age limit for buying assault weapons
    Local News, News, Outdoors
    NY senator: Bill would raise age limit for buying assault weapons
    Feb 20, 2025
    U.S. senator from New York is sponsoring legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase military-style semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity ammuni...
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    One of America’s great injustices
    One of America’s great injustices
    Feb 20, 2025
    PresidentFranklin D. Rooseveltsigned the now-infamous Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942, which gave military commanders the power to prescribe are...
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    DOGE notches courtroom wins as Elon Musk crusades to slash federal government
    Nation & World, News
    DOGE notches courtroom wins as Elon Musk crusades to slash federal government
    LINDSAY WHITEHURST, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press 
    Feb 20, 2025
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Although some parts of President Donald Trump ’s agenda are getting bogged down by litigation, Elon Musk ’s Department of Government...
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    Steelers check in on Gabe Davis again as search for WR insurance continues
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    Steelers check in on Gabe Davis again as search for WR insurance continues
    Gerry Dulac Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    August 19, 2025
    (TNS) —The Steelers may not actively be pursuing another wide receiver, but that doesn't mean they aren't exploring the possibilities. Former Buffalo ...
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    Who are the Hoffmanns, one of the groups interested in purchasing the Penguins?
    National Sports
    Who are the Hoffmanns, one of the groups interested in purchasing the Penguins?
    Matt Vensel Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    August 19, 2025
    (TNS) —Pittsburghers are quite familiar with one of the groups that is interested in buying the Penguins away from Fenway Sports Group, who seem open ...
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    Lady Owls Golf Letterwinners
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    Lady Owls Golf Letterwinners
    August 19, 2025
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    HS Roundup: ECC, St. Marys tennis record wins
    Local Sports
    HS Roundup: ECC, St. Marys tennis record wins
    Jo Wankel 
    August 19, 2025
    ECC 5, Brockway 0 ST. MARYS - ECC Girls Varsity Tennis team played Brockway Tuesday at Benzinger Park, taking home a 5-0 victory. “I think the girls a...
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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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