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SMETHPORT — Following a one-day jury trial in McKean County Court, Bradford man Michael Winston was convicted of indecent exposure. District Attorney ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Shortly after his swearing in, President Donald Trump reinstated his ban on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the federal go...

Roy Cohn, the mafia lawyer who nurtured Donald Trump’s contempt for the rule of law, once infamously stated, “Don’t tell me the law, tell me who the j...

SMETHPORT — More than 113 pounds of unused medication was disposed of in drop boxes around the county in the last quarter of 2024, McKean County's top...

A Bradford man has been jailed for the alleged arson of a Bradford Township residence in October. Karl J. Ginnery, 40, of 76 Holley Ave., is charged w...

Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the Biden family. If not, you’r...

To all my fellow citizens who are consoled by the fact they now have a president who reflects their values, please consider this: The events of Jan. 6...

(TNS) — President Donald Trump issued several orders to dramatically toughen immigration standards and enforcement within hours of taking office on Mo...

(TNS) — More than a dozen Western Pennsylvanians appear to be among those pardoned for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots under a sweeping ...

HARRISBURG — With the start of the new year, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty and the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts a...

SMETHPORT — A Wilcox man was sentenced recently in McKean County Court to at least 13 years in state prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old fe...

The administration of formerPennsylvaniaGov.Tom Wolf spent tens of thousands of public dollars to hire private law firms — information that Wolf's off...

HARRISBURG — Recruiting new police officers and supporting those already on the job in Pennsylvania remains a constant struggle. That’s why the Pennsy...

HARRISBURG — Sen. Cris Dush (R-25) has taken the oath office to begin his second term serving the people of the 25th District in the Pennsylvania Sena...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging a federal appeals panel to let his scheduled guilty plea Frida...

(TNS)—Verizon agreed to pay $100 million last year in order to settle a lawsuit related to monthly administration fees. Some customers who filed a cla...

HARRISBURG – In December, the Pennsylvania Citizen Law Enforcement Advisory and Review Commission published its first reports following the evaluation...

TheIRSwields immense power over the financial lives of Americans, yet recent revelations highlight it would be wise to question an expansion of that a...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections will soon implement new internal affairs policies following the first completed reports of the...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Many Americans have never experienced a “good economy,” if a good economy is defined as one in which an individual can graduate fr...