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July 31, 2025
The U.S. National Weather Service announced this morning that thunderstorms with especially heavy rain are possible this afternoon and evening. The he...
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Jul 16, 2021
The Catholic bishops of Pennsylvania issued a joint statement Thursday indicating that the dispensation from the obligation to attend mass, which went...
News
May 18, 2021
ERIE —The emotional and long-term costs to victims are most often incalculable in cases of clergy sex abuse, but the abuse scandal has produced a doll...
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May 15, 2021
ERIE — Bishop Lawrence Persico announced Friday that individuals are no longer required to wear a mask when in church, but urged the non-vaccinated to...
Bradford, Local News, News
Jun 01, 2020
On May 25, George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed African American man, died after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin used his knee to pin h...
Coronavirus, Local News
Apr 03, 2020
ERIE — In an effort to create a sense of unity and to help Christians observe some of the holiest days of the year appropriately while unable to atten...
Local News
Mar 14, 2020
Various churches in the Bradford area are taking a cautious approach to worship but still plan on holding services this weekend. Both Open Arms church...
Local News
Dec 19, 2019
ERIE (AP) — The Roman Catholic bishop of Erie has announced the opening of the canonization process for Gertrude Barber, founder of what is now called...
Local News
Aug 14, 2019
Bishop Lawrence Persico of the Erie Diocese has a message to parishioners: The sex abuse scandal must be remembered, and the changes that came from it...
Local News
Aug 08, 2019
The Catholic Diocese of Erie continues to experience financial ramifications from the clergy sex abuse crisis, including the Pennsylvania attorney gen...
Local News, News
Apr 03, 2019
ERIE — The Diocese of Erie has updated its list of attorneys willing to represent claimants to its Independent Survivors’ Reparation Program. At the s...
Local News, News, Online Features
Feb 19, 2019
The Diocese of Erie has launched the Independent Survivors’ Reparation Program to administer a fund for the benefit of survivors of sexual abuse. The ...
Local News, News, Online Features
Feb 15, 2019
Clergy abuse survivor Jim VanSickle has a message to deliver, and he’s taking it to the Vatican next week. VanSickle, a Bradford native who suffered a...
Local News, News, Online Features
Jan 23, 2019
After 139 years as a Catholic institution of learning, St. Bernard School is closing its doors at the end of the current school year. The announcement...
Local News, News, Online Features
Jan 11, 2019
Former Bradford Central Christian teacher David Poulson was sentenced Friday in Jefferson County Court to 2 ½ to 14 years in state prison for his repe...
Local News, News
Sep 10, 2018
The Diocese of Erie has removed from public ministry a priest who once served in Port Allegany and was an administrator in Emporium. The diocese annou...
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Aug 31, 2018
Recommending “bold, decisive and collaborative action,” on Thursday, Erie’s Bishop Lawrence Persico called for a compensation fund for victim/survivor...
Local News, News
Aug 07, 2018
ERIE — Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico has presided over a sweeping internal investigation of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Erie...
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Aug 07, 2018
ERIE — Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico has presided over a sweeping internal investigation of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Erie...
Local News, News
Apr 07, 2018
Michael Amy, Salvatore Luzzi, Samuel Slocum, Joseph Jerge, Giles Nealen, WIlliam Presley, Stephen Jeselnick, David Poulson — these natives of, or form...
Local News, News, Online Features
Mar 21, 2017
Five years after his conviction for having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy, former Bradford priest Samuel Slocum has been defrocked b...
Local News
July 31, 2025
SAYRE — The Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers, through its Northeastern Potter Economic Development Association (NEPEDA) Fund, seeks proposals f...
PA State News
July 31, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — A new initiative aimed at developing emerging and advanced technologies to enhance food production, agricultural ecosystems and natu...
Local News
July 31, 2025
A check for $780 was presented to Joe Doriguzzi, center, manager at the Friendship Table , by Connie Shanks on behalf of the Bradford Creative and Per...
Local News
July 31, 2025
Sometimes, the loudest engines can carry the softest hearts. The 28th Annual Kids and Cancer Benefit Run returned to the area July 26, drawing nearly ...
Football, National Sports
July 31, 2025
(TNS) —At the start of Steelers training camp, we focused on five key camp battles we'd watch. Now that we're a full week into training camp with six ...
College Sports, Football
July 31, 2025
(TNS) - Penn State football opened training camp on Wednesday after months of anticipation and buildup as the Nittany Lions prepare for a 2025 season ...
