Crime News, News, Online Features
Sep 14, 2018
SMETHPORT — A Rixford man who was convicted of sexually assaulting a young boy will serve 25 to 50 years in state prison. William J. Tipton, 52, was c...
Crime News, Local News, News
Oct 04, 2017
ERIE — An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at McKean in Lafayette Township pleaded guilty in federal court to fraud and identity theft a...
Crime News, News
Apr 22, 2017
SMETHPORT — A McKean County man was resentenced Friday to at least five-and-a-half years in state prison on a 2011 charge involving the sexual assault...
Local News, News, Online Features
Feb 20, 2017
When Paul Morrisroe comes up for sentencing on Wednesday, McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer is asking for the maximum priso...
Local News, News, Online Features
Feb 02, 2017
An appeal has been filed in the criminal case against Paul Morrisroe, but not for what one might think. Smethport attorney James P. Miller is appealin...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
June 14, 2026
Government has never been known as a model of efficiency. Yet a new report from the Government Accountability Office should make even the most hardene...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
June 14, 2026
After more than four years of living independently, I was forced back into my childhood bedroom because the capstone of my teaching degree — student t...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
June 14, 2026
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Over Memorial Day weekend, a few of my friends’ sons, 14 and 15 years old, set off for a day of fun carrying some cash, a PRT Conne...
Lifestyles
June 14, 2026
DEAR ABBY: Would you please do a much-needed public service for those of us who have a service dog? Service dogs are trained to perform specific tasks...
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
June 13, 2026
Walleyes are among the best eating fish on the planet. They are my favorite fish to eat and my favorite fish to catch. The walleye is also one of the ...
Lifestyles
June 13, 2026
Dear Heloise: My husband enjoys feeding birds. We also have a lot of squirrels. The squirrels used to climb up the pole and eat the birdseed. So, he p...
