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    Thousands shut out of Pa.’s marijuana pardon program
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Thousands shut out of Pa.’s marijuana pardon program
    PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
    Oct 30, 2022
    More than 3,500 Pennsylvanians could be on the way to a better life under a program to wipe away criminal records for minor marijuana crimes. That’s g...
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    Medical marijuana patients get good news, but producers fret over final law in Pa.
    News, PA State News
    Medical marijuana patients get good news, but producers fret over final law in Pa.
    DAVID WENNER PennLive 
    Oct 21, 2022
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Medical marijuana patients will get safer products, health department officials say. But growers and processors warn of production ...
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    Oz gets beyond talking points on crime and guns, abortion and Fetterman
    News, PA State News
    Oz gets beyond talking points on crime and guns, abortion and Fetterman
    CHARLES THOMPSON PennLive 
    Oct 14, 2022
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Get Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz to give you his undivided attention in a quiet room for a few min...
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    Fix medical marijuana loopholes
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Fix medical marijuana loopholes
    Sep 23, 2022
    Pennsylvania has a marijuana problem. The state legalized weed for medical use in 2016. Dispensaries started opening their doors two years later, with...
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    Pot pardons right policy at right time
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pot pardons right policy at right time
    Sep 09, 2022
    For many decades, possessing even a small amount of marijuana could mean big legal trouble. Regardless of whether someone caught with a personal-use a...
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    Wolf starts process to pardon lower-level pot convictions
    News
    Wolf starts process to pardon lower-level pot convictions
    BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press 
    Sep 01, 2022
    HARRISBURG — Pennsylvanians with minor, nonviolent marijuana criminal convictions could be pardoned beginning Thursday in a period until the end of th...
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    Pa.’s Democratic Senate candidates want to legalize pot, appetite not as strong in Washington
    News, PA State News
    Pa.’s Democratic Senate candidates want to legalize pot, appetite not as strong in Washington
    JULIAN ROUTH Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    May 02, 2022
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — It’s a game of numbers for Democrats in Washington who want bold reform on a number of key boilerplate issues. But even if they add...
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    Marijuana the next Big Pharma?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Marijuana the next Big Pharma?
    Feb 25, 2022
    The conversation surrounding marijuana has shifted over the years. It went from being demonized for decades to being suggested as helpful in relieving...
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    Pa. high court: Pot smell alone can’t justify warrantless search
    News, PA State News
    Pa. high court: Pot smell alone can’t justify warrantless search
    MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press 
    Dec 29, 2021
    HARRISBURG (AP) — The smell of marijuana can be a factor police use to justify a search without a warrant but can't be the sole basis for it, the Penn...
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    We’ll survive legal weed
    Opinion, Сolumns
    We’ll survive legal weed
    JOHN M. CRISP Tribune News Service 
    Jul 20, 2021
    Consider this premise: For good or ill, the full legalization of marijuana in the United States for recreational purposes is inevitable. How did we re...
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    Court beat
    Crime, News
    Court beat
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 30, 2021
    Bradford man allegedly failed to register residence A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail after he allegedly failed to follow his registration requi...
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    Port Allegany man accused of running from police
    Crime
    Port Allegany man accused of running from police
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 15, 2021
    A Port Allegany man is in McKean County Jail after he allegedly fled on foot from officers who wanted to arrest him on a warrant. Thomas D. Ford, 39, ...
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    Port Allegany man jailed for alleged sexual assault
    Local News
    Port Allegany man jailed for alleged sexual assault
    Marcie 
    Mar 26, 2021
    A Port Allegany man is in McKean County Jail on allegations that he had sex with a 14-year-old girl last year. Bill E.E. Renner, 19, of 22 Forest Road...
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    Three accused of trespassing in Bradford Township home
    Crime
    Three accused of trespassing in Bradford Township home
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 17, 2021
    Three people are in McKean County Jail after allegedly breaking into a vacant Bradford Township home. Westley C. Hardy, 21, of Cyclone, Rikki L. Curci...
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    Two Va. women arrested after traffic stop late Thursday
    Local News
    Two Va. women arrested after traffic stop late Thursday
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 09, 2021
    KANE — Two Virginia women were arrested following a traffic stop on U.S. Route 219 in Hamlin Township late Thursday night, one for DUI and one for pos...
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    Take it slow on legalizing marijuana
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Take it slow on legalizing marijuana
    Dec 08, 2020
    Marijuana is the trend the whole country is watching. Weed was first banned by Massachusetts in 1911. Pennsylvania was one of the last states to outla...
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    Bradford woman pleads guilty in high-speed chase
    Crime
    Bradford woman pleads guilty in high-speed chase
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 04, 2020
    SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman accused of leading police officers on a high-speed chase, then crashing, pleaded guilty Thursday in McKean County Court. ...
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    Youngsville woman jailed on misdemeanor charges
    Crime
    Youngsville woman jailed on misdemeanor charges
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 22, 2020
    A Youngsville woman is in McKean County Jail after she was allegedly found to be in possession of drug-related items while unlawfully driving a rental...
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    Court beat
    Bradford, Crime, Local News, ...
    Court beat
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 15, 2020
    Bradford man accused of indecent assault A Bradford man is facing allegations that he had indecent contact with a woman while she was sleeping. Bradfo...
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    Bradford man facing marijuana, public drunkenness charges
    Crime
    Bradford man facing marijuana, public drunkenness charges
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 29, 2020
    A Bradford man was arrested Monday after he allegedly made odd statements in a bank drive-thru and at the Bradford City Police station while under the...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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