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As the area prepares to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the national American Legion with a parade in Smethport Monday, it’s an appropriate ti...

SMETHPORT — Bucktail Post #138, Smethport American Legion will mark its 100th anniversary next year. As recorded in “Timeless Home,” the official publ...

SMETHPORT — The McKean-Cameron Bi-County American Legion’s parade Monday in Smethport in recognition of the national American Legion’s centennial anni...

In an effort to ensure area veterans receive the services and support they need, Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, is hosting Melissa Davis, a vetera...

Carol Witherell of Tionesta was surprised to get an email about her great-uncle through Ancestry.com . She was even more surprised when she saw that T...

War Reads: The Wings of Freedom tour visited Jamestown, N.Y. earlier this month. At each stop, the Collings Foundation sells a work that allows the re...

DUKE CENTER — After using a traditional publisher for his first 40 books in the historical fiction, poetry and horror genres, local author Bill Robert...

Six Philadelphia police officers were wounded in a 7½-hour shootout and standoff that began Wednesday when a gunman barricaded himself inside a rowhou...

Following the death of former Bradford resident U.S. Army Master Thom D. Maholic in 2006, Bruce Sherwin, a Mason with Bradford Union Lodge 749, took o...

I think it’s widely recognized that folks go through some different stages in their development as hunters. The length of time spent in these stages v...

As the American Legion celebrates its centennial year across the nation, local Legions are taking part in advocacy efforts for the veterans organizati...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — The Wings of Freedom Tour is set to touch down at Jamestown Airport on Monday and remain there until Thursday. The unique tour, whic...

Beneath the surface of the ground and within close proximity of the back porch of camp, you could unearth a ton of spent .22 cases. Add to that there ...

The Hometown Heroes committee is holding an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the VFW Events Center at 94 Barbour St. Sample banners will be avail...

Everyone seems to agree it’s a good idea to honor local heroes with banners hanging above Bradford City’s streets. But now, three groups will have to ...

AGAIN : After our story on the dog tag of Cpl. James Uber being recovered in France, we were contacted by a Bradford resident who had an old dog tag i...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Gunnery Sgt. Jonathan P. Tyger, left, was promoted to his current rank at a ceremony Aug. 1. With him is Capt. Alexander A. Morro...

Today there are any number of calibers and wildcats available. In fact, we probably have far too many calibers. Basically, a .223 for varmints, cheap ...

More than a century ago, a Pennsylvania National Guardsman from the Kane area was presumably killed in a battle in France. Cpl. James Lester Uber, 29,...

Melissa Davis, a veterans service representative from the American Legion, will be in the area in the next few weeks. She will be at the offices of st...