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WAR: On Thursday, The Era will be bringing you a special edition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. As a preview, we want...

CROSBY — Courtney Britton of the Army National Guard will be the speaker Saturday at the Veterans Day program at the John Berg Memorial American Legio...

The Bradford community will have multiple opportunities over the next week to show their appreciation for veterans, as several Veterans Day events are...

ERIE — The office of U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., in conjunction with the McKean County Veterans Department, will host a ceremony honoring area Vietna...

SPOOKY: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a history that dates back to the 1600s, making the atmosphere ripe for paranormal activity. Hauntedrooms....

SMETHPORT — As a youngster growing up in southwestern Pennsylvania, Harry Barkley enjoyed archery and now in his retirement he has added extra meaning...

ST. MARYS — The board of directors of the Elk County Community Foundation has announced a new scholarship fund established by the St. Marys Sons of th...

HARRISBURG — With a critical shortage of volunteer firefighters some National Guardsmen find themselves stepping up to serve in another uniform. The v...

Dawn Pletcher, fourth from left in front, Goodies For Our Troops founder and co-director, is surrounded by members of Combat Veterans Motorcycle Assoc...

Bradfordians are invited to get an early start on their candy-collecting at Treat or Treat Main Street on Saturday. At the event, young ghouls and gob...

PATRIOTISM : In our searches through The Era’s archives, one thing that struck us about the news during the time of World War I was the unabashed patr...

A s Honor Flight participant Bill Hurrle walked down a hallway in Bradford Area High School Friday, he held his head even higher when one of the hundr...

SMETHPORT — Responding to a request from the Smethport Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2497 Auxiliary, fifth-graders at the Smethport Area Elementary Sc...

A preliminary hearing has been set for next month for the Bradford man charged after a brief standoff with police Sept. 26. Frederick W. Angell II, 27...

OSWAYO — Cold, rainy weather didn’t prevent a number of wounded warriors from making the trek to the rural LEEK Hunting & Mountain Preserve Wednesday ...

First there was one and then a second appeared. In all, there were nine turkeys. It's enough to get your heart pounding. Now it was time to put the tu...

DUKE CENTER — Many of Bill Robertson's best horror stories have been published separately in Canadian and European publications, but the release of hi...

For Sgt. Mary Gausman, serving as a law enforcement official in her hometown is a good fit. The Kane native has been heading the Kane-based state poli...

Michael Schultz, Ph.D., will draw on more than 40 years of research, interviews, videos and photographs about the Civilian Conservation Corps of World...

A survivor of the Holocaust will be in Eldred on Sunday. The World War II Museum in Eldred will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of W...