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The ongoing Ukrainian counter-offensive, if successful, could reshape the war and the geopolitical contours of Europe. It is a testament to Ukrainian ...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Federal officials have made three trips to the Olean area to survey for abandoned oil wells. A team from the U.S. Department of Energy’s...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — The photos and papers carefully placed across Mark Prickler’s kitchen table traced the life of Edward Reiter, the uncle he never met...

The cell phone rang and, after a brief struggle to remove it from my cargo pocket, a quick glance showed it to be good friend Jim Zirkle. “Hey, Jimmie...

The men and women who put their lives on the line shouldn’t have them placed on hold by a Veterans Administration that kept hundreds in isolation long...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A former Army Ranger fromGlenshawwas found guilty Tuesday inWashington, D.C., of assaulting police during theJan. 6 riot. U.S. Dist...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A Pennsylvania teenager killed during the Korean War has finally been identified and will be buried in his hometown this fall. The ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — One year ago, as President Joe Biden was withdrawing the last American troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban swept into Kabul and ab...

Ted Blickwedel, originally from Emporium, made it his mission to bring awareness to what was happening within the walls of Veterans Affairs (VA) Vet C...

We have waited 7,629 days since 9/11, almost 21 years, to announce the death of Ayman al-Zawahri, an eye surgeon who was the No. 2 man and power behin...

It was four in the afternoon on March 10, 1991, when the first planned explosion of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons went off at the U.S. weapons dep...

HONORING OUR VETERANS: Today, July 27, both America and South Korea celebrate National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day — to commemorate the peace tr...

SEVERAL FIREARMS REPORTED STOLEN IN EMPORIUM EMPORIUM — According to a report received from the Pennsylvania State Police, Emporium, at approximately ...

Freedom has never been free — Veterans have been fighting for our freedom, and these heroes’ service and sacrifice deserves recognition. For the remai...

The monthly Rifle and Pistol Competition will be staged at the McKean County Rifle club Saturday at 10 a.m. There are two stages to the event, which m...

It’s not easy to make sense of the 77-minute video shot from an overhead camera near the classrooms where 19 children and two teachers were murdered i...

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainians refer to Vladimir Putin as “Putler,” an amalgamation of Putin and Adolf Hitler. The label is more than a jab at Putin’s obs...

No other police officer from McKean County has ever been awarded this honor. Kevin Seipp, a Smethport police officer, was awarded Law Enforcement Offi...

Full-time professional living historian, Kenneth Serfass, returns to the Bradford Area Public Library at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 24 with a new persona, Ab...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol, H...