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    Shop with a Cop in Elk County makes Christmas brighter for 12 children
    News, PA State News
    Shop with a Cop in Elk County makes Christmas brighter for 12 children
    BREANNA FLEMING DuBois Courier Express 
    Dec 30, 2022
    ST. MARYS — Twelve Elk County children received the Christmas gift of a shopping spree alongside law enforcement officers during the second annual Sho...
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    Other Voices: Yes to police dept.
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: Yes to police dept.
    Dec 02, 2022
    As a resident of Otto Township, I read with interest the letter from Jim Miller of Rixford (The Bradford Era, Nov. 29) concerning the establishment of...
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    Other Voices: Crime-ridden Otto Township?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: Crime-ridden Otto Township?
    Nov 28, 2022
    Otto Township will once again (someday) have its own police department, thanks to a supervisors decision made last January. This was made “necessary” ...
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    Pa. corrections staffers to soon begin wearing body cameras
    News, PA State News
    Pa. corrections staffers to soon begin wearing body cameras
    JAN MURPHY PennLive 
    Oct 17, 2022
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Body cameras will soon begin to be worn by state corrections department employees who work outside state prisons and community corr...
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    Elk County Sheriff’s office still accepting unused medicine collection
    News
    Elk County Sheriff’s office still accepting unused medicine collection
    Aug 03, 2022
    RIDGWAY — Collection boxes for unused medications are located at all law enforcement stations in Elk County, including the Elk County Sheriff’s office...
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    Boy, 7, dies after shooting near Erie home
    Boy, 7, dies after shooting near Erie home
    Apr 19, 2022
    ERIE (AP) — A 7-year-old boy injured in a shooting in Erie last week died at a Pittsburgh hospital, authorities said. Antonio Yarger Jr. was taken to ...
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    Otto Twp. ends equipment sharing
    News
    Otto Twp. ends equipment sharing
    JIM MILLER jmakalefty@yahoo.com 
    Apr 19, 2022
    DUKE CENTER — At Wednesday’s monthly meeting, Chairman Eric Barton announced that he is ending the long-standing agreement that Otto Township had with...
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    Olean to host Trick or Treat drive thru in 2021
    News
    Olean to host Trick or Treat drive thru in 2021
    Oct 09, 2021
    OLEAN, N.Y. — While traditional trick-or-treating will be back on the calendar this year in the City of Olean, city officials will offer an alternativ...
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    Bradford Township votes to approve new police contract
    News
    Bradford Township votes to approve new police contract
    DANIELLA GRIESBAUM erastaff.43@gmail.com 
    Sep 14, 2021
    The Bradford Township Board of Supervisors approved a variety of motions Monday evening. Supervisors Jim Erwin and Mark Cline approved a resolution to...
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    PennDOT, law enforcement address aggressive driving enforcement
    News
    PennDOT, law enforcement address aggressive driving enforcement
    Marcie 
    Jul 31, 2021
    OIL CITY — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Pennsylvania State Police and various municipal police departments are urging motorists acro...
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    Respecting police professionalism
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Respecting police professionalism
    Jul 20, 2021
    Police departments across Pennsylvania have a new law to enforce. This law is a little different than most. It is one they will have to enforce agains...
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    Body cams for all police
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Body cams for all police
    Jun 19, 2021
    In recent years, more and more police departments have been choosing to strap their officers with body cameras — a move that boosts transparency in an...
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    Bradford Township to fix Ann Lane sewer issue
    Local News
    Bradford Township to fix Ann Lane sewer issue
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 09, 2021
    Bradford Township will be repairing a sewer line problem on Ann Lane, located off West Washington Street. Township Supervisor Chairman Jim Erwin expla...
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    State police shouldn’t get free pass
    Opinion, Сolumns
    State police shouldn’t get free pass
    Feb 20, 2021
    The Pennsylvania State Police is one of the largest police forces in the United States, with more than 4,200 troopers, 1,800 civilian employees and an...
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    Boosting confidence in state police
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Boosting confidence in state police
    Jan 30, 2021
    The Pennsylvania State Police has resumed collecting racial data during traffic stops, a practice that once had been normal protocol but that had been...
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    Smethport 9/11 Ceremony
    Local News, Online Features
    Smethport 9/11 Ceremony
    Marcie 
    Sep 12, 2020
    American Legion Post 138 Commander Pat Miesowitz accompanied by Chaplin Seth Digel lower the American flag in front of the McKean County Courthouse du...
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    Ulysses search warrant connected to death investigation
    Bradford, Crime, Local News, ...
    Ulysses search warrant connected to death investigation
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 29, 2020
    The investigation into a Galeton woman’s death led law enforcement officers to search a Ulysses Borough property on Thursday. Several departments are ...
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    May garage fire in Kane ruled accidental
    Local News
    May garage fire in Kane ruled accidental
    Marcie 
    Jun 11, 2020
    RIDGWAY — A Kane garage fire that happened in May was ruled accidental in nature, according to Ridgway-based state police. State police reported on We...
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    Bradford Township approves Browntown Road bridge replacement
    Local News
    Bradford Township approves Browntown Road bridge replacement
    RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 10, 2020
    Bradford Township’s decision to replace the bridge on Browntown Road was met with some resistance at Monday evening’s supervisors meeting. Supervisors...
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    Police not needed
    Letters to Editor
    Police not needed
    Jan 22, 2020
    Regarding the letter to the editor written by a woman who believes a police department is needed in Eldred Township, if she is having so many problems...
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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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