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911 Toy Express
Local News, Online Features
Dec 21, 2023
Police and firefighters join together at the Bradford City Fire Station Wednesday evening to sort donations to the 911 Toy Express drive held each yea...
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Bradford man accused of fleeing accident scene
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MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com 
Dec 18, 2023
A hit-and-run accident on East Main Street has landed a Bradford man in McKean County Jail. According to reports from the Pennsylvania State Police, J...
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Felony strangulation charges land one in jail
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MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com 
Dec 18, 2023
Richard Scott Best Jr. is currently incarcerated at the McKean County Jail, in lieu of $30,000 bail, for allegedly strangling his girlfriend in the pa...
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Rixford man sent to state prison for rape charge
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 14, 2023
SMETHPORT — A Rixford man was sentenced to a term in state prison Thursday in McKean County Court on charges of rape and false imprisonment. Justin Ni...
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Vancamp pleads guilty to child pornography
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 14, 2023
SMETHPORT — A Duke Center man pleaded guilty Thursday in McKean County Court to possessing more than 1,000 items of child pornography. Sebastian H. Va...
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Blue lights are special
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MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com 
Dec 14, 2023
Have you ever wondered what the vehicles with blue flashing lights were doing? They are headed to a potential emergency situation. Pennsylvania legisl...
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Bradford man jailed on drug allegations
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 14, 2023
A Bradford man was sent to jail after a drug-related arrest Wednesday night on Walker Avenue. Vincent Gagliardi, 31, of 136 Kennedy St., Apt. 2, is ch...
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Charges against Frontera bound over to court
Crime, Local News
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 14, 2023
A homeless Bradford man had charges in two criminal cases bound over to McKean County Court at a hearing Wednesday before District Judge Dom Cercone. ...
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Former trooper cited in Elk Co. crash
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 13, 2023
Former state trooper Austin Burney is facing numerous summary charges in Elk County for a crash earlier this month, and alleged drunk driving charges ...
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