Breaking News
July 31, 2025
The U.S. National Weather Service announced this morning that thunderstorms with especially heavy rain are possible this afternoon and evening. The he...
News
Dec 23, 2022
PITTSBURGH – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, in partnership with Homeland Security Investigations – Phil...
Local Sports, Outdoors
Jul 14, 2022
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners at their recent meeting moved onto the next step in bringing the American marten back to Pennsylvania, di...
News
Jun 18, 2022
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has denied the appeal of convicted sexually violent predator Gage Ortiz-Rodriquez, saying the evidence presented in Mc...
Crime, News
Oct 15, 2021
SMETHPORT — Former Bradford music store owner Edward Wright is appealing his legal designation as a sexually violent predator. Wright, 69, of Bradford...
Crime, News
Jul 23, 2021
SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court for allegations that he sexually assaulted an underage victim while she was w...
Crime
May 22, 2021
A hearing has been scheduled for next month in McKean County Court to determine if former Bradford business owner Edward E. Wright is a sexually viole...
Bradford, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Feb 13, 2021
I awoke from a deep sleep and was immediately angry. Though my thoughts were still cloudy, I was most upset that something had woken me from a satisfy...
Crime
Feb 12, 2021
SMETHPORT — A Port Allegany man will serve six to 12 years in state prison for three criminal cases related to the sexual abuse of children. Gage Orti...
Crime
Aug 21, 2020
A Leechburg woman accused of having sexual intercourse in front of two teens pleaded guilty Thursday in McKean County Court. Leola S. Davis, 33, enter...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jun 04, 2020
She stood looking alert with her fawn standing nearby. What a sight! Chances were that there was another newborn in the vicinity as well. A couple of ...
Bradford, Local News
Apr 27, 2019
WARREN, Ohio — A man who served 25 years in prison for a 1993 rape conviction has been classified as a sexual predator. James C. Rensel, 60, of 16 Hob...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jul 19, 2018
She stood looking alert with her fawn standing nearby. What a sight! Chances were that her newborn(s) were nearby. Now it’s beginning to be more commo...
News, Round the Square
Jun 29, 2018
DEER: Fawns are doing well in Pennsylvania. A three-year study by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife ...
Crime
May 23, 2017
SMETHPORT — A criminal charge against a Smethport man was bound to McKean County Court Monday before District Judge William Todd. Shawn M. Pire, 46, i...
Local News, News, Online Features
Mar 02, 2017
O nline predators are targeting children at an alarming rate, and McKean County is not immune. In fact, one in five girls and one in 10 boys are sexua...
Local News, News, Round the Square
Feb 26, 2017
A presentation called “Social Media — What Parents Need to Know” will take place at 7 p.m. March 1 in the large group instruction room at Floyd C. Fre...
Round the Square
Jan 02, 2017
SAVING BIRDS: “Birds hitting windows is one of the leading causes of bird deaths in the United States,” according to the American Bird Conservancy. “I...
Crime, Local News, News
Nov 18, 2016
SMETHPORT — A Bradford man accused of having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl pleaded guilty Thursday in McKean County Court. Paul M. Hensle...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
July 31, 2025
President Donald Trump’s tariff negotiations have been largely successful. Not so for his efforts to end the Ukraine war. Trump has expressed increasi...
Lifestyles
July 31, 2025
August is a special month. The pressure is off and it’s time to enjoy the late-season garden. We still have to weed, trim, and water but we can also p...
July 31, 2025
Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire Department, along with Mount Jewett and Kane ambulances, were dispatched at 8:54 a.m. Thursday to a reported tractor...
Local News
Rotary garden blooms with unity
July 31, 2025
On Wednesday evening members of Bradford’s Rotary Club were honored to install a set of Peace Poles within their garden, located at the corner of Mech...
July 31, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — The left-leaning press is ringing the alarm bells: “Trump’s Texas Gerrymander Is Supercharging a New War on Democracy,” says ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
July 31, 2025
According to rankings released by U.S. News, Pennsylvania is the 41st “best state,” positioning itself at 39th in education and 38th in its overall ec...
