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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...
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Jul 02, 2024
The Rev. James Gutting will retire Monday from lengthy service as a priest at St. Bernard Church in Bradford. With 49 years of service, Gutting will b...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 03, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio — On the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, the 14th-century saint, I was surrounded by Dominican friars, priests who have dedicated thei...
Local News
Feb 13, 2021
ERIE — Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, will mark the beginning of the first full season of Lent to take place during the pandemic. As such, the Office of Wors...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 26, 2020
In response to a letter in The Era on Oct. 19 from John Jeselnick: Mr. Jeselnick contrasts the “brash promises” of President Trump with the “calming c...
Local News
Jul 09, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University has removed the name from Hopkins Hall, the university’s administration building. Some investigativ...
Local News
May 09, 2020
ERIE — As all 13 counties of the Diocese of Erie move into the yellow phase for reopening, the Most Rev. Lawrence T. Persico, bishop of Erie, has anno...
Sep 27, 2019
A priest’s lyrical reference during a recent mass was found to be offensive by a member of the congregation On Sept. 15, the sermon at the evening mas...
Local News, News, Online Features
Oct 17, 2018
A former Bradford priest who was criminally charged for allegations he sexually abused or attempted to sexually abuse two boys has pleaded guilty. Dav...
Local News, News
Sep 10, 2018
The Diocese of Erie has removed from public ministry a priest who once served in Port Allegany and was an administrator in Emporium. The diocese annou...
Local News, News
Aug 21, 2018
In the public school system, the former practice of quietly relocating teachers accused of sexual misconduct was referred to as “passing the trash.” B...
Local News, News, Online Features
Aug 15, 2018
More than 1,300 pages representing years of pain, darkness and horror were released by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Tuesday, in the statewide grand ...
Local News, News
Aug 09, 2018
A letter condemning same-sex marriage as blasphemous and a perversion was included recently in the church bulletin at St. Eulalia Catholic Church in C...
Local News, News
Aug 07, 2018
ERIE — Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico has presided over a sweeping internal investigation of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Erie...
News, PA State News
Aug 07, 2018
ERIE — Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico has presided over a sweeping internal investigation of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Erie...
Crime, News
Jul 20, 2018
ERIE — A priest who had taught at Elk County Catholic High School was among the seven names released Wednesday by the Diocese of Erie as someone with ...
Local News, News
May 09, 2018
A priest and former Bradford Central Christian High School teacher has been arrested on indecent assault allegations filed in Jefferson County. The Re...
Local News, News, Online Features
May 09, 2018
It’s been 36 years since Jim VanSickle spoke to Father David Poulson. The next time the Bradford Central Christian High School graduate sees the pries...
Local News, News
Apr 07, 2018
Michael Amy, Salvatore Luzzi, Samuel Slocum, Joseph Jerge, Giles Nealen, WIlliam Presley, Stephen Jeselnick, David Poulson — these natives of, or form...
Local News, News
Mar 30, 2018
A former priest has publicly named a now-deceased priest, who served in Elk County, as having sexually abused him when he was a teenager in the Erie a...
Local News, News, Online Features
Mar 21, 2017
Five years after his conviction for having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy, former Bradford priest Samuel Slocum has been defrocked b...
Local News
July 31, 2025
A check for $780 was presented to Joe Doriguzzi, center, manager at the Friendship Table , by Connie Shanks on behalf of the Bradford Creative and Per...
Local News
July 31, 2025
Sometimes, the loudest engines can carry the softest hearts. The 28th Annual Kids and Cancer Benefit Run returned to the area July 26, drawing nearly ...
Football, National Sports
July 31, 2025
(TNS) —At the start of Steelers training camp, we focused on five key camp battles we'd watch. Now that we're a full week into training camp with six ...
College Sports, Football
July 31, 2025
(TNS) - Penn State football opened training camp on Wednesday after months of anticipation and buildup as the Nittany Lions prepare for a 2025 season ...
Business, Nation & World
July 31, 2025
Stocks capped a choppy day of trading on Wall Street with more losses Thursday after an early big tech rally faded and a health care sector pullback l...
National Sports
July 31, 2025
—The Pitt and Penn State rivalry has been a much discussed and debated topic for years across Pennsylvania. Though the schools' administrators have no...
