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HARRISBURG — The American Tort Reform Foundation has labeled Pennsylvania as the nation’s worst “Judicial Hellhole” in a new report. “Lawsuit abuse in...

The McKean County commissioners have introduced the 2025 budget with a 10.20% increase. While none of the three commissioners immediately returned mes...

The last of three defendants charged in the 2020 kidnapping, assault and murder of Joshua Ramos, 19, of Potter County, has pleaded guilty. Kyle Moore,...

(Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...

( Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor shoul...

Drug and weapons charges against a Buffalo, N.Y., man were bound over to McKean County Court at a hearing Thursday before District Judge Bill Todd. Mi...

(Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...

PORT ALLEGANY — K9s LG, Nico and Coal accompanied McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer and handlers Bob and Vicki Rinfrette on...

Many families were concerned Friday when they received notification of a potential threat at Bradford Area High School. Students and faculty at the hi...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Two former Penn State football players facing felony rape charges are free on bond while they await their next hearing. Kave...

A Bradford man charged with the alleged physical abuse of two children in 2022 has been found not guilty of the charges. Cory P. Placer, 52, was exone...

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail for allegations of selling crack in February in the City of Bradford. Russell Tallentire, 34, of East Main Str...

SMETHPORT — Two people were sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court on drug charges after arrests by the county drug task force. Jonathan Colts, 39,...

(Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...

SMETHPORT — A former Bradford woman was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court to serve time in state prison for a drug case, and for engineering a...

A plea hearing has been scheduled for next month for the Galeton man accused in the kidnapping, assault and murder of 19-year-old Joshua Ramos in Pott...

Finding an attorney in rural Pennsylvania might not be as easy as one might think. The Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board reports that 81 attorneys are l...

HARRISBURG — Longtime homeowners in all but two of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties face the same problem: property tax bills that rise every year, often be...

The second of the three defendants charged in the 2020 kidnapping, beating and murder of 19-year-old Joshua Ramos in Potter County has pleaded guilty ...

KANE — A Rixford woman has been charged with allegedly making threats against another person at her residence Monday. Megan Gulack, 39, of 1778 Looker...