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EMPORIUM — Former Cameron County school teacher and coach Larry McGraw was sentenced to serve 2 to 5 years in state prison for child pornography. McGr...

The Quehanna Boot Camp, located in Clearfield County, opened in 1992 as the first military-motivational boot camp in Pennsylvania for both men and wom...

SMETHPORT — A Wilcox man was sentenced recently in McKean County Court to at least 13 years in state prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old fe...

WASHINGTON(TNS) — PresidentJoe Bidenannounced Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death-row inmates to life in prison w...

By commuting the sentences of 1,500 people who were released to home confinement during the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden dr...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., introduced bipartisan legislation to give millions of Americans a “clean slate” by sea...

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The days of postseason bans and crippling scholarship reductions to punish schools for breaking NCAA rules appear to be winding down. Memphis was plac...

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was suspended for six games Monday after being accused by two dozen women in Texas of sexual misconduct du...

A Ulysses man is in Potter County Jail after he allegedly fled from state police officers who went to pick him up on a warrant. Andrew Wenrich, 25, is...

SMETHPORT — A Buffalo, N.Y., woman was sentenced to a term in state prison for drug delivery and assault allegations stemming from three cases. Briana...

SMETHPORT — A man who pleaded guilty to helping steal chainsaws from a local business and burning the getaway vehicle will serve four to eight years i...

SMETHPORT — A Rixford woman, who was accused of conspiring with then-husband William Tipton to allow him to possess a firearm illegally, was sentenced...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man accused of trespassing, fleeing from police and soliciting someone to tamper with the locks on the truck from the police ch...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman pleaded guilty Thursday in McKean County Court to one charge of recklessly endangering another person. Jennifer L. Therri...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced to a term in state prison for charges in two separate cases, an assault case and an endangerment case. Steven...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced to state prison Thursday in McKean County Court for a DUI conviction. Randon M. Black , 31, of Bradford, will...

SMETHPORT — A Limestone, N.Y., man was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court for a Megan’s Law violation. Floyd M. Perigo, 24, will serve 18 to 42...

SMETHPORT — A Hazel Hurst man was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court to a jail term for assault allegations. Matthew W. Booth, 36, will serve 6...