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    Marshburg woman charged with firing rifle near troopers
    Crime, Local News, News
    Marshburg woman charged with firing rifle near troopers
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    May 10, 2024
    A Marshburg woman was arraigned early Friday on allegations that she fired a rifle in the vicinity of state police at her residence Thursday evening. ...
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    Pennsylvania to ban cell phone use while driving and require police to collect traffic stop data
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    Pennsylvania to ban cell phone use while driving and require police to collect traffic stop data
    MARC LEVY Associated Press 
    May 10, 2024
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving, as...
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    State Department issues warning to US travelers to Turks and Caicos
    Lifestyles, Nation & World, News
    State Department issues warning to US travelers to Turks and Caicos
    LINDSEY PULS Wealth of Geeks 
    May 07, 2024
    The United States Embassy in the Bahamas issued a strong warning to travelers headed to Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI): check your bags for forgotten ...
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    A step in the right direction
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A step in the right direction
    May 03, 2024
    The news Tuesday that the Justice Department plans to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug is most welcome. But very, very late in coming. Pr...
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    Suppression hearing set in Hvizdzak case
    Crime, Local News, News
    Suppression hearing set in Hvizdzak case
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    May 01, 2024
    A suppression hearing has been set for May 13 in the federal criminal case against Bradford man Shane Hvizdzak. The hearing will be held at noon in Co...
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    Nolf asking for new trial in 2010 murder of mother, infant
    Crime, Local News, News
    Nolf asking for new trial in 2010 murder of mother, infant
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 30, 2024
    Waide Nolf, who is serving life in prison for drowning a Bradford woman and her infant in 2010, is asking for a new trial, alleging DNA evidence he di...
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    Local volunteer firefighters’ relief associations audited
    Local News, News
    Local volunteer firefighters’ relief associations audited
    Apr 30, 2024
    HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy DeFoor announced the release of audit reports for 44 volunteer firefighters’ relief associations (VFRAs) in sever...
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    Q&A with the DA: Sentencing in DUI cases
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    Q&A with the DA: Sentencing in DUI cases
    STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
    Apr 27, 2024
    (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...
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    Three sentenced to state prison in McKean County Court
    Crime, Local News, News
    Three sentenced to state prison in McKean County Court
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 26, 2024
    SMETHPORT — Three local men were sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court to serve time in state prison. Justin Schlopy, 33, of Bradford was sentence...
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    These are the countries where TikTok is already banned
    News
    These are the countries where TikTok is already banned
    KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer 
    Apr 26, 2024
    LONDON — TikTok is in the crosshairs of authorities in the U.S., where new law threatens a nationwide ban unless its China-based parent ByteDance dive...
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    Night of change at Bradford City Council Tuesday
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    Night of change at Bradford City Council Tuesday
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 24, 2024
    It was a night of change at Tuesday’s meeting of Bradford City Council, as Chip Comilla retired and Brett Butler was named fire chief. Comilla has ser...
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    Butler new fire chief
    Local News, News
    Butler new fire chief
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 24, 2024
    Brett Butler is the new chief of the Bradford City Fire Department, chosen from a field of six applicants. Bradford City Council made the appointment ...
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    Nittany MinitMart kicks off fifth annual fire company fundraiser
    Local News, News
    Nittany MinitMart kicks off fifth annual fire company fundraiser
    Apr 24, 2024
    STATE COLLEGE — Nittany MinitMart announced its fifth annual “Fuel the Cause” Fire Company Fundraiser is running now through June 2. The State College...
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    Camejo, Kimbrough charged in alleged jail fight
    Crime, Local News, News
    Camejo, Kimbrough charged in alleged jail fight
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 23, 2024
    SMETHPORT — An accused killer and a man allegedly involved in straw purchases of firearms are facing additional charges from a jail fight earlier this...
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    Hamas offers an uneven deal
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Hamas offers an uneven deal
    Apr 23, 2024
    Iran’s attack on Israel and the failed attempt by GOP backbenchers to scuttle a foreign aid package have dominated recent news on the Middle East. But...
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    Firefighter Soyke recognized
    Local News, News
    Firefighter Soyke recognized
    Apr 23, 2024
    Derrick City volunteer firefighter and EMT Samantha Soyke was recognized as Firefighter of the Year at the department’s annual appreciation dinner and...
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    Upstate NY grieves officers who died holding line against chaos
    Upstate NY grieves officers who died holding line against chaos
    Apr 18, 2024
    Syracuse PoliceOfficerMichael E. Jensenand Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt.Michael Hoosockwent to work on Sunday and did not come home. They died in a sh...
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    Regulate skill games in Pa.
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Regulate skill games in Pa.
    JOHN ADAMS 
    Apr 18, 2024
    When asked why he robbed banks, the infamous crook Willie Sutton reportedly responded: “Because that’s where the money is.” Today, our communities are...
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    Iran’s attack on Israel was ‘utterly unsuccessful’
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Iran’s attack on Israel was ‘utterly unsuccessful’
    Apr 17, 2024
    The Biden administration is again urging Israel to exercise “restraint” in the wake of Iran’s attack over the weekend. Is it any wonder that the mulla...
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    O.J. Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 76
    News, Sports
    O.J. Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 76
    KEN RITTER Associated Press 
    Apr 11, 2024
    LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend b...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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