security and public safety

SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman who overstayed her welcome at the Holiday Inn Express was allegedly found to have methamphetamine, crack cocaine and drug...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was arraigned Thursday for allegedly attacking a man whose car struck his residence Monday morning. Johnny W. Krouse, 29, o...

Officers lined up Wednesday, flat against the building at 20 Congress St., rifles at the ready, waiting for the signal. And it’s on — “GO! GO! GO!” Of...

A Buffalo, N.Y., man was arraigned and released on bail Wednesday on allegations that he burglarized a business that was storing a car containing evid...

An Erie man is in McKean County Jail following arraignment Monday on charges stemming from an accident on West Warren Road in Bradford Township in whi...

WASHINGTON — US Senators Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and US Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa.-5, and Kelly Armstrong, R-ND-Ala., ...

The vital services provided by the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies in the region are at a crisis point. Ambulance services, whether voluntee...

ODESA, Ukraine (TNS) — In case anyone still has doubts that Vladimir Putin is a terrorist, consider what he did to this iconic port city over the past...

Bradford City Fire Department Chief Eric Taylor confirmed arson as the cause of Monday night’s fire at 69 1/2 Hillside Ave. in the city and that a sta...

A Bradford man was jailed following arraignment early Monday for allegedly selling crack cocaine out of his room at the Quality Inn on Elm Street in B...

A Shinglehouse man is in McKean County Jail for allegedly threatening to shoot his neighbor over a property dispute. Stockton Sisson, 77, of Champlin ...

Former Bradford City mayoral candidate Paul Berg is in McKean County Jail, charged with his third DUI offense since February. Berg, 70, of Prendergast...

Mount Jewett driver arrested for assault LEWIS RUN — State police were called to U.S. Routes 6 and 219 on July 18 for a report of a two vehicle accide...

FIRE: A century ago, July 21, 1923, an enormous and devastating fire ravaged the Salamanca, N.Y., business district on Main Street. It was the most di...

SMETHPORT — Walter “Ghost” Dennis was sent to state prison Thursday in McKean County Court for numerous crimes involving drugs. Dennis, 46, of Bradfor...

A former Bradford and Port Allegany man who was sending nude photos of himself to children on Snapchat was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court t...

Safely reducing recidivism among people released from prison long has been one of the most difficult questions for the criminal justice system and, es...

A Bradford man was sent to McKean County Jail Wednesday on allegations that he stole a car in Bradford. Ian Paterniti, 20, is charged with theft by un...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey was cut by the Cleveland Browns on Wednesday after police opened an investigation into him being inv...

WARREN (AP) — The Warren County prosecutor said Tuesday that he has asked the state attorney general’s office to take over the investigation surroundi...