security and public safety

Pennsylvania’s 2018 Clean Slate law has helped over a million people get a fresh start by sealing their criminal records a decade after a low-level of...

There are several races that will be on the ballot in municipalities across McKean County in Tuesday’s primary election. BRADFORD CITY TREASURER In th...

All three seats for McKean County commissioners are up for election, and in next week’s primary, each party will elect two candidates to run in the No...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ex-Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving his sports car drunk at speeds up to 156 mph on a city st...

CAGE KICKERS! In celebration of Correctional Professionals Week, we at The Era would like to join District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer in sa...

PITTSBURGH — One after another, more than 100 potential jurors sat front and center in an ornate courtroom on the eighth floor of the federal courthou...

Portville man jailed for alleged catalytic converter thefts SMETHPORT — A Portville, N.Y., man is in McKean County Jail for the alleged theft of catal...

RIDGWAY — A Ridgway woman is accused of involuntary manslaughter and facing several felony charges in connection with the overdose death that occurred...

Someone knocks on the wrong door. An SUV pulls into the wrong driveway. A teen tries to get into the wrong car. A group of kids let a basketball roll ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The bizarre torrent of intelligence documents posted on a gamers’ chat server, allegedly by a 21-year-old National Guard technician...

A Little Valley, N.Y., man is in McKean County Jail after leading police on a chase Thursday afternoon, smashing into at least one police car, all wit...

A retired firefighter who threw a fire extinguisher at police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to more than four years i...

KUDOS: This is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week — the folks who are on the other end of the call when you dial 911. These folks are the f...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The family of deceased Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins has filed a lawsuit against several people, busines...

A Bradford woman is in McKean County Jail for allegedly causing more than $13,500 in damages to a home she was renting on High Street in Bradford. Bob...

COUDERSPORT — Firefighters from multiple departments were on the scene of a three-alarm fire at the Hotel Crittenden on Main Street of Coudersport thi...

SMETHPORT — A preliminary hearing is scheduled in Central Court at the McKean County Courthouse at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, for defendant Ozzy M. Strait on...

OIL CITY (TNS) — The search for a missingOil Citywoman turned into a homicide investigation after her body was found along a bike trail, according to ...

SALAMANCA, N.Y. — Convicted killer Edward Kindt’s release from state prison on parole has been momentarily delayed due to concerns over his placement....

A Lebanon man is in McKean County Jail for allegedly pulling a knife on two state troopers during a traffic stop in Foster Township on Monday. Joseph ...