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    SMETHPORT: DA notes Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
    Local News, News
    SMETHPORT: DA notes Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
    Jan 09, 2024
    SMETHPORT — Today, Jan. 9, marks Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, a day set aside to recognize the difficult work of law enforcement. McKean County D...
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    Port Allegany man jailed for alleged DUI crash, threats against troopers
    Crime, Local News, News
    Port Allegany man jailed for alleged DUI crash, threats against troopers
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 08, 2024
    SMETHPORT — A Port Allegany man is in McKean County Jail for an alleged drunk driving accident in Liberty Township on Monday, after which he allegedly...
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    RTS: LEO APPRECIATION, TUESDAY
    Round the Square
    RTS: LEO APPRECIATION, TUESDAY
    Jan 08, 2024
    LEO APPRECIATION, TUESDAY. Law Enforcement Officer, or LEO, appreciation day is Jan. 9. The day was created in 2015 as a way for communities to show a...
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    Burham sentenced to 25-plus years to 50-plus years in escape, kidnapping of elderly couple
    Crime, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
    Burham sentenced to 25-plus years to 50-plus years in escape, kidnapping of elderly couple
    Jan 07, 2024
    WARREN (AP) — A homicide suspect who escaped from the Warren County Jail last year and was on the run for more than a week before a pet dog led to his...
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    Bill would ban Pa. ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties for undocumented immigrants
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Bill would ban Pa. ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties for undocumented immigrants
    J.D. PROSE pennlive.com 
    Jan 06, 2024
    (TNS) — A state lawmaker wants to prevent Pennsylvania municipalities and counties from designating themselves as “sanctuary cities” for undocumented ...
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    Hayden welcomed at Bradford Township reorganization
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    Hayden welcomed at Bradford Township reorganization
    MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 03, 2024
    The Bradford Township Board of Supervisors Mark Cline, chairman, and LareeSue Behan, vice-chair, welcomed newly elected Edward Hayden to the reorganiz...
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    MOUNT JEWETT: No injuries in small fire at Georgia Pacific MDF
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    MOUNT JEWETT: No injuries in small fire at Georgia Pacific MDF
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 02, 2024
    MOUNT JEWETT — A call around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday of a fire at the Georgia Pacific MDF plant in Mount Jewett brought volunteer fire departments from thr...
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    Bradford woman jailed for alleged retail theft of $137 from Dollar Tree
    Crime, Daily Headlines, Local News
    Bradford woman jailed for alleged retail theft of $137 from Dollar Tree
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 02, 2024
    SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman was sent to McKean County Jail after an arrest for allegedly shoplifting $137 worth of merchandise at The Dollar Tree. Do...
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    No tax increase in McKean Co. budget
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    No tax increase in McKean Co. budget
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 30, 2023
    SMETHPORT — The McKean County commissioners in a special meeting Friday approved next year’s budget with no tax increase. “The commissioners worked ha...
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    Jan. 6 rioter who was sentenced in secret provided information to authorities, court papers say
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Jan. 6 rioter who was sentenced in secret provided information to authorities, court papers say
    ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press 
    Dec 29, 2023
    A Pennsylvania man who was sentenced in secret for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot cooperated with authorities investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attac...
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    ALLEGANY: Bike path stabbing suspect arrested after low-speed tricycle chase
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    ALLEGANY: Bike path stabbing suspect arrested after low-speed tricycle chase
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 27, 2023
    LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. — A bike path stabbing suspect led police on a low-speed chase on an electric scooter tricycle through Allegany Tuesday before he ...
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    Smethport man jailed for alleged threats, cruelty to animal
    Crime, Local News, News
    Smethport man jailed for alleged threats, cruelty to animal
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 27, 2023
    A Smethport man was sent to McKean County Jail Tuesday on allegations of threatening to burn a house down and abusing a dog. Ronald Thompson, 28, of C...
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    Legislator crafting measure to revoke gun permits for people caught at airport checkpoints
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Legislator crafting measure to revoke gun permits for people caught at airport checkpoints
    TONY LARUSSA The Tribune-Review, Greensburg 
    Dec 27, 2023
    (TNS) — Pennsylvanians with a permit to carry a concealed gun can lose that privilege if they are convicted of crimes ranging from shoplifting and wri...
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    Bank robber gets out on parole, then robs Harrisburg bank 6 days later: DA
    News, PA State News
    Bank robber gets out on parole, then robs Harrisburg bank 6 days later: DA
    JONATHAN BERGMUELLER pennlive.com 
    Dec 23, 2023
    (TNS) — A York man is going back to jail after he robbed a Harrisburg bank six days after being released on parole for a near-identical bank robbery i...
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    Carpenter gets 130 to 260 in prison for sex crimes against children
    Crime, Local News, News
    Carpenter gets 130 to 260 in prison for sex crimes against children
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 22, 2023
    SMETHPORT — In what may well be the longest sentence of incarceration ever imposed in McKean County, convicted child rapist Darvin Carpenter will spen...
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    DERRICK CITY: VFD elects first female fire chief in 20 years
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    DERRICK CITY: VFD elects first female fire chief in 20 years
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Dec 21, 2023
    Stephanie Scrivo has been volunteering in fire departments since she was a teenager. Recently, she was elected fire chief of the Derrick City Voluntee...
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    911 Toy Express
    Local News, Online Features
    911 Toy Express
    Dec 21, 2023
    Police and firefighters join together at the Bradford City Fire Station Wednesday evening to sort donations to the 911 Toy Express drive held each yea...
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    Bradford Twp. engine finds new home
    Local News, News
    Bradford Twp. engine finds new home
    Dec 19, 2023
    Members of the Allentown, N.Y., Volunteer Fire Department came to Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department to pick up Engine 151 on Saturday mornin...
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    Felony strangulation charges land one in jail
    Crime, Local News, News
    Felony strangulation charges land one in jail
    MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 18, 2023
    Richard Scott Best Jr. is currently incarcerated at the McKean County Jail, in lieu of $30,000 bail, for allegedly strangling his girlfriend in the pa...
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    Westfield man jailed for alleged rape
    Crime, Local News
    Westfield man jailed for alleged rape
    Dec 16, 2023
    A Westfield man was sent to McKean County Jail for allegations including rape of an infant. Steven Paul Baker, 25, is charged with rape of a child, in...
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    Husband has shown his priorities aren’t at home
    Lifestyles
    Husband has shown his priorities aren’t at home
    June 17, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: My husband works out of state for an oil rigging company 20 days out of the month. He gets 10 days off. When he comes home, we may have two...
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    When in need of an extra hand
    Lifestyles
    When in need of an extra hand
    June 17, 2025
    Dear Heloise: I use pistol-grip grabbers/reachers to pick up small branches from the yard after wind storms. It's also handy for getting things from h...
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    BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Perk up with Penn’s Woods
    Business, Local News
    BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Perk up with Penn’s Woods
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 17, 2025
    There’s nothing like a good cup of joe to help you rise and grind. Now, when purchasing their coffee, residents have the option to support a small, lo...
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    Derby winners
    Local News
    Derby winners
    June 16, 2025
    Bradford Community Pride Lions Club announced the winners of its fifth annual Kids Fishing Derby held Saturday at Marilla Reservoir.  Winners included...
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    Runyan Scholarship winners announced
    Local News
    Runyan Scholarship winners announced
    June 16, 2025
    VFW Post 212 and Frances Sherman VFW Auxiliary announced its 2025 Reba Y. Maben & William “Mr. Bill” Runyan Scholarship winners are Evan D. Confer and...
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    Suicide prevention training aimed at saving lives
    Local News
    Suicide prevention training aimed at saving lives
    Suicide prevention training aimed at saving lives
    Continuing education credits available 
    June 16, 2025
    EMPORIUM —A Penn State Extension in-person workshop will provide evidence-based training aimed at saving lives and reducing suicidal behaviors. The wo...
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