security and public safety

PITTSBURGH — Seven individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and...

A 12:19 p.m. email Thursday of a bomb threat at Bradford Regional Airport proved to be a hoax. Lewis Run-based state police, whose barracks are next d...

SMETHPORT — A Rixford man was sentenced to a term in state prison Thursday in McKean County Court on charges of rape and false imprisonment. Justin Ni...

Have you ever wondered what the vehicles with blue flashing lights were doing? They are headed to a potential emergency situation. Pennsylvania legisl...

A Bradford man was sent to jail after a drug-related arrest Wednesday night on Walker Avenue. Vincent Gagliardi, 31, of 136 Kennedy St., Apt. 2, is ch...

The Derrick City man facing 40 felony counts involving the sexual assault of a child waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday before District Judge Dom ...

Former state trooper Austin Burney is facing numerous summary charges in Elk County for a crash earlier this month, and alleged drunk driving charges ...

HARRISBURG — Legislation sponsored by Sen. Mike Regan, R-Cumberland/York, to expand the list of law enforcement entities covered under the Enforcement...

Two things are true: One, former President Donald Trump’s polling — nationally, in key swing states, and in the first-voting state of Iowa — has never...

At the Nov. 28 meeting, Bradford City Council passed the first reading of a wage ordinance for 2024. The final reading will be at the Dec. 26 meeting....

The following volunteer fire departments announced their 2024 election of officers: The Derrick City Volunteer Fire Department held its 2024 Election ...

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail, accused of taking a chainsaw from someone’s porch and striking a man with brass knuckles, causing serious inj...

A 72-year-old former Bradford teacher is in McKean County Jail for allegedly escalating harassment and threats of her neighbors to the point where she...

KANE — A Mount Jewett man was arraigned over the weekend on allegations that he threatened to lock a woman inside a home and set it on fire. Robert Co...

SMETHPORT — Darian Ramdin was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court to four to eight years in state prison for a July crash in Bradford that kille...

Talk about turning the tables on someone. A woman in Ohio who berated and threw a hot burrito bowl at a Chipotle worker was convicted of assault and h...

The former state trooper arrested for DUI while on the job in Mount Jewett in 2022 has had two more run-ins with the law. Austin J. Burney, 30, of Coo...

SMETHPORT — A Duke Center man was convicted following a two-day trial in McKean County Court of raping a child between 2019 and 2021. Sebastian Vancam...

It’s often said that our children are our most precious resource. In order to protect and preserve this vital resource, we must invest in their care n...

For the last nine years, Bradford’s children in need have been getting a little extra help from the city’s first responders — in the form of the 911 T...