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PITTSBURGH — Bradford native William D. Clifford is among six individuals and one law firm to be recognized by the Allegheny County Bar Foundation at ...

GREENSBURG (TNS) — Accounts for any Instagram users under 16 will now be made private, Meta announced Tuesday. Users will now need a parent’s approval...

Pennsylvania is in the midst of a mental health crisis. This health emergency isn’t just occurring in one county or region — it’s happening across the...

Bradford Branch of American Association of University Women Co-president Isabelle Champlin opened the meeting of the Bradford Branch of the American A...

The Children’s Advocacy Center of McKean County staff is marching on Harrisburg Friday to raise awareness of and support for survivors of child sexual...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kamala Harris is at the top of a maj...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s work requirement waiver for food stamps now lasts through Aug. 31, 2025. This is despite recent urging from Republican Hou...

HARRISBURG — State Rep. Mike Armanini, R-DuBois, recently presented Cecilia Bienkowski, who is retiring after 34 years of service in the Elk County As...

SMETHPORT — District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer reported that the Wilcox man accused of having sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl in Mc...

You’ve got big plans. Resign from your current job and find work that makes your heart sing. Spend time with family, maybe research your genealogy. Th...

A few days before a cautionary cancellation of school and activities in Ridgway Area School District, Superintendent Heather McMahon-Vargas brought up...

The City of Boston is expected to spend $34 million in the next year to place low-income families in homes that are “not always decent, safe and sanit...

WASHINGTON — In honor of National Kinship Care Month, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, launched a n...

With the presidential race heating to a boil, America’s looming retirement crisis should take center stage in this election alongside other top issues...

SMETHPORT — One in five children in McKean County don’t know where their next meal will come from. That’s according to a proclamation issued Tuesday b...

The Bradford Area School District school board met Monday evening at Fretz Middle School and voted down a proposed revision of the Discrimination/Titl...

HOW MANY: The average person reads 2,000 books in their lifetime. Really? We found that statistic in many places, but honestly, we know a lot of folks...

Kelly Compton believes that a person’s educational choices should only be limited by their own abilities, not their economic class. As a board member ...

Dale Smith’s misogynistic harangue and blanket condemnation of today’s ethos in his letter to the editor sadly reflects the opinion of the majority of...

In his speech at the Democratic National Convention, Gov. Josh Shapiro said his party carries the banner of “real freedom.” On everything from abortio...