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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, Pa., on Friday encouraged local fire departments to apply for federal grant assistance to help with fire preven...

The Pennsylvania State Fire Academy recently accredited two Bradford area firefighters as state fire instructors. Tim Burkhouse, second assistant chie...

JAMES CITY — Just about 10 minutes into Wednesday’s Highland Township supervisors meeting, state police were called for alleged derogatory comments ma...

The Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department held its 35th Annual Awards Banquet Saturday evening at the Interstate Parkway Fire Station. Master of...

"We pride ourselves in ‘safety is number one,’ and it worked tonight,” said Mark Paup, president and CEO of Zippo Manufacturing Co., after a fire in a...

A wildfire Monday afternoon in Lafayette Township turned out not to be as bad as initially feared. Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire Chief Don Fowler ...

WEEDVILLE — A home 71 Garfield St., Jay Township was destroyed by fire Saturday evening. “No human life was lost,” said Chief Richard Krulia Sr. of th...

A Saturday morning fire that destroyed equipment and livestock in a barn in Marshburg, which is partly owned by Paul D. Morrisroe, remains under inves...

SMETHPORT (EC) — The Smethport Fire Department will sponsor a rabies clinic 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the fire hall at East Water and Nelson streets. Al...

A family is homeless and a dog is dead after a fire destroyed their home in Ulysses Township Thursday morning. At 11:54 a.m. firefighters were dispatc...

The City of Bradford stands out among its neighbors because it has a paid fire department in what is mostly a rural area covered by volunteer departme...

ST. MARYS — Thirty years ago the St. Marys Crystal Volunteer Fire Department had to turn away volunteers because there simply wasn't enough gear for a...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail, charged after an alleged drunken driving crash near Bordell Crossroads which he fled from on foot...

SMETHPORT (EC) — The Smethport Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a downed power line on Smethport's South Side early Friday evening, but w...

EMPORIUM — Owners of a Cameron County lumber operation heavily damaged by fire last week are going to rebuild, according to county officials. Emporium...

EMPORIUM —Early Saturday morning, a number of area fire companies were called to battle a large fire at a lumber mill in Cameron County. Members of th...

IN THE NEWS: Bradford’s own Zippo Manufacturing Co. and W.R. Case and Sons Cutlery Co. were featured in a full-length article in the March/April 2017 ...

A couple living at 3282 W. Washington St. lost their home to a fire Wednesday night in Corydon Township, said Corydon Township Volunteer Fire Chief Ma...

ST. MARYS — Recruitment is getting tougher, but the St. Marys Crystal Fire Department has managed to protect the city quite well, according to Fire Ch...

SHINGLEHOUSE — A Shinglehouse family has been displaced after a woodstove fire Sunday night. Members of the Shinglehouse Volunteer Fire Department wer...