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HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania's state prisons announced Monday they will not allow in-person visits for the coming month because their staff has been...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf announced that as of Oct. 1, the number of people incarcerated in state correctional facilities is 36,743 — the lowest tota...

Before Gov. Tom Corbett appointed John Wetzel as secretary of the state Department of Corrections in 2011, the job primarily was about operations. But...

HARRISBURG — Inmates in Pennsylvania state prisons will be counted in their home districts and not where their prisons are located after a divided vot...

SMETHPORT — A Mount Jewett man accused of asking for sexual images from two children over social media will serve time in state prison. Dustin T. Sher...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man will serve time in state prison for allegations that he had indecent contact with a girl, then threatened to kill the girl’...

A Smethport man accused of having child pornography was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court to a term in state prison. Chad M. Caldwell, 26, wil...

A Roulette woman will serve state prison time for allegations of drug delivery and child endangerment in McKean County. Kimberly A. Bisher, 29, was se...

SMETHPORT — Larry Shroyer, 48, will serve 53 to 106 months in state prison for delivering a mix of butyryl fentanyl and heroin in 2015 to 25-year-old ...

SMETHPORT — A Port Allegany man who previously pleaded guilty in two cases — one a police standoff that had him dangerously hiding on a Bradford rooft...

SMETHPORT — A woman accused in a rooftop standoff in August will serve a term in state prison for two cases. Christina M. Lynn-Hamilton, 28, will serv...

A former Port Allegany woman will serve time in state prison for setting fire to a rental unit as she was moving out. Mindy L. Logue, 59, was sentence...

SMETHPORT — The last of four defendants charged in a 2018 McKean County methamphetamine ring was sentenced Thursday at the McKean County Courthouse to...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man will serve time in state prison for allegations that he robbed a Bradford home, taking prescription medication. Patrick M. ...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court to a term in state prison for charges stemming from two cases. Darryl M. Sher...

SMETHPORT — A Puerto Rican national was sentenced Tuesday in McKean County Court to a lengthy term in state prison for possessing drugs that were smug...

SMETHPORT — A McKean County man was resentenced Friday to at least five-and-a-half years in state prison on a 2011 charge involving the sexual assault...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court to a term in state prison for charges stemming from two drug delivery cases...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man who pleaded guilty last month to allegations he started two fires in the Bradford area was sentenced Thursday in McKean Cou...