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SMETHPORT — Approximately 100 people participated in the first Stand Against Child Abuse Community Awareness Walk Saturday morning in Smethport. After...

SMETHPORT — Tonia Hartzell has received the National Advocate Credential at the advanced level through the National Advocate Credentialing Program. Ha...

(Editor’s note: This story is the third of a series that focuses on sexual abuse and child sex trafficking in the local community and how to help in t...

Data from several local agencies indicate that reports of child abuse stayed the same or actually declined during the period of time McKean County was...

(Editor’s note: This story is one of a series that focuses on child sex trafficking and keeping children safe in the local community.) COVID-19 has be...

Mattresses Across McKean County introduced their project on June 14, 2019, and nearly one year later, they successfully completed their first mattress...

Mattresses Across McKean County has released an application for its first mattress distribution. Program requirements include the following: 1) Must l...

The public is invited to a community open house this week for the new Mattresses Across McKean County program. The open house will be held from 6 to 8...

Christmas shopping can be a tense part of the holiday season, from making sure parents can afford to get the children gifts to helping children choose...

The Blaisdell Foundation has made a generous contribution to a new project that has been introduced in McKean County. Mattresses Across McKean County ...

Fifth-grade students from Port Allegany Elementary School submitted posters for the National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest. All 42 student pos...

St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Smethport has contributed $3,200, or part of the proceeds of the church's recent 15th annual Community Dinner, to t...

How can children be protected from sexual abuse without causing them to be afraid? The Children’s Advocacy Center of McKean County highlighted on its ...

April is a month to spread awareness of the troubles that befall some of the most vulnerable members of the community, and one of the best places for ...