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Chittester guilty in McKean, Elk rape cases
Crime, Local News
RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Nov 20, 2019
Michael A. Chittester, a former Bradford man who was facing child rape charges in Elk and McKean County, has been found guilty. Also, two new criminal...
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Jury acquits Salamanca man in December shooting
Local News
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 06, 2019
LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. — A 26-year-old Salamanca man who insisted he defended himself in a December shooting incident in Ellicottville was acquitted Mond...
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Trial planned for Ridgway shooting death case
Bradford, Crime, Local News, ...
RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Nov 04, 2019
A trial is slated to be held early next year for Brian Martin, who is accused in the shooting death of 42-year-old David Corey on May 5 in Ridgway. Ma...
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Bradford man convicted of drug charges
Bradford, Crime, Local News, ...
RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Sep 18, 2019
On Tuesday, a Bradford man was convicted of drug charges after a two-day trial in McKean County Court. David R. Kelsey, 47, was found guilty of a char...
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Kane alumna Chelsea Benson training for Olympic Trials
Local Sports, National Sports, Sports
JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Jul 17, 2019
ITHACA, N.Y. — Roughly 25 years after Kane Area High School’s Amy Rudolph qualified for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta in the 5,000-meter run, another K...
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Two plead guilty to meth lab allegations
Local News
RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Jun 25, 2019
SMETHPORT — Two people pleaded guilty Monday in McKean County Court to allegations related to a methamphetamine lab found at their Liberty Township re...
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Morrisroe appeal again headed to Superior Court
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Apr 05, 2019
Paul Morrisroe’s appeal of his homicide by vehicle conviction is headed to the state Superior Court for consideration. Morrisroe, 42, incarcerated in ...
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McKean County’s DA race heats up
Local News, News
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Apr 02, 2019
The challenger for the Republican nomination for McKean County’s district attorney has made allegations of misuse of discretion and a waste of resourc...
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Mock trial competition sees four local schools advance
Local News, News
FRAN DE LANCEY Era Correspondent delancey401@yahoo.com 
Feb 02, 2019
SMETHPORT — Teams from Smethport, Coudersport, Oswayo Valley and Otto-Eldred took top honors in the first two rounds of the Statewide High School Mock...
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Bradford woman acquitted at trial
Crime, Local News, News
Jan 31, 2019
SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman was acquitted at trial this week in McKean County Court of allegations she kept her son hidden in her home from police in...
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