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SMETHPORT — Despite defense requests for postponement, the February trial for Roberto Perez will move forward as scheduled. A ruling issued Thursday b...

Not guilty. It was the end to a more-than-two-year legal saga — was the shooting of Melvin Bizzarro by his father-in-law Stephen Stidd murder, or was ...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man who was scheduled to appear for trial Monday in McKean County Court has pleaded guilty. James H. Bolyard Jr., 26, pleaded g...

A bench trial has been scheduled for this week in federal court in Erie in the lawsuit by Seneca Resources against Highland Township. The matter is sc...

A man who appeared for a theft trial Tuesday in McKean County Court received a mixed verdict from the jury. Richard B. Dinch Sr., 57, was found guilty...

SMETHPORT — The homicide trial for Stephen Stidd continued Monday morning in McKean County Court, with powerful testimony from Michelle Bizzarro, wido...

SMETHPORT — The trial for Stephen Stidd continued this morning in McKean County Court, with testimony from a forensic toxicologist who talked about bl...

SMETHPORT — Five McKean County jurors were picked by lunchtime Monday in the homicide trial of Bradford businessman Stephen Stidd. Jury selection bega...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman who is accused of giving a fatal dose of fentanyl to a Driftwood man has asked for a jury trial. Amber M. McKinney, 36, a...

A West Virginia man has been acquitted of allegations of rape after a three-day trial in McKean County Court. Juan Luis Hernandez-Cruz, 32, of Morgant...

Bradford man Stephen Stidd remains incarcerated for now as he awaits an October trial date for allegations in the shooting death of his former son-in-...

SMETHPORT — Four Smethport men were found not guilty at a two-day trial for trespassing allegations, while one of those men was found guilty of provid...

Attorneys for Stephen Stidd, the Bradford businessman accused of killing his son-in-law in 2015, are asking a judge to consider letting him out of jai...

Trial has been set for October in the homicide case against Bradford businessman Stephen Stidd, accused of shooting his son-in-law in January 2015 beh...

McKean County President Judge John Pavlock has written a 77-page statement on why the state Superior Court should deny Paul Morrisroe’s appeal. The ap...

SMETHPORT — A summary trial scheduled for a former Bradford City police officer accused of retail theft that was scheduled for Monday has been postpon...

SMETHPORT — Attorneys continued to prepare for a trial in a homicide case against Bradford man Stephen Stidd with a hearing on discovery issues on Wed...

SMETHPORT — A Rixford woman who is facing allegations in two criminal cases — one a related to firearms and the other related to rape allegations — as...

The opening salvo of Paul Morrisroe’s appeal to the state Superior Court has been filed, and among the 38 allegations of trial court error was Judge J...

The high profile trial — and mistrial — of Bill Cosby may be changing the conversation about sexual assault in the nation. Seeing “America’s Dad” as a...