Crime, News
Mar 24, 2017
The state Supreme Court has denied permission for an appeal from Michael Stephanic Jr., convicted of gunning down his ex-girlfriend outside the Easter...
Local News, News, Online Features
Mar 23, 2017
Paul Morrisroe, convicted in January of killing Dakota Heinaman in a hit-and-run incident while drunk and high, has filed an appeal of his 7½- to 15-y...
Online Features
Mar 04, 2017
A McKean County woman is facing federal charges after allegedly distributing heroin in Franklin County. Jessica Lynn Ita, 30, is charged with criminal...
Crime, Local News, News
Feb 18, 2017
COUDERSPORT — Coudersport man Derrick Gleason has been convicted of causing the death of two women in a car crash in September 2015 in Wharton Townshi...
Local News, News, Online Features
Jan 31, 2017
Sentencing has been set for Feb. 22 for Paul Morrisroe, convicted last week by a Venango County jury for the hit-and-run crash that claimed the life o...
Local News, News, Online Features
Jan 25, 2017
FRANKLIN —Both the prosecution and defense have rested their cases in the fatal hit-and-run trial of Paul Morrisroe in Venango County Court in Frankli...
News, Round the Square
Jan 24, 2017
MOCK TRIAL: Come Friday, the McKean County Courthouse will be harboring some suspiciously young lawyers. That’s when local high school students will t...
Local News, News
Jan 11, 2017
There’s one week to go before the trial for Paul Morrisroe, accused of homicide by vehicle in the 2012 fatal hit-and-run crash in Cyclone, begins in V...
Crime, Local News, News
Jan 05, 2017
A Duke Center man accused of deceptive business practices was found guilty of several charges after a two-day trial in McKean County Court. On Wednesd...
Local News, News, Online Features
Jan 02, 2017
Seldom has a top story of the year for The Era impacted as many people as the one for 2016 has — the opioid epidemic. Lives have been lost, families h...
Local News, News, Online Features
Dec 14, 2016
A judge has denied a request to limit some drug- and alcohol-related testimony in the upcoming trial of the Marshburg man accused of killing 20-year-o...
Crime, Local News, News
Dec 13, 2016
The state Superior Court has denied the appeal of a former Smethport man serving at least 40 years in prison for rape. Randy Waid, 52, is currently in...
Local News, News
Dec 10, 2016
Barry Lindsey, a man accused of posing as a lawyer in McKean County, will serve two to four years in state prison. Lindsey, 63, whose address is liste...
Crime, News
Dec 08, 2016
JOHNSONBURG — Anthony Karl Milliard has been charged in district court for lying under oath before a jury during his father’s arson trial in September...
Crime, Local News, News
Dec 08, 2016
SMETHPORT — A Kane man was acquitted of eight gun-related charges at trial Tuesday in McKean County Court, but was found guilty of possessing drug par...
Crime, Local News, News
Dec 08, 2016
RIDGWAY — President Judge Richard A. Masson has denied the post sentence motions made by Francis Anthony “Tony” Milliard in which Milliard asked for a...
Local News, News, Online Features
Nov 30, 2016
The state Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from Nicholas Martin, convicted in Elk County in 2015 for the brutal murder of his teena...
Crime, Local News, News
Nov 16, 2016
McKean County’s top prosecutor said the motions to dismiss charges in the fatal hit-and-run case against Paul Morrisroe have already been rejected by ...
Local News, News, Online Features
Nov 02, 2016
Four motions were filed Tuesday in McKean County Court in the criminal case against Paul Morrisroe, charged in the fatal hit-and-run crash in June 201...
Crime, News
Nov 01, 2016
EMPORIUM (EC) — A bail modification hearing held last week paved the way for a local woman to be released from jail after 19 months of incarceration w...
PA State News
August 2, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Making wine is a complex endeavor — it depends on grape composition, microbes like yeast, and environmental conditions such as tempe...
Business, Nation & World, PA State News
August 2, 2025
(TNS) — If there was any takeaway from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s first public meeting on the restart of the nuclear power station at Three M...
Lifestyles, Local News, Local Sports, ...
August 2, 2025
Mast crops are spotty this year, except for acorns. Soft mast, like apples and wild cherries, seems to be minimal to none in most areas. Soft mast blo...
Round the Square
August 2, 2025
EXCITED: It's August — are you getting excited for the fabulous events in McKean County during this back-to-school month? It's Festa Italiana in Bradf...
Lifestyles
August 2, 2025
Dear Heloise: When hanging up pictures, it is best to drill a pilot hole into the plaster for the nail before hammering it in. If one does not drill a...
Lifestyles
August 2, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I made a terrible mistake moving 2,000 miles across the country to be closer to my grandchildren. In the past, I have always noticed my son...
