August 12, 2026
SMETHPORT — The McKean County Fair will celebrate its 120th year Aug. 16 to 22 with the agriculture, entertainment and family traditions that have bro...
August 12, 2026
SMETHPORT — A consultant’s study of emergency medical services across six north-central Pennsylvania counties confirmed what local providers know all ...
August 11, 2026
The Bradford Township supervisors said they’re hopeful Niles Hollow Road, which was heavily damaged by torrential rainfall July 28, will be reopened t...
August 11, 2026
SMETHPORT — McKean County commissioners on Tuesday approved a three-year, $216,409 allocation of opioid settlement funds to support a certified recove...
Local Sports
August 12, 2026
OLEAN, N.Y. — The 57th Penn-York season came to a close Monday, Aug. 3, at Bartlett Country Club, and the finale produced a new Division I champion an...
Local Sports
August 12, 2026
The engines will be louder, the stakes will be higher and the racing will be anything but ordinary this Saturday night as Bradford Speedway prepares t...
Local Sports
August 12, 2026
Registration is underway for the 2026 Bradford Corporate Challenge, scheduled for Sept. 17. The Bradford YMCA expects about 800 participants to come t...
Football, Local Sports, National Sports, ...
August 11, 2026
LATROBE — There was a time when the preseason felt like the Super Bowl to Aaron Rodgers . Now is not that time. While the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterb...
Local Sports, Sports
August 10, 2026
Brady rallies from 7-hole deficit in finals rematch OLEAN, N.Y. — Only one Championship Final in SWNY-NWPA Men’s Amateur history has ever required mor...
Business News, Local News
Aug 13, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Thursday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pu...
Local News, News
Aug 12, 2026
A complete reconstruction of West Washington Street in the city — and the water and sewer infrastructure beneath it — is another step closer as the ci...
Local News
Aug 12, 2026
Fraternal twins Ophelia and Delilah Griesbaum dance to the music of Darkwater Duo at Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center’s Summer Nights in S...
Local News, PA State News
Aug 11, 2026
Republican Sen. Jarrett Coleman is the prime sponsor of a proposal that would make stop signs and red lights function as yields for all Pennsylvania c...
Local News
Aug 11, 2026
Average gasoline prices in Pennsylvania fell 9.5 cents per gallon during the past week to $4.10, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 5,269 stations. The...
Local News, PA State News
Aug 11, 2026
MEDIA — The Pennsylvania Resources Council is accepting entries for its 2026 Gene Capaldi Lens on Litter Photo Contest. Amateur photographers may subm...
Local News
Aug 11, 2026
Bradford Ecumenical Home resident Jim Guelfi visits with his nephew, Mike Salerno, and Salerno’s wife, Stacie, while resident Kay Manuson enjoys time ...
Local News
Aug 11, 2026
MACHIAS, N.Y. — The Cattaraugus County Museum’s “Summer at the Stone House” series will continue at 7 p.m. Thursday with traditional American music pe...
Local News
Aug 11, 2026
Bradford native and USA Today-bestselling author David Poyer will release “Yucatán Blue,” his latest Tiller Galloway underwater thriller, in September...
Local News
Aug 11, 2026
KANE — Kinzua Bridge State Park will offer three programs Aug. 15 and 16. An Introduction to Archery program will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday. Participa...
Crime News, Local News
August 11, 2026
SMETHPORT — Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the theft of two fentanyl patches from Sena Kean Manor at 17083 Route 6. The patches were repo...
Crime News, Local News
August 11, 2026
A Bradford woman was jailed on $25,000 cash bail after allegedly swinging an axe or hatchet at a man during a disturbance Sunday. City of Bradford Pol...
Crime News, Local News
August 10, 2026
A 42-year-old man was jailed on $10,000 cash bail after allegedly threatening several people with a knife during an incident on East Main Street. City...
Gallery, Local News
August 10, 2026
Annie Wolfe and Denise Carlson, dressed as Sonny and Cher, lip-sync to “I Got You Babe.” From Vikings and Dala horses to a glow party, pet parade and ...
Gallery, Local News
August 10, 2026
Fireworks light up the sky over downtown Bradford Saturday evening during the annual Italian Festival. Find more photos online and on page A-.
Gallery, Local News
June 29, 2026
Wade Aiken and Pam Fischer captured scenes from Smethport's Arts on the Island Weekend, held June 26 to 28 at Hamlin Lake Park in Smethport. The festi...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
August 13, 2026
Movies are back! (Again.) There have been stories in the recent past about how going to the movies was becoming a thing again — see “Barbenheimer” in ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
August 13, 2026
Almost 15 months after Cameron Hamilton was fired for defending FEMA during a congressional hearing, the U.S. Senate confirmed him as FEMA's top admin...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
August 13, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Hardly a day goes by that President Donald Trump doesn’t vow to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon and denounce the decade-...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
August 12, 2026
The New York State Museum receives annual grant funding from the U.S. Geological Survey’s STATEMAP program, part of the Department of the Interior, wh...
Lifestyles
August 13, 2026
DEAR ABBY: I have been widowed for seven years. My husband served in the Air Force in Saigon during the conflict in Vietnam. We met and married shortl...
Lifestyles
August 13, 2026
Dear Heloise: I live in Texas, and there's no way that I'm going to leave my trash can open to feed any roaches that may have wandered into the house....
Round the Square
August 13, 2026
PETS: Only three U.S. presidents haven't had pets while in office —James K. Polk, Andrew Johnson and Donald Trump. The president with the most pets wa...
August 12, 2026
The eighth annual Jack Alviti Memorial Cornhole tournament will take place Saturday at Byllye Lanes. The event, which is a two-person team, double-eli...
Football, National Sports, PA State Sports, ...
August 12, 2026
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has one regret about starting his final NFL season with an exhibition game against the team that drafted...
Football, National Sports, PA State Sports, ...
August 12, 2026
PITTSBURGH — The vibes for Mike McCarthy and Eli Heidenreich over the last few months have been immaculate. How could they not be? The chance for McCa...
