Editorials
Aug 26, 2020
The U.S. Postal Service is, as its name implies, a service — one vital to the nation in delivering documents, packages and medicines. And, yes, ballot...
Editorials
Aug 25, 2020
The photos of suffragists marching in their white gowns suggest a movement calm and elegant and a cause self-evident and benign. We often recall the q...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 22, 2020
American politics is the most expensive game in the world. You have to pay to play. Private interests with the means to pay are uniquely positioned to...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 22, 2020
For the estimated 30 million out-of-work Americans struggling to make ends meet during a virus-fueled economic collapse, Friday marks four weeks of li...
Bradford, News, Round the Square
Aug 22, 2020
COUCH POTATOES: The average Pennsylvanian watched 451 hours of TV during lockdown, according to a survey done by Ezvid Wiki, a video wiki, software an...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 21, 2020
The question is this: Do Americans eager for a change know enough now about Joe Biden to vote for him with enthusiasm? Are they persuaded of his decen...
Bradford, Opinion
Aug 06, 2020
At a time when rational discourse could help the country begin to heal, Democrats and Republicans aren’t even speaking the same language. A 2017 study...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 05, 2020
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved the creation of another Smithsonian institution, a National Latino Museum. It was one more sign ...
Editorials, Opinion
Jul 28, 2020
There’s a presidential election coming up. Millions of Americans will depend on absentee and mail-in ballots to cast their votes for president, senato...
Coronavirus, Local News
Jul 01, 2020
Expanding on the business safety order signed by Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine in April that requires the wearing of masks in businesses, Gove...
Bradford, Local News, News, ...
Jun 23, 2020
NEIGHBORS: Having to remain indoors during lockdown means getting creative when communicating with family and friends, such as via video calling apps....
Bradford, News, Round the Square
Jun 06, 2020
D-DAY: Today is the 76th anniversary of D-Day. We got our annual call from Bradford veteran Elmer Delucia this week reminding us of the anniversary. D...
Сolumns
Jun 04, 2020
The other day I saw an acquaintance in the store. We exchanged the usual pleasantries, but when I asked how things were going, she said, “I thought we...
Bradford, Round the Square
May 30, 2020
GREEN PHASE: While Friday was the first day of the green phase for McKean County residents (and those of 16 other counties), there are people spread t...
Letters to Editor
May 19, 2020
There have been many letters to the editor recently advocating opening up the economy, no matter what the cost. These are one-sided arguments that pay...
Bradford, Local News, News
Apr 23, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With families encouraged to stay at home due to the nationwide health crisis, the Drug Enforcement Administration is asking America...
Coronavirus, Local News
Mar 31, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging all Americans to only flush toilet paper, not disinfecting wipes or other non-flu...
Local News
Feb 29, 2020
ST. MARYS — Americans for Prosperity will be holding a free, two-day seminar at the Best Western in St. Marys on March 6 and 7. On Friday, the seminar...
Bradford, Local News, News, ...
Nov 11, 2019
Poem: Today we share a poem in honor of veterans day, penned by one of our own local veterans, Donald Neal — who is a veteran of the Korean War. Novem...
Local News, Online Features
Sep 12, 2019
SMETHPORT — The thousands of innocent victims who perished in the worst attacks on Americans in our history on September 11, 2001, were remembered Wed...
Opinion, Сolumns
April 25, 2025
It was no surpriseTommy Chongshowed up inColoradolast Sunday at the so-calledMile High420 Festival. The onetime comedian and sometime actor was best k...
News, Round the Square
April 25, 2025
WEIRD LAWS: Isn’t it entertaining to look at some of the laws still on the books? This one, if enforced, might put a stop to storefront psychics — in ...
Local News, News
April 25, 2025
The McKean County Conservation District (MCCD) spent the last week celebrating Arbor Day by sponsoring the My Growing Tree program throughout the coun...
Lifestyles
April 25, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I’m in my early 40s and have been working hard since my mid 20s. I have a nice house that my wife and I are trying to pay off and two kids....
Lifestyles
April 25, 2025
Dear Heloise: One way to avoid items that get left in pockets — and I taught this to my children — is to put your hands in your pockets and push down ...
Local Sports, National Sports, Sports, ...
April 24, 2025
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Maxwell Hairston’s blistering speed wasn’t the only thing that helped convince Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane t...
