The Bradford Era

07/16/2025

Pennsylvania is likely ready to join other states across the country in utilizing a shot clock at varsity and junior varsity basketball games. 🏀⏳

https://www.bradfordera.com/2025/07/16/piaa-advances-proposal-add-shot-clocks-varsity-jv-basketball-games/

07/11/2025

What tributes would you buy a ticket to? 🎤🎹🔊BCPAC wants to know!

07/03/2025

Citing a lack of remorse and no acknowledgement of responsibility, the Pennsylvania Parole Board has again denied parole for Paul Morrisroe.

Citing a lack of remorse and no acknowledgement of responsibility, the Pennsylvania Parole Board has again denied parole for Paul Morrisroe. Morrisroe, 49, formerly of Marshburg, was convicted of homicide by vehicle for the June 2015 hit-and-run death of Dakota Heinaman in Cyclone. In February 2017,...

07/03/2025

We'd like to thank our for the assist on this one! 👏👏Behold, your guide to the July 4th weekend around the area. Peeps, be safe. Have fun, but make sure you're bein' haved. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

The spirit of independence and patriotism is strong across the region. There are several events and firework displays planned to delight locals looking to celebrate the Fourth of July. McKean County McKean County Raceway in Smethport will host the Jason Dunham Memorial Race followed by fireworks Fri...

07/02/2025

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 We have exhausted our usual methods plus AI and haven't seen or heard of any fireworks locally, other than the casino and in Olean, so we will try crowdsourcing! Does anyone know of any Fourth of July fireworks or events in McKean, Potter, Elk or Cameron counties? We're trying to round up the festivities to share with our readers. TIA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

07/01/2025

Take your Johnson, your Mercury, your Evinrude or your camp chairs and your lawn blankets and get to Kinzua Beach this Labor Day weekend, because Kinzua is gonna rock the wake. 🌞🚤🔊 Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau Warren County Visitors Bureau

Take your Johnson, your Mercury, your Evinrude or your camp chairs and your lawn blankets and get to Kinzua Beach this Labor Day weekend, because Kinzua is gonna rock the wake. From noon to 10 p.m. Aug. 30 and 31 and noon until early evening Labor Day, Sept. 1, championship water ski teams, extreme....

06/25/2025

Homicide charges against Thomas McElhattan for the alleged shooting death of a young pregnant woman earlier this month were bound to court Wednesday by District Judge Rich Luther.

The full story will be in Thursday's edition and online here >>> https://www.bradfordera.com/2025/06/25/homicide-charges-bound-court-mcelhattan/

06/24/2025

Bradford City Fire and Police departments staged a tricky rescue Monday evening when officers and firefighters were dispatched to Kennedy Street for a report of a woman who had jumped from the bridge.

Bradford City Fire and Police departments staged a tricky rescue Monday evening when officers and firefighters were dispatched to Kennedy Street for a report of a woman who had jumped from the bridge. Police report a 38-year-old woman jumped from the bridge into the East Branch of Tunungwant Creek a...

06/23/2025

A GoFundMe has been organized for the Stuckey family — Gavin, Brianna, Carson, Dawson and Asher — whose Clermont home was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. No one was injured and the family dog, Bandit, is also safe, but the family lost all of its belongings in the blaze. Another local GoFundMe benefits the family of Jade Sanchez, the 20-year-old Dagus Mines woman killed in a two-car crash in St. Marys on June 14.

Clermont Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire at 8:40 a.m. Sunday on Red Mill Road in Sergeant Township. The residence, which was destroyed in the blaze, was home to Brianna and Gavin Stuckey and their three young boys, Carson, 9, Dawson, 7, and Asher, 9 months; and their family....

06/22/2025

Era staff claimed five wins in the 2025 Professional Keystone Media Awards, announced last week by the Pennsylvania News Media Association.
🥇Era Managing Editor Sara Eddy Furlong earned first place in Enterprise Reporting for "Cyclone Lives Matter," her 10-story series on Catalyst Energy Inc. of Pittsburgh’s wastewater disposal injection well in Cyclone.
🥈Editor and reporter Marcie Schellhammer earned second place for Columns for "Best of the Best," on Simone Biles and the importance of caring for mental health; "Time and age," on being as old as you feel; and "Our community," on National Newspaper Week.
🏅🏅🏅Photographers Wade Aiken and Jay Bradish collected three awards. Aiken won first place in Feature Photo with "Merry Christmas magic" and honorable mention in Sports Action Photo with "Eyes on the prize" and Bradish brought home honorable mention Breaking News Photo with "Vehicle destroyed by fire." The award winners and their photos are posted below.

More information and a link to the winning articles is available on our website here >>> https://www.bradfordera.com/2025/06/22/era-staff-claim-5-awards-state-contest/