McKean News

Farmers in Warren and McKean Counties are in line for federal farm disaster loans due to losses suffered from excessive snowfall over the winter.

CADIZ a ' Amie R. Sutherland and Timothy R. Moore were united in marriage March 7 at Scott Memorial United Methodist Church with the Rev.

State police near Erie are searching for vandals who covered a home in ketchup, mustard and toilet paper.

A Connecticut family has been saved from a house fire by a new bride who rushed inside through thick smoke while wearing her wedding gown.

State police near Erie are searching for vandals who covered a home in ketchup, mustard and toilet paper.

Cattaraugus, Allegany, Potter and McKean Counties are under a Freeze Watch from late Sunday until Monday morning.

Photo by Ted Lutz These dignitaries took part in the annual Memorial Day program held Monday at Evergreen Park in Kane.

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted Middle A McKean Township man was sentenced Friday in Erie County Court to six years and two months to 14 years in state prison on charges he tried to kill a woman by restraining her and setting her home on fire Oct.

Photo by Ted Lutz Ken Holmes, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant and a 1966 graduate of Kane Area High School, will speak Monday at the annual Memorial Day program at Evergreen Park in Kane.

State Rep. Kathy Rapp has amended legislation , which provides incentives for school districts to construct cleaner and more energy-efficient buildings, to ensure that all Pennsylvania wood products are eligible for tax credits and other exemptions under the Green Building Standard.

Photo by Ted Lutz U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson speaks Friday at a State House Republican Policy Committee hearing in Warren.

State Rep. Kathy Rapp, R-Warren, will co-chair a House Republican Policy Committee hearing in Warren on Friday.

A pending settlement of a federal lawsuit challenging oil and gas development in the Allegheny National Forest will allow drilling of 588 wells this year but delay all other new wells until a forestwide environmental impact study is completed next April.

The Clarion County commissioners will likely approve a letter today to support a joint effort between the county and Elk, Forest, and McKean counties to go ahead with a feasibility study to see if the counties could benefit from tourism and economic development boosts from a proposed rails-to-trails designation of the old Kane and Knox Railroad.

During the recent Childrena s Reach and Risk Assessment Forum, sponsored in part by Northern Tier Community Action, information was presented regarding statewide childrena s services.

Photo by Ted Lutz A feasibility study is planned for the proposed conversion of the Knox and Kane Railroad right-of-way to a trail system.

Old Man Winter doesn't want to go down without a fight. Bands of snow moving across Western Pennsylvania overnight and into the morning have caused some slick spots in some areas, most notably the North Junction of interstates 70 and 79 in South Strabane, Washington County, where there have been several accidents.

PennDOT Engineering District 2 has reminded businesses in its nine-county area about the importance of keeping state highways mud-free this spring season.

'Flood watch' has a whole different meaning for Dan Cole and Joan Thompson. In 1992, they were among the North Warren residents who lost their homes to flash flooding that resulted in federal disaster declarations for all of Warren, McKean and Elk counties.

The U.S. Forest Service hasn't OK'd any new gas or oil wells in the Allegheny National Forest for almost two months, delaying oil and gas development and causing at least one company to consider drilling ...