Archive - 2013 - News Article
Parents and their small children form a long line Saturday to greet the Easter Bunny at the annual Easter Egg Hunt in Kane. The Easter Bunny is seated on a sidewalk at the former Chestnut Street Elementary School.Â
March 29th
JAMES CITY – The Highland Township Volunteer Fire Department has a new truck to replace Utility Truck 813.
March 28th
LUDLOW – "God's hand was on me in that car."
That's the inspiring comment from the Rev. Jeanne Beers of Ludlow after she miraculously escaped serious injury in a spectacular traffic accident Thursday morning on Route 6 near her home.
March 27th
JOHNSONBURG – On Wednesday, police released further details of their investigation into the death of an 18-year-old Johnsonburg woman whose body was found Tuesday in a park on the outskirts of Ridgway.
The superintendent of the Kane Area School District is contemplating a possible appeal in her "whistleblower" federal lawsuit.
March 26th
JOHNSONBURG – A Johnsonburg man has been charged with first degree murder and related offenses in the death of a young woman whose body was found by police Tuesday morning at an undisclosed site in Ridgway Township.
A federal judge has thrown out a "whistle-blower" lawsuit filed in 2007 by Dr. Maryann Anderson, the superintendent of the Kane Area School District.
SMETHPORT – Community service work in lieu of jail time for criminals saved McKean County $145,080 last year.
This is the figure included in a 41-page report presented Tuesday at a meeting of the county Board of Commissioners.
Nick Martin, 22, was charged Tuesday night with criminal homicide and related charges in the death of 18-year-old Alyssa Forsyth, according to authorities at a 6:30 p.m. press conference. He is incarcerated in Elk County Prison and not eligible for bail.
Unpublished reports on Tuesday indicated that a body was found at Sandy Beach Recreational Park in Ridgway Township. Later, multiple State Police vehicles were witnessed at the corner of First and Spruce Streets in Johnsonburg. A press conference is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. tonight in Johnsonburg at the municipal offices.
