BRADFORD – Edna Thomas, 84, of Smethport was operating a vehicle that struck Amy Vleminckx, of Peach Street, Bradford earlier today. Police report that Thomas’s passenger side mirror hit Vleminckx, throwing her to the ground and causing head injuries.  Vleminckx [...]

Rowdy weekend for Roulette Rebels According to the 1490NewsBlog, Richard Diorio, 59, struck a child in the head with a six-pack of beer Sunday night. In a fax sent to WESB and The HERO, State police say 59-year-old Richard Diorio [...]

HARRISBURG – Agents from the Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit have arrested an Ohio man accused of sending nude photos and webcam videos to what he believed was a 14-year old girl. The “girl” was actually an undercover agent who [...]

Court records indicate that officer Philip Hoh filed charges against Edward B. Kralik, 67, of St. Marys, in Judge Donald Wilhelm’s courtroom for Criminal Homicide, 2 counts of Aggravated Assault, and Possessing an Instrument of Crime. Police say 50 yr. [...]

Man trashes Friendly Inn before leading police on high speed chase At approximately 11:30 pm Saturday night police reported they were in pursuit of a Ford pickup truck on Rt. 607 heading towards Keating Summit. The driver continued on to [...]

CATTARAUGUS COUNTY – The woman who fell victim to a fatal traffic accident last week in Salamanca has been identified. Deborah Brown, 52, from Cattaraugus County was operating a Dodge Caravan when she missed a stop sign and entered the [...]

Judge brings the hammer down on Social Workers responsible for handicapped child’s death WARNING: This story is quite graphic and unsettling. By MaryClaire Dale, AP PHILADELPHIA – Judge Stewart Dalzell presided over a harrowing five-week trial this year that laboriously [...]

COUDERSPORT – State police report two instances of theft from vehicles that were parked at local auto dealers. Between June 4 and June 6, culprits entered a GMC Suburban that was parked in the rear of E & G Auto, [...]

COUDERSPORT – Travis Marsh, 23, Coudersport, will have a new trial after the PA Superior Court overturned his convictions of manufacturing, delivering, and possession with intent to deliver drugs. The Court ruled that the PSP Corporal in the case lacked [...]

Sun Gazette WILLIAMSPORT – A Loyalsock Township man faces felony charges for using his cell phone to secretly record a private conversation he was having with his wife, state police allege. Jared Earl Brown, 28, of 1418 Country Club Lane [...]

A Salamanca woman was killed this morning after a dump truck landed on top of her vehicle on Central Avenue. According to Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s deputies, the van the woman was driving went through a stop sign and was broadsided [...]

Sun Gazette WILLIAMSPORT – A man accused of escaping from county prison custody last week and the woman who allegedly helped him hide both were apprehended and charged by city police Wednesday. Timothy Lee Jacobs, 33, whose last known address [...]

A pickup truck and a tractor trailer collided today outside Ulysses, at the intersection of Rt. 6 and Telescope Rd.  near the Black Forest Trading Post, know as the “Deer Park” by many. From 1490 NewsBlog In a fax sent [...]

1490 NewsBlog The investigation into the deaths of a Jefferson County couple has taken police to Emporium. Late last week, police executed a search warrant in the 400 block of Broad Street in Emporium. State police in DuBois didn’t release [...]

Lycoming County Prison inmate who escaped on Tuesday continues to elude authorities. SunGazette By PHILIP A. HOLMES Lycoming County Prison pre-release inmate Timothy Lee Jacobs continued to elude authorities Thursday night, two days after he was last seen running through [...]