State Police in Kane are investigating a theft from a car in Hazelhurst. William Walker called police to report a 500 dollars stereo system stolen. Troopers ask anyone with information to contact them.

A Crash occurred in the early hours Friday morning that left two men injured. 64-year-old Coudersport man Robert Bowman was driving along Route 155 in Eldred when he left the roadway and struck a tree. Bowman and 41-year-old passenger Scott Johnson of Port Allegany both received moderate injuries, and were transported form the scene by Eldred Ambulance.

Bowman’s vehicle sustained severe damage.

State Police in Kane report that a Shinglehouse woman was injured after a crash in Ceres, Township. 22-year-old Fawn Wilson was traveling north on Route 44 when she crashed into a deer, and then an embankment. Wilson was wearing her seatbelt, but she did receive moderate injuries. Her 98 Pontiac received moderate damage.

A James City man pleaded guilty in court to disorderly conduct charges. 50-year-old Elmer Hulings admitted to performing a lewd act in his vehicle, parked at a Kane grocery store in September. Hulings committed the act while he watched people come in and out of the grocery store.

Hulings is currently incarcerated in Elk County Prison on charges for a separate incident. Hulings is accused of rape, aggravated assault, and deviate sexual intercourse charges against an adult male victim. That incident occurred in James City in April. He was jailed in April in lieu of 25 thousand dollars bond.

A Coudersport woman pleaded guilty in court in Smethport Thursday. 39-year-old Angela Allen admitted that she gave alcohol to minors in Port Allegany, and allowed a 15-year-old male to touch her breasts. She pleaded guilty to indecent assault and furnishing alcohol to minors.

A Bradford man pleaded guilty on forgery charges in McKean County Court Thursday. 19-year-old William Magee accepted two forgery charges, one count of theft by deception, one count of burglary, and another of writing bad checks. Magee forged two checks belonging to someone else’s account on September 29 at a Smethport store. He also broke into a Keating Township residence to commit a theft.

In McKean County court Thursday, Joshua Hanson, who escaped from Cameron County Sheriffs just outside Mount Jewett as they were transporting him last July, pleaded guilty and will be sentenced June 23rd. Hanson fled from police as they were stopped at the Hazel Hurst rest stop, stole a vehicle and was apprehended in another state. He was a no show earlier this month, when McKean County Sherrif’s Department did not pick him up from the Tioga County Prison where he is incarcerated for a spree of car thefts in Cameron County.

Smethport will have a new Mayor. Auctioneer Ross Porter ran unopposed for the seat. Porter pulled in 319 votes in Tuesday’s election.

Porter also maintains this website: http://www.smethporthistory.org

Voter turnout may have been high in some polling locations in McKean County, but Judi Ordiway at the county board of elections says unofficially, only 31 percent of eligible voters pulled the lever in Tuesday’s Primaries.

The election board is still counting the votes, and they hope to release official results today.

A Coudersport woman pleaded guilty in court in Smethport Thursday. 39-year-old Angela Allen admitted that she gave alcohol to minors in Port Allegany, and allowed a 15-year-old male to touch her breasts. She pleaded guilty to indecent assault and furnishing alcohol to minors.

Emporium-based state police arrested a juvenile this morning for criminal attempt and burglary. The teen attempted to break into a home owned by 77-year old Cecilia Malizia of Emporium and was apprehended at the scene. A juvenile allegation was filed at the Cameron County probation office.

Once again, Greg Doane delivers. I wish we made money so I could pay him for being the best site contributor I could ever imagine.

He snapped these photos along Burleson Avenue around 10 this morning.

He also deserves commendation as a superb photographer. The photo of the bear at the bird feeders is spectacular!

Although the focus is quite crisp. I'm wondering if you were as close as I think you were. Be careful Greg! We don't want to see you eaten!

-Josh-

We have the "unofficial" Poll results, sent to us by our favorite site Contributor, Greg Doane:

Republican- Supervisor
Bill Grandin--138
Gary Fessenden--122

Democratic-Supervisor
Gary Fessenden--48
Bill Grandin--32

Republican- Tax Collector
Agnes Nolder--181
Judy Eckert--59

The race for Roulette Township Supervisor has not been counted yet. Unofficial sources say Incumbent Supervisor Bill Grandin reigns in the Republican Votes, and opponent Gary Fesseden received more democrat votes. If so, the pair will face off in the Fall elections in November. We’ll keep you posted with more details on the race as soon as the County Board of Elections counts and declares the votes.

The board is currently working on County elections, and may not hit the local municipalities until Friday.

A judge has been named for the newly consolidated district that encompasses Ulysses and Galeton. The unofficial tallies place Delores Bristol ahead of Lisa Burton with 735 Republican Votes, and 353 Democrat Votes. Lisa Burton received 503 Republican Votes, and 295 Democratic Votes.

The unofficial figures are in from the District Attorney Race in Potter County. District Attorney Jeff Leber didn’t fair as well as he hoped, gathering 1,425 Republican votes, and 471 democratic votes.
Opponent Dawn Fink pulled in 1,905 votes on the republican side, and 661 write in democratic votes.

Still waiting on the official totals from the County Board of Elections. Most county polling stations checked in with WESB and COOL 100 NEWS, though, and we can bring you those totals. Election officials could not be reached to confirm that all the votes are in and have been compiled. As soon as the official scores are in, we’ll let you know.

Unofficially, it looks as though more than a few upsets came in last night.
In the race for district Judge, Dom Cercone beat out Chris Hauser for the seat.
Cercone, a member of the Bradford City Police force plans to retire to serve out his term as judge. Cercone says Hauser called him overnight to congratulate him, and offered any help he could to ease the transition.


Cercone says he will begin training a new juvenile officer at the station.

Five will appear on the republican ballots for school board in the fall. According to unofficial tallies, Reverend Arthur Cox, Rita Dincher, Joe Troutman, Pat Vigliotta and August Freda were the top vote getters in the race. Cox, Dincher and Vigliotta, who ran on both tickets show the best chance of landing a seat on the school board, along with Troutman.


Troutman and Freda, both appearing on the republican ticket only will be the race to watch in the fall elections.

Preliminary figures show Tom Riel out-seating Incumbent Kathy Graff for a spot in the November elections. The unofficial tallies show Tom Shay as the top vote getter. Ross Neidich comes in at third for his spot on the Republican Ballot. The Republicna trio will take on Bob O’nuffer as the sole democrat in the November elections.

Bradford Township Police Officer Rich Luther looks like he will fill the District Judge Seat that will soon be vacated by Barbara Boser. Unofficial figures show Luther well ahead of Attorney Dan Hartle.


The district covered by the seat includes Bradford, Corydon, Foster and Otto Townships and the Lewis Run borough.

In the race for Foster Township Tax Collector,preliminart figures show Bill Graham on top. The businessmen took the overwhelming majority of the Foster Township votes.

No attorneys were chosen for the District Judge position. Incumbent Smethport District Judge James Miller will have to step down, according to preliminary figures. The only man running for judge in his district that was not an attorney, Bill Todd, secured the vote.


The district includes Annin, Ceres, Eldred, Liberty, Keating, Norwich, and Sergeant Townships, and Eldred, Port Allegany, and Smethport Boroughs.

State Police are encouraging seat belt usage as a part of their Click-it or Ticket Campaign. State Police Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller announced Monday that seat belt usage has increased in the state to 82 percent. Each State Police Troop is required to set up at least four checkpoints. Seatbelt violators will be cited twice for if they are not in compliance with the state’s seat belt law during the campaign period.
Miller says the goal Is not to issue citations, but to encourage drivers to buckle up.

State Police have released this morning the identities of two men involved in a physical altercation in the village of Roulette. 21-year-old Dustin Mahon and 30 year old Donald Snyder were both charged with Disorderly conduct for the fight near Maple Street in Roulette early Saturday morning.

Four candidates in Port Allegany will be assured a seat on Borough Council William Burleson JR, Judith Taylor, and David Fair are running as republicans, and Roland Simons runs as the sole democrat. The four candidates are looking to fill four vacancies.Recent Controversy over zoning and Burleson’s attempt to build a Dollar General store in Port Allegany’s historic district could make for an interesting term of activity in the borough.

State Police in Coudersport report a Galeton man was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia last night. 21 y ear old Jason Becker was picked up on West Main Street in Galeton.

A Roulette man was pulled over last night on Main Street in Roulette and cited for Driving under the influence. Charges against 38-year-old Joseph Cirko will be filed with the district Justice.

Zippo received good news Monday when The Transportation security administration released a change in the ruling on lighters in checked luggage. The new rule allows zippo lighters without fluid to be packed in bags which are checked, however lighters with fluid in them are still prohibited on flights. Senator Rick Santorum says an empty lighter in a cargo hold is absolutely no threat.

The ruling brings relief to zippo collectors and swap meet attendees, who would have been unable to transport their lighters conveniently if the complete ban remained.

After three recent fatalities in abandoned mine lands in Pennsylvania, Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty today warned Pennsylvanians about the dangers of trespassing in mines and quarries, issuing a warning to "stay out and stay alive". According to statistics compiled by DEP and MSHA, there have been 40 fatalities at mines and quarries in 15 different counties in Pennsylvania since 1989. Congress recently extended the federal Abandoned Mine Lands fund, which provides money to states to reclaim mines that were abandoned prior to passage of modern mining laws. The total cost to reclaim all abandoned mine sites in Pennsylvania is estimated at $15 billion.

Editors Note: In my opinion, which of course means very little. The fact that cleaning up abandoned mines through reclamation offers pretty good competition to the detractors of the Allegany Enterprises coal mining move in Cameron County.

Thunder Rocks:

Some friends took us to Allegany State Park, and up to "Thunder Ridge" to see the glacier deposits.

It's an absolutely beautiful spot. More pictures on my personal blog at http://go.to.joshuakhatcher.com

Two Juveniles are being investigated for damaging a mailbox in SHippen Township. State Troopers say the two males damaged a mailbox at 797 Old West Creek Road in Shippen Township in Cameron County.

A 1 vehicle crash in Shippen Township Friday afternoon left the driver with minor injuries. 61 year-old Catherine Lyon of Emporium was driving her 89 Oldsmobile along Moore Hill Road, where she fell asleep behind the wheel. Her vehicle crossed the roadway and struck an embankment, which caused her vehicle to roll onto its side, trapping Lyon inside. Emporium Fire and Ambulance responded to the scene and removed Lyon from the vehicle.

An act of criminal mischief occurred Saturday morning along West Bingham Road in Genesee Township, Potter County. Someone shot a vehicle belonging to Sandra Lee Eicholtz of Cross Fork with pink paintball.

Along State Route 219 at the intersection near Volunteer Fire Company Road in Horton Township, 21 year-old Joshua Rees was stopped for a traffic violation. It was later discovered that he was found to be DUI. Charges are pending for the Emporium man.

An Emporium man called police to report that someone drove over his mailbox and fled the scene. 62-year-old Clint Weekley reported that the incident occurred sometime Saturday night at his home on Nicklar Road in Shippen Township.

An un-named suspect is being investigated by State Police in Potter County. Troopers say they are investigating an incident Sunday when one person intentionally ran a vehicle into another vehicle.

The incident is labeled as aggravated assault. Police are withholding the identities of both the victim and the suspect until the investigation is complete.

Police have not released the identities of two people involved in a fight in the village of Roulette Saturday. State Troopers were called in to investigate a physical altercation. No further information has been released.

State Police in Coudersport report the theft of a 100-pound propane tank from a camp in West Branch Township. Unknown suspects removed the Kearson LP Gas propane tank from a camp owned by John Kearse of Gaines.

$5,000 was awarded to the winning team of the Kinzua Allegany Walleye Association Disabled American Veteran’s Fishing Tournament. The Wining team of John Fisher of Allegany and Dave Frontino of Port Allegany pulled in just over 10 pounds worth of Walleye. The duo beat out Bradford team Michael Maholic and Brandon Sluga by .02 pounds.

A Bradford man was sentenced in the death of his infant son in McKean county Court Friday. Jeremy Hatch accepted a plea deal last month for the death of Jeremy Hatch Junior in March of 2004.

An act of identity theft occurred in Roulette between the dates of April 25th through May 4th. 23 year-old Lisa Marie McDowell had given her checking account information over the phone to an unknown party, which was offering her a credit card. After obtaining the account information, the unknown party withdrew money from McDowell’s account. This is still under investigation.

PennDot has announced their planned work schedule for McKean County for next week.

• Milling and roadway restoration will be going on Route Six from Lantz Corners to Kane. Traffic will be delayed in that area, please travel with caution.
• Guiderail repairs are planned for State Route 446 in Farmers Valley, State Route 1015 Columbia Hill and State Route 44 Ceres.
• Guiderail removal will take place on Route 321 north of Kane.
• Patching will be done on South Kendall Avenue and Route 59 in Lafayette.
• Pipe replacements are planned on Route 646 from Aiken to Rew and shoulder repairs are planned this week on Bingham Road.