A Jamestown man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a girl in WalMart.

Foster Township Police officer Tom Munn told us that 40-year-old Jeffrey Bloom was arrested at a quarter to four Thursday by Jamestown Police as a fugitive from Justice.

Public tips led police to Blooms location. Bloom was arraigned before Barb Boser on charges of indecent assault indecent exposure, open lewdness, and corruption of minors.
Bloom allegedly approached four girls in the Bradford Walmart Toy Department, enticing them to come near with toys, then grabbing a ten year old girl, fondling her breasts while exposing himself.

A parade is set for Saturday to celebrate a Hazel Hurst Native.

Jamie Himes Dana was injured when a bomb went off beneath the armored vehicle she was riding in.

She’s spent months recovering at Walter Reed Hospital in DC.

Her former babysitter, and Hazel Hurst Postmaster Nina Nogar says the parade will be held Saturday at 11 in the village to honor the first Air Force woman ever injured in combat.

As the Bradford Ambulance Service celebrates victory in Lafayette and Foster Townships, The Lewis Run Boro did not give them any good news last night.

After an argument Boro Fire Chief Kirk Zandy over whether or not the city of Bradford was crooked, Council put the issue of paying the City for the service to a vote, and gave it one “yes” and two “no’s”.

No special session was set, and council’s next meeting is in December.

The deadline to opt in to the city’s service is in 5 days.

An accident on Route 120 left one woman injured.

61 year old Geraldine Pierce became distracted and the nlost control of her car, running into a ditch near the Old Coke Ovens.

Pierce was taken to ERMC for treatment.

36 year old Joseph Barnhart was driving his motorcycle on Route 120 near EMporium when he hit a deer, and went off the road.
State Police report Barnhart was taken to Altoona Hospital for treatment.

Emporium Borough Police Chief Al Neyman edged out James Fragale in a very close Sheriff race. Neyman grabbed 956 votes to Fragale's 844. Neyman had held the position of Borough Police Chief for 17 years, and the office of Sheriff has been vacant since former Sheriff Mike Chemlar took a leave of abscence.
Voters also elected a new Prothonetary. Mary Grace Olay, a long time employee in the Prothonetary office, won by a lrge margin over Brenda Munz. Olay was endorced by exiting Prothonetary Dave Reed.

Fourteen more Pennsylvaniacommunities will be getting cleaner drinking water and more efficientwastewater and storm water systems with PENNVEST's approval today of $25million worth of low-interest loans and almost $3 million in grants.
Cameron County Emporium Water Company: $305,780 loan to design improvements to anexisting finished water reservoir, a new water storage tank and distributionmains in order to maintain compliance with drinking water rules and ensurecontinued public health protection.

With a nearly 58% turnout of Roulette voters on Tuesday, the Township Supervisor race proved to be a relatively close contest. Gary Fessenden prevailed over incumbent Bill Grandin by a 13 vote margin (203-190,unofficially). Other township offices were essentially uncontested, with Agnes Nolder garnering 339 votes for Tax Collector, and Beverly McDowell 347 votes for Auditor.

Four people were injured on Reed Run Road Sunday morning. State Police say
18-year-old Tracey Spencer went out of control around a corner and hit an
embankment, rolling over several times. Spencer along with her passengers, a
14 year old and a 16 year old from Austin, and 28-year-old James Kelly of
Emporium were initially taken to Charles Cole Memorial Hospital.

Spencer had to be flown to Elmira, NY because of the severity of her
injuries.

Six Bradford juveniles between the ages of 14 and 16 are facing a rap sheet
for an October fire. The five males and one female are accused of setting a
campfire in one of the abandoned homes on South Avenue.

Both houses at 76 and 78 south avenue were consumed by fire. The teens face
charges of conspiracy, reckless endangerment, with other charges possible

As four candidates for Bradford City Council appear on the ballots tomorrow,
only three will move on to retain or take public office.

Tom Shay, Ross Neidich, and Tom Riel are on the Republican ballots, with Bob
Onuffer running on the Democratic ticket. The quartet is finishing up last
minute campaigns today, with elections set for tomorrow.

Very Few elections in McKean County actually will result in a competition.

Saturday Night's power outage in downtown Bradford occurred when 83-year-old
Cecil Rapp of Bradford struck a utility pole. Rapp was charged with careless
driving and leaving the scene of the accident.

Thursday night's South Avenue Fire started in a couch; the state fire
marshal and the Police department say the fire started in a first floor
couch, burned into a wall and up to the second and third floors.

The fire then spread to a garage behind the apartment building.

Police are now looking into what lit the blaze in the couch.

It was legal wrangling, as a mob of people swarmed the County Commissioners
Meeting Saturday at 9, and then the Solid Waste Authority meeting at 10.

Commissioners were upset that the SWA planned to disburse checks from the
landfill sale to 20 municipalities, so they met before the authority, and
dissolved the board, in an attempt to seize the funds.

The SWA met anyway, and wrote checks on the street, in defiance of the
commissioners' order.

A hearing is set for today before Judge John Cleland to determine whether or
not the SWA's disbursements were legal.