A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail following an alleged incident last
night on Linwood Avenue.
45-year-old Clayton Jackson is charged with simple assault for allegedly
punching his wife.
Jackson was arraigned by District Judge Dominic Cercone, who remanded him to
jail in lieu of 5 thousand dollars bail.

Two Bradford fishermen have hooked local sponsors for the upcoming
tournament fishing season.
Zippo and Case are sponsoring Doug Yohe and Darrin Pound, who compete in the
eastern region of Cabela's Master Walleye Circuit.
This is the fourth year Yohe and Pound have qualified for the National Team
Championship.
Zippo and Case owner George Duke says the companies are pleased to be
sponsoring Yohe and Pound, and adds that they will represent the companies
and the community well.

It looks like Rick Pecora's plan for a Gentlemen's Club in Limestone has
come to a standstill.
The Cattaraugus County Planning board meeting yesterday told Pecora that his
building is too close to the youth detention facility.

That means Limestone Officials would need to change an ordinance in order to
allow an adult business to set up shop.
Pecora says if Limestone officials are willing to change the ordinance, he's
willing to go forward.

He clarified yesterday that the gentlemen's club would not include any nude
dancers, but would ladies in very few clothes dancing.

The Bradford Housing Authority met Thursday. A unanimous vote officially
approved the resignation of former executive director Shelley Whitman.
Whitman had been placed on suspension with pay last year. Whitman's
attorney says her resignation is in no way an admission of malfeasance or
impropriety.
No charges have been filed, and officials are remaining tight lipped about
the internal investigation that sparked Whitman's suspension.

The 2006 George G. Blaisdell award is set to go to one of the owners of
Zippo Manufacturing.

YMCA board of directors' president Pete Bucheit has announced that George
Duke has been named as this year's recipient.

The award will be presented at an awards breakfast March 7 at the YMCA.

State Troopers are investigating an incident along Big Shanty Road in
Lafayette Township.

Officers say mailboxes owned by Barry Burrit and Richard Button were smashed
last night.

Teens at one local church are getting set to go thirty hours without food.
The teens at Sawyer Evangelical Church in Bradford will also sleep in
cardboard houses, and perform community service projects as they receive
pledges to fight world hunger.
29 thousand children a day die because of hunger and preventable disease.
Teens across the whole world are taking part in the 30-hour famine, last
year, 11 million was raised through events like this for World Vision
international, a Christian Relief Agency.

Kane Borough Police are investigating a burglary.

Police say someone entered the home of Levica Anders in the 300 block of
Greeves Street, and took items without permission. The alleged incident
occurred at the end of January, but was just recently reported.

The Otto- Eldred Old Home Days May be no more.

The following letter was posted on Dukecenterpa.com
Dear Members of Otto Township,

The Old Home Days Committee is in trouble of folding. Currently, there are a
handful of people who attend the meetings; some of these people are from
Eldred. Our president, Dale Magee, has indicated that doesn’t want to head
the event. Dale has done a wonderful job but has certainly put in his time.

When the group originally formed 9 years ago, it was intended that a member
from each organization belong. As every organization benefits from this
event monetarily, it would be advantageous for someone to join the committee
and therefore put in much needed input. As of now, only the Otto Township
Chamber of Commerce, Band Boosters and the Otto Township Fire Department are
represented.

Please discuss this situation at your meetings and see if someone would be
willing to join our committee. We meet once a month at the Franklin
Building – usually the third Sunday of the month at 7:00. Please notify Sue
Zirkle 966-3724 if you are interested and she’ll send you a meeting notice.

Sincerely,

Members of the Otto Township Old Home Days Committee

Fire Saturday destroyed the home of WESB Sports Commentator Tom Bowes.
Bradford City Fire Department responded to a structure fire at Bowes home on
Valley Brook Road. Damage is estimated between 150 and 200 thousand dollars.

Neither Bowes nor his wife was home at the time of the fire.

It appears the fire may have been started by an electrical problem.

It's been in the works for quite some time, and Dr. Edward Epstein,
president of the Temple Beth El announced this weekend that their Jackson
Avenue building has been sold to the Salvation Army.

Epstein says the deal was finalized Friday.

The Jewish congregation is only at about 30 people now, and officials have
said in the past that the Jackson Avenue building was too large for their
smaller congregation. They'll be moving to the former Apostolic church on
Clarence Street.

The sale has irked several Jackson Avenue residents, who claim that the
Salvation Army will lower property values.

Capt. Deborah Weigner says that the operations at the Temple Beth El will
not reduce property values, but rather revitalize a historic property.

A Bradford man was injured in an accident Saturday night. Bradford Township
Police report that 47-year-old John Kelley was headed west on Route 346 when
he lost control and rolled his truck onto its side.
John Kelley refused treatment at the scene, but passenger Steven Kelley was
taken to BRMC by ambulance.

A Pittsburgh man was seriously injured Saturday in a crash in Sergeant
Township. State Police say 34-year-old Kirk Chester of Rochester was driving
on Route 146 when he struck an embankment and rolled his vehicle.

His passenger, Timothy McGonical JR. was not wearing a seatbelt, and was
partially ejected from his window.

He is listed in serious condition at Hamot Medical Center in Erie.

Chester was arraigned on DUI charges.

An SUV driven by a Lewis Run woman crashed on Route 219 Saturday.

City Police report 41-year-old Lorna Smith slid on the snowy roadway, struck
and skidded on top of a guardrail, and came to rest 75 feet away, pinching
of traffic for about 30 minutes.

Police report no injuries in the accident.

A Kane woman was taken to Kane Community Hospital after a crash on Route 321
in Hamilton Township.

Officers say Michelle Bundy lost control of her truck on the slippery road
conditions Saturday. She struck a guardrail, and went airborne, and struck a
utility pole.

Ludlow Fire Department assisted State Police at the scene.

A Bradford woman was not injured in a crash on Route 246 in Otto Township.
Officers say 47-year-old Colleen Duffy lost control while traveling east.
She struck a Guard Rail with her 97 Ford Explorer. Police say road
conditions caused the crash. No charges are pending.

A Freedom, PA man was a victim of a burglary at his camp sometime between
the end of November and this past Friday. According to the report released
by State Troopers in Kane John Kirish's Lafayette Township camp had been
broken into. Kirish told troopers the unknown persons drank a bottle of
whiskey and took a DVD player worth 30 dollars from the camp. Anyone with
information is asked to contact the state police.

State Troopers are investigating a Saturday hit and run incident in Lewis
run. According to the report, an accident involving two vehicles, one
vehicle owned by Jennifer Codren of Lewis Run, and another unknown vehicle
occurred sometime in the early morning hours of Saturday. State Police are
continuing their investigation and ask if anyone has any information on the
incident to call the State Police Barracks.

A Port Allegany woman has been arrested for Driving under the Influence
Saturday Morning. Joanne Crum was stopped for failing to dim her high beams
to oncoming traffic along state route 6 in Liberty Township and was
determined to be intoxicated. Charges are being filed in District Court.

A man has been arrested in the Kane borough for disorderly conduct this
morning. Bret Shank was arrested after allegedly urinating on Welsh Street
near the intersection with Haines street according to Kane based state
police. The charges will be filed in district court.

Cattaraugus Deputies arrested two men at the Seneca Allegany Casino Friday
Morning.

Jason Savage was charged with Criminal Mischief for damaging a Fiberglass
pillar after he allegedly punched it due to loosing money playing at the
table games.

Bradley Kyler was charged with Criminal Impersonation after he attempted to
gain entrance to the Casino with an ID that did not belong to him. Deputies
already knew Kyler before deputies and Security confronted him.

Editor's Note: Not a McKean County Story, But it's proximity is worth
mentioning.

The dispute over the former Angell's building appears to be drawing to a
close. A tentative settlement in the case between the Downtown Business
Revitalization Corp and Roger Feura could see the building being sold to the
DBRC for the original 15 thousand dollars requested. The settlement hinges
on the DBRC board's vote confirming the settlement and a condition in which
Feura has to contact the individuals who removed parts of the interior in an
attempt to get them back.

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford nursing student arrested on a
fugitive from justice warrant is back in Illinois.

24-year-old Raquel Jaquez spent Thursday night in McKean County Jail before
being taken back to Chicago early Friday on several charges linked to the
Murder of Henry Wrobel.

She was wanted in Chicago on a charge of solicitation of murder, in which
she had allegedly attempted to hire, or hired someone to kill someone to
kill a suspected witness to the murder of the World War Two Vet.

A Port Allegany man died in a fire earlier this week.
State police say 44-year-old James Edward Spiegel caught on fire from a
small kerosene heater in a barn on his property. They say Spiegel was
apparently intoxicated at the time.
Police say no foul play is suspected, and a cause of death will be
determined after they receive a blood analysis.

An Eldred man was charged by Olean police for the second time this week.

20-year-old Francis Yeaples was charged with petty larceny and criminal
mischief after he and an 18-year-old from Olean allegedly broke an emergency
light bar off a vehicle belong to Greg Church on Thursday morning.

On Sunday, Olean police charged Yeaples and 18-year-old Joshua Carpenter of
Olean with burglary after they allegedly broke into Angee's Restaurant on
North Union Street and took 250 dollars.

State Representative Kathy Rapp is fighting against cuts that Governor
Rendell's budget makes to the Disabled American Veterans Transportation
Network. She says 50 thousand veterans use the service every year.

Rapp adds that DAV vans take veterans to Erie, Butler and all over the
northwestern part of the state.

A 62-year-old Rochester man is charged with sexual abused after allegedly
having sexual contact with a 13-year-old boy in Olean.

Olean police filed charges against Calvin Bracy on Thursday.

Beacon Light's new residential treatment facility in Youngsville is opening
next week.

The program will be similar to programs currently in operation in the
Bradford area. The target population will be people between the ages of 7
and 17 in Warren and Forest counties, who need mental health services.

Groundbreaking for the 1 point 5 million dollar facility was held n June of
2005.

The open house and ribbon cutting ceremony will be from 3:30 to 6 on
Wednesday.

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is hosting its annual Cultural
Festival on February 25 to celebrate the different cultures represented by
the student body, faculty, staff and surrounding community.

The festival will feature displays on Hispanic, Turkish and Japanese
cultures, among others.

The event is free and open to the public and will be held at 6:30 p.m. in
the Frame-Westerberg Commons.