February 2026

Penn College is scheduled to open its season under a new head coach with a doubleheader on Saturday against crosstown rival Lycoming College at 1 p.m. at the Lycoming Valley Intermediate School field.

Last season: 28-17 overall, 14-8 all UEC, 10-6 UEC regular season.

Coach: Amber Savage, first season. Career record: 0-0.

Top returnees (last season’s statistics): Sophomore pitcher/outfielder Mackenzi Tice, of Mansfield (13-6 W-L, 1.82 ERA, 163 K, 42 BB, .364 BA); sophomore catcher/outfielder Payton Crawford, of Bloomsburg (.350 BA, ); sophomore shortstop/second baseman Harley Kunes, of Mill Hall (.277 BA); sophomore outfielder Carissa Lusk, of Lititz (.154 BA); sophomore catcher/first baseman Astyn Calaman, of Elizabethtown (.234 BA); sophomore third baseman Ryleigh Rinker, of Poway, California (.250 BA).

Twice in the last three seasons, the Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestling program was represented at the NCAA Division III National Championships. This weekend, the Wildcats will be looking to add to that list.

Action in the Region 2 Championships at Ithaca College gets underway at 10 a.m. on Friday and continues at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The top three finishers in each weight class will earn a trip to nationals on March 13-14 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

On February 25th Lawrenceville Fire Department was dispatched to Station Rd and Depot Hill Rd for wires down on a semi truck with multiple utility poles damaged . The road is blocked

On February 25th St. Marys Fire Department was dispatched to 1011 Trout Run RD, St. Marys, for a fire alarm

The annual Property Tax/Rent Rebate Clinics hosted by Rep. Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter) continue with events in Bradford, Ulysses and Galeton. The schedule is as follows:

• Bradford Senior Center, 60 Campus Drive, Bradford: Monday, March 2, 9-11 a.m.
• Ulysses Senior Center, 522 Main St., Ulysses: Tuesday, March 3, 9:30-11 a.m.
• Galeton Senior Center, 71 Germania St., Galeton: Wednesday, March 4, 9:30-11 a.m.

The service is free, and no appointment is required.  

For a full schedule of upcoming clinics, visit www.RepCauser.com/events.

The Property Tax/Rent Rebate program benefits eligible residents 65 years and older; widows and widowers 50 years and older; and people with disabilities 18 years and older. This year’s income limit is $48,110 for both homeowners and renters; be sure to exclude 50% of Social Security or railroad retirement income. The maximum rebate is $1,000.

To file for the rebate, residents must have the following documentation to allow claims to be processed:

50% off Giftware, Toys, Purses, and Cards.

75% off Christmas Items.

Hours:

Monday 11 – 6

Tuesday 11 – 6

Wednesday 1 – 6

Thursday 11 – 6

Friday 11 – 6

Saturday 10 – 4

Sunday CLOSED

***Thank you to the owners & staff for being so kind and helpful

to our community for so many years. ***

Solomon’s Words

The To Fill A Backpack program is having a “12 Days Of Cash” raffle to benefit our 2026/2027 distribution.  Now reaching out to 9 different counties which will add approximately 500 to 600 additional children in need, we will need all the help we can get.

If you are interested, feel free to send your payment through one of the online payment options (Please see info in red) and be sure to note the Pay Code shown in the notes with your payment.  Please mark your payment accordingly so that we do not get charged fees if possible. Feel free to send a check to the following address:

TFABP
Attn: 12 Days

85 Burleson Av

Roulette, PA  16746

Or feel free to give us a call at (814) 544-5802 for more information

Andy KulpTo Fill A BackpackEmail: info@tofillabackpack.org

On February 24th Welsboro Fire Department was dispatched to Rt. 287 near Sweet Briar Rd,  in Delmar Twp. For a vehicle fire with possibly no injuries the fire is contained in the engine compartment

Coyotes Coming in at Rolfe’s Hunt or Trap

Johnsonburg, Pa.:  The last day is always a busy one at Rolfe’s Statewide Coyote and Fox Hunt or Trap at Rolfe.  Despite the heavy snow over Saturday and Sunday, the predator hunters were out.  Joe Fremer, predator hunter out of Brockway, started off the afternoon at Rolfe’s Weigh Station by bringing in a large, 36.6#, male coyote.  Joe was hunting up in Elk County on private lands on Friday evening when the coyote entered his field stand.  Joe does not use any call – just scans with a thermal scope.  Joe harvested the large coyote with a .223 rifle. 

Reese Ehrensberger and Brady Nussbaum continued their successful harvests on predators.  They use .22-.250 and .243 rifles with thermal scopes and use a Fox Pro electronic call.  Brady started off Friday evening with the harvest of a large, 43.4#, male coyote close to Ridgway on private lands in Elk County.  On Saturday they moved to another stand on private lands in Elk County and Reese was able to harvest two red foxes, a 7.4# female near 9:00 p.m. and then another female weighing 8.6# near 11:00 p.m.   Continuing on into the evening into Sunday morning, Reese was able to call in a coyote at another stand near 1:00 a.m.  The male coyote weighed in at 32.6# at Rolfe’s Weigh Station.

Hunters are reminded that Rolfe’s next predator hunt for coyotes and crows will be ten days bracketing the Labor Day Weekend in September of 2026.

District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer reaches out to residents asking for their help as community partners.  More and more people have security cameras on the outside of their homes.  These cameras have become extremely valuable in many cases – from capturing an automobile crash to capturing evidence of a homicide.  Anyone following the Nancy Guthrie missing person’s case in Arizona sees how her camera may ultimately solve her disappearance.

It would be helpful for police to know where neighborhood cameras are before a serious crime occurs.  We are trying to determine where cameras are in our county so that we save critical hours locating them in the event of a crime, particularly when many cameras record over their own footage after a few days. 

This option of registering your camera at your home or business is completely voluntary and does not allow the police to access the footage. Registering merely lets the officers know who to contact to ask about any footage if a crime occurs in that vicinity.  If a crime occurs in the vicinity, the officers will ask you if you would be willing to check and share your footage. 

Many critical hours are spent by police going door-to-door to find out who in the vicinity of a crime has a camera on the outside of their house that may have captured something. There have been many times when residents have contacted police when they hear of a crime that occurred in the area of their home and notified them of the presence of a camera. But there are more times when the resident does not know of an active investigation where they would think of calling police. 

For anyone interested in helping, we are asking you to register the location of your camera by going to our Crimewatch page at McKeanDA.org.  Click on the “Prevention & Awareness” tab and click on “Camera Registry” from the drop-down list.  From there, you can fill out the information so that officers know the vicinity of your camera. Again, registering your camera only lets police know that you have a camera in a particular location. 

The goal of the camera’s registry program is to deter crime and promote public safety through collaboration between the McKean County District Attorney’s Office and the community we serve. If anyone has questions, please call the District Attorney’s Office at (814) 887-3312.

On February 24th Bolivar Fire Department was dispatched to the Bolivar Richburg High School for a smoke alarm. UPDATE False Activation all units recalled