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Athens Man Arrested on Drug Charge
Chad Michael Mclinko of Athens Borough was arrested Friday evening for one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) after a joint investigation led by the Bradford County Drug Task Force and Pennsylvania State Police Vice and Narcotics Unit. Mclinko was arraigned by District Judge Larry Hurley and remanded to the Bradford County Correctional Facility in Lieu of $350,000 bail.
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Tops Market in Big Flats to Not Reopen
Tops Markets grocery store location in Big Flats will not reopen after a fire forced it to close months ago. The fire occurred in August of 2025. The blaze ignited in a rooftop unit and then spread to a compressor room. The store in Consumer Plaza Square has been closed ever since. According to an announcement from the grocery chain, the location will not reopen because the company is nearing the end of the lease there. Crews were seen removing signage from the building Thursday. Employees were offered positions with the other locations in the area.
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Lockwood Man Sentenced for Burglary
34 year old TYLER RODNEY WRIGHT, Lockwood, NY, was sentenced to the Bradford County Correctional Facility to a maximum of 23 months and 29 days for Burglary, graded as a Felony of the Second Degree. Wright was charged by Sayre Borough Police Department Officers back in January of 2025. Wright was a former employee of a business on Keystone Avenue in South Waverly, and broke into that business overnight to steal cash. As part of the conviction and sentence, Wright is ordered to pay $6,779.00 in restitution to the owners of that business.