Erie News

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The first two of GE Transportation's PowerHaul locomotives have arrived in the United Kingdom for the Freightliner Group freight rail line, marking GE's first entry to European markets with what will be an eventual delivery of 30 of the high-power units.

FAIRVIEW, Pa. - A coroner says an Ohio woman whose body was found dumped in northwestern Pennsylvania died of severe head trauma.

Two witnesses reported a strange mist, described as a stationary vortex, in their backyard.

An autopsy is set on the body of an Ohio woman found dumped in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Kathy Dahlkemper helps pass HR3962, to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.

The newly renovated Griswold Park was revealed and dedicated on Thursday, Oct. 22, as part of the City of Erie 's $52 million dollar downtown revitalization plan.

For just this weekend, a neighborhood in this city that has lain dormant in boxes and under plastic coverings for nearly a decade, is coming back to life.

An Erie man found guilty of raping a woman and keeping her against her will, will spend at least three decades in jail for his crime. Antonio Warner was sentenced to thirty to sixty years behind bars in Erie County Court this morning.

Erie police charged Warner in October of 2008 with raping a woman multiple times in her car outside Lamas Tavern Police say Warner kept the victim against her will for about five hours. A jury found Warner guilty of 10 of the 11 charges against him.

A proposed community college has been met with both support and opposition in Erie County-and money is a large issue in the debate.

We hope you got to the polls yesterday, but judging from low turnout at polling stations around the area, many of you didn't, which is a shame seeing as how there were some important races being held.

ERIE, PA.: After being robbed of his jacket, cell phone, keys and $300, a Pennsylvania man was left with the odd feeling that his assailants looked familiar.

The fate of one of Erie's most famous symbols -- the Brig Niagara -- remained unknown for much of last spring following deep state funding cuts. But after one summer of staying afloat, officials say she has another season left in her.

Lawsuits have prompted the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to budget $820 million over the next decade to replace 117,000 handicapped curb ramps along state roads -- a program that attorneys say would be unnecessary had the agency installed the ramps properly the first time.

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Planning a trip to Erie, PA for three days is a great way to experience a weekend of fun.

This guy manages to crawl out from under his rock ........again. Bishop Donald W. Trautman of Erie, Pa., former chairman of the U.S. bishops' liturgy committee, sharply criticized what he called the "slavishly literal" translation into English of the new Roman Missal from the original Latin.

Emergency room registration and waiting areas at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have been expanded because of increased H1N1 cases.

A monumental achievement and historic undertaking, the Saint Johna s Bible is a major artistic, cultural and spiritual endeavor.

A circle of white paint covers all but the lips, eyes and brows. White-gloved fists move around the edge of each face.

Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation, assisted by local police officers from across Erie County and the Pennsylvania State Police, are in the process of arresting 41 suspects linked to a nearly $5 million drug organization operating in and around Erie.