Erie News

Kevin Fisher, the chef and a co-owner of The Screaming Rooster, offers a refreshing spring peas salad.

What was once the lobby and box office of the former Tullio Arena is now a rough and ragged pile of rubble, evidence of the massive $45 million renovation and expansion project that aims to transform one of downtown Erie's main attractions.

Erie County continued its slow economic recovery in April, posting a third straight drop in the unemployment rate and seventh in the last eight months.

The museums are: Erie Art Museum, Erie County Historical Society, North East's Hornby School Museum, the Valley School Living History Museum in Albion, Meadville's Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum and museums operated by historical societies in Edinboro, Fairview, Harborcreek and Lawrence Park.

Three people wanted on warrants by the Erie County Sheriff's Office are back in custody after their recent apprehensions.

An Erie woman faces a false-reports charge after police said she recanted statements accusing a man of stealing her television in January.

The Erie County District Attorney's Office today said it will seek the death penalty against James L. Duncan, the 32-year-old Erie resident accused of fatally stabbing Nikkia Sawyer in June at Highpoint Towers, where both were tenants.

Erie police are questioning one person and have recovered a host of evidence in the robbery of a Kwik Fill station in the city earlier this morning.

The author of "The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children" will speak Wednesday in Erie County.

Monday's high temperature fell just short of setting a record for Erie. For thousands of people, however, it was plenty hot -- making Memorial Day 2012 feel as if it had fallen in July or August rather than the end of May.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says an elderly Episcopal priest gave him a lesson for life: "Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know." Powell writes about how that advice helped to guide his own character formation in his new book, "It Worked for Me." Parade ... (more)

Drivers who take Asbury Road in Millcreek Township to work will need to find another route as of this morning.

The Lawrence Park Fire and Police Chief, laid a wreath during the service. The community has lost three soldiers in action over the years.

It's part of a $12.7 million improvement project. Construction crews will be widening the road and installing a drainage system to address flooding issues.

Jordyn Colao, who won the title of Miss Freedom Forge in Lewistown, was crowned Miss Pennsylvania on Saturday at the Miss Pennsylvania pageant at the Hillman Center for the Performing Arts at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh.

The National Weather Service warns of a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Storms could bring heavy rainfall.

Coordinators want people to enjoy their version of authentic Russian cuisine with homemade Russian treats, baked goods, imported Russian beer and of course their one of a kind Russian ice bar.

Construction is set to begin on the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority's planned $4 million park-and-ride lot.

Pittsburgh is where I've always liked to go to learn about "our peninsula," as most of us Erieites call Presque Isle State Park.

Thirty-four-year-old Jonathan James of Erie was stabbed in the 1300 block of State Street around 1:45 this morning.