Erie News

A Greenfield Township man facing trial on charges of stealing a safe from a Harborcreek Township restaurant in December now faces trial on charges of robbing an Erie pizzeria after leaving his 8-year-old son in a nearby bar in March.

The top elected officials who oversee the region's job-training agency will meet on Monday in Meadville, though their main issue remains unresolved.

Lake Erie is the warmest of all of the Great Lakes, but it also freezes over more than the other lakes.

Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong has filed her own appeal asking a federal judge to overturn her conviction and sentence of life plus 30 years in the pizza bomber case.

Conversation exploded on social media this morning right before 10 a.m. when Erie residents felt the ground moving underneath their feet.

Her group is hunting stuffed animals and needs only 19,500 more. She's willing to pay up to a quarter for each but likes it better when they're free.

Hundreds of bikes are expected to roll in for the first Harley-Davidson & Labatt Blue Bike Night of the season.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 struck the Canadian province of Ontario on Friday morning, the government said.

The United Way of Erie County on Thursday announced a project that will offer free books to all area children under 5, regardless of household income.

'Don't Give Up the Ship." We see flags emblazoned with these words flying proudly throughout our Flagship City.

A free tax-preparation service that has helped low-income workers in Erie County since 2006 posted record results this year.

Two Erie men who police said confessed to breaking into a pair of state offices and stealing computers and other items in April are heading to trial in the case.

An Erie man accused of shooting a woman outside of an eastside elementary school on Friday will appear in court for his preliminary hearing in late June.

May 16, 2013: The United Way announced today the arrival of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Erie County.

The Erie School Board on Wednesday voted to hire Wattsburg Area School District Superintendent Nancy Sadaly as the district's new assistant superintendent for academics, effective July 1. Sadaly had worked in the Erie district as curriculum coordinator, principal, assistant principal, high school English language arts teacher and middle school ... (more)

Change is good, even with something as successful as the RockErie Music Awards. So, for the seventh annual awards, the show will feature a new host.

Today will be partly sunny, with a high temperature near 74. Showers are likely and a thunderstorm is possible before 10 a.m., followed by a chance of showers and thunderstorms.

An Erie County judge has refused to overturn the automatic life sentence of a 36-year-old Erie man convicted of fatally shooting a cabdriver in 1991, when the man was 15.

May 15th, 2013 An Erie resident instrumental in the local Open/Carry Pennsylvania group wants help from city council for an open/carry rally.

A new report from an independent statewide agency revealed that some local hospitals saw their net patient revenue -- the money they earn treating patients -- increase significantly during the year.