Erie News

A former Erie teacher was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to serve 19 years and seven months in federal prison for collecting and trading thousands of images of child pornography, including video of toddlers being raped.

Erie police are looking for a man who robbed an eastside bank at gunpoint Feb. 13. The robbery happened at the Northwest Savings Bank in the Grandview Plaza shortly after 1:30 p.m. Police said they were looking for a short, heavy-set man wearing a red hoodie and a black scarf, who was last scene heading east.

General Electric Co. says it will hire 5,000 veterans over the next five years and invest $580 million to expand its aviation business.

A state trooper assigned to Troop B's Pittsburgh station was arraigned Thursday morning on charges including homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol after a fatal crash the previous night near Erie.

A local fundraiser must state on its advertisements that it is not soliciting money for the Erie police's labor union, the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No.

Maksimilian K. Gazarov, 22, of the 2700 block of Monroe Avenue, is free on $10,000 unsecured bond after he was arraigned before Erie 1st Ward District Judge Sue Mack Friday night on two counts each of theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property.

An Erie man was jailed on weapons and drug charges after police said he was caught illegally carrying a loaded gun on the city's east side.

State police said an Erie man was behind the wheel of a car that smashed into a Springfield Township barn early Sunday morning.

Megabus says it will end its discount bus route between Pittsburgh and Toronto, meaning the cities of Erie, Pa.

Fans of horse racing at Presque Isle Downs & Casino are weighing the good and bad news they received last week.

By growing up poor in an east Erie public housing complex, Khadija Williams said she was supposed to become a statistic.

Erie police were called to the 1000 block of West 27th Street at 4:08 a.m. Saturday after neighbors reported hearing gunshots.

Not long after John Hornaman announced that he wasn't seeking a 4th term in his 3rd Legislative District, an Erie native and long time Democrat announced his candidacy.

The Dinner for a Cause Valentine's Day event was held Saturday at the Martin Luther King Center.

State police and emergency dispatchers reported numerous crashes, including a 10-car pileup on Interstate 79, but few injuries as a result of Saturday's snowstorm.

A winter weather advisory remained in effect this morning for the Erie area, with the possibility of up to 3 more inches of snow.

A 70-year-old Erie woman who has been hoarding dogs and cats since 1990 has been indefinitely committed to a mental-health institution, ending the most recent investigation against her for animal cruelty and neglect charges.

What she said: "We began our travels in London, where we toured Windsor Castle and took a trip to the prehistoric monument Stonehenge," Marcia McKay said.

Nibbling on blue-frosted, mitten-shaped cookies, two little girls sat on blankets on a gym floor and listened to a story about missing mittens.

Hiwiller, an Erie businessman who owns an insurance brokerage company, is joining a growing field of candidates on the Democratic side for the Pennsylvania Senate seat now held by Sen.