Erie News

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.

Seton Hall University senior Kaitlyn Karl and sophomore Katie Riley competed in the women's one-meter springboard on the first day of the 2012 BIG EAST Diving Championships at the Trees Pool in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Tonight's Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to $325 million Friday afternoon, with an estimated $202.9 million cash prize - the largest cash jackpot in the game's history.

The handiwork of the Erie Redevelopment Authority has never been more visible, as new town homes take shape near Union Station in midtown Erie.

Health insurers, not religious employers such as Catholic hospitals or colleges, will provide free birth-control coverage for women employees, President Barack Obama announced Friday.

The unusually mild winter that has been gripping the U.S., is impacting a sweet treat from nature, ice wine.

An Erie man accused of shooting a man in the city in June 2010 had his bond revoked this morning after he failed to show up for his trial on criminal attempt at homicide and other charges in January.

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Members of the Erie Peace and Justice Center will gather this afternoon at the office of U.S. Rep.

Criminal charges have been withdrawn against two Erie men in an October robbery and assault on the city's east side after the victims and a witness failed to appear in court to testify today.