Erie County News

The owner of a west Erie hair salon said she let a man use her restroom and chatted with him briefly before he left the salon on the afternoon of April 17. The man returned minutes later, "straight-faced" and holding a small silver handgun, and ordered her to the floor, the woman said as she identified Stefon D. Johnson as the man who robbed her ... (more)

At least once a year, Erie County Department of Health officials inspect all restaurants and stores that sell unpackaged food.

Two separate drug investigations came to a head late Wednesday morning when Erie police took a man into custody and later served a search warrant at his eastside home, seizing quantities of drugs and two stolen guns.

There will be college students landscaping and mulching at Gridley Park, and high school students tackling spring cleanup throughout Asbury Woods and surrounding neighborhoods.

Safety improvements to correct embankment erosion are scheduled to begin on a section of Interstate 86 eastbound in Greenfield Township, Erie County.

People who live near Edinboro University of Pennsylvania's property in Millcreek Township that will soon be known as the Porreco College will have the chance to share their opinions on planned changes tonight.

The Erie Times-News reports that Erie County jurors deliberated for about three hours Wednesday before convicting 29-year-old Kristina Mae Allen of that charge as well as aggravated assault, reckless endangering and a weapons count.

About Erie County Most Wanted: The Erie Times-News each Thursday publishes information about suspects sought by the Erie County Sheriff's Office.

LeBoeuf Township residents fed up with dirt roads that they compare to the Oregon Trail hope to hear township plans to improve the roads Thursday.

State Rep. Curt Sonney, of Harborcreek, R-4th Dist., will host a concealed carry permit seminar on Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Fairfield Hose Co., 4896 East Lake Road.

The United Way of Erie County's initiative held a special fundraiser the past month to boost its highly successful Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

A Waterford man remains in jail this morning on charges of driving away from a traffic stop with a Pennsylvania State Police trooper still attached to his vehicle.

A Millcreek Township man is heading to trial on charges he intentionally set a Peach Street house on fire in February.

The number of homeless people, including children living in homeless families, are down sharply across Erie County, according to data released Tuesday by the county's Department of Human Services.

The Erie County District Attorney's Office today presented evidence that the bullet that killed a 27-year-old Summit Township man in August entered his upper left chest and exited his back in nearly a straight line.

Erie's Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy has been ranked the second-best public high school in the state by U.S. News & World Report.

Howard, of Franklin Township, is a 4-H livestock club leader currently tagging animals that club members are raising to show at this summer's agricultural fairs.

An Erie man was arraigned this morning on charges in an eastside gas station robbery on Monday night and is being questioned as officers continue their search for his accomplice.

Erie County Council tonight is expected to sign off on a resolution supporting Edinboro University of Pennsylvania's planned community college alternative.

Smith, a Democratic candidate for state House in the 4th District, will stay on the ballot with just one month before the May 20 primary.