Erie County News

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.

State police charge that a Fairview Township man traveled four blocks from his home before pulling two guns and opening fire on the front door of an occupied house, narrowly missing three people inside Sunday night.

Aaliyah S. Carr, 25, who was wanted for failure to appear for a plea on possession with intent to deliver, was apprehended in Erie on Thursday, deputies said today.

Jury selection starts Monday for the trial of a northwestern Pennsylvania woman charged in the shooting death of her boyfriend last summer.

Monday is the last day to register to vote in the May primary election. The Erie County Election Office will open bright and early tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. and will stay open until 6 p.m. The voter registration office is in room 112 in the Erie County Courthouse.

This is how easy it was to talk to Debbie Smith, the keynote speaker for the Crime Victim Center of Erie County's annual dinner on April 9. Debbie and her husband, Rob, a retired police officer, came from Williamsburg, Va., to share her story about being raped and to talk about the foundation they started to offer healing retreats for women who are ... (more)

Grasping the nuances of Erie County government -- a $300 million-plus, multilayered operation -- has been hard work for County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper.

A man faces charges after Erie police accused him of threatening to harm his neighbors while holding a shovel and a hammer, and of attacking a police officer who responded to the disturbance on Thursday afternoon.

Interstate 79 northbound is limited to single lane traffic in Crawford County two miles south of Exit 147 .

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