Erie County News

Republicans and Democrats in some parts of western Erie County are going to have choices in the May 20 primary for a redrawn state House seat in the 17th District.

A storm system could dump as much as 10 inches of snow on the Erie region today, according to the National Weather Service in Cleveland.

The state Superior Court has cited a missed deadline in tossing an appeal Presque Isle Downs & Casino filed in a case over 50,500 cubic yards of dirt.

A military veteran claiming to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for shooting his ex-girlfriend outside a northwestern Pennsylvania school where she worked as a teacher's aide.

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a winter storm warning for Erie and Crawford counties expiring at 2 a.m. Thursday.

Former Crawford County District Judge Wayne Hanson, of Conneautville, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for 17th District state representative Monday.

Erie County Council on Tuesday night approved four of the five administrative jobs Dahlkemper requested, including two that have gone unfilled since Dahlkemper took office on Jan. 2: director of administration and director of the Erie County Department of Health.

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a winter storm warning for Erie and Crawford counties in effect from 6 a.m. Wednesday through 2 a.m. Thursday.

Incumbent Republican Brad Roae and Democrat Juanita Shutsa so far are unopposed for party nominations for 6th District state representative in the May 20 primary.

A woman wanted by the Erie County Sheriff's Office for probation violations is back in custody after she was apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Buffalo on Saturday.

The robbery took place around 7:30 p.m., according to Erie County dispatchers. The robber was described as a black male in his early 20s, about 5-foot-7 and weighing 130 pounds.

State police said a Conneaut, Ohio, man was attempting to pass another vehicle in Conneaut Township on Sunday night when the two vehicles collided, killing the man.

A driver was flown by medical helicopter to a Buffalo hospital after his vehicle hit a snowbank and sheared a utility pole in half in Chautauqua County.

Turning right onto the first dirt road after the "four-way" and then left onto the next dirt road is not how you'd expect to get to one of Pennsylvania's most exclusive restaurants.

The splintered radio communications and outdated equipment used by many Erie County emergency responders has been a major public safety issue for years.

Emergency personnel responded to a fatal crash shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of routes 215 and 6N in Conneaut Township.

The Erie County Coroner's office has identified a man pronounced dead after a crash early this morning in Millcreek Township.

Vince Palermo, president of the Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, is asking Erie County officials to appoint an advisory board to oversee daily operations of the festival's soon-to-be reorganized board of directors.

For months leading up to March 9, 2009, Len Jefferson had been watching the stock market with a wary eye.

A 63-year-old man died during the early morning hours Saturday after his car collided with a telephone pole at West 12th Street and Weschler Avenue.