Erie County News

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Many of America's rural and urban pockets are a step closer to high-speed Internet access, now that the federal agencies responsible for doling out $7.2 billion in broadband grants have issued the rules that will govern the application process.

Despite overcast skies and unseasonably chilly weather, about 50 people lined up outside Seneca High School in Wattsburg two hours before a scheduled noon speech by Vice President Joe Biden in the gymnasium.

Heavy rain in northwestern Pennsylvania has caused flooding, with some areas under 4 feet of water and some people having to be rescued by boat.

Pennsylvania 's gaming law tells casinos exactly how much tax must be paid on the money lost in slot machines, but when it comes to real estate taxes, county tax assessors appear to be using different rule books.

There's a change coming in the way we vote. Erie County Elections Commissioners Ralph Mohr and Dennis Ward join host Dave Debo Sunday at 10am for WBEN's weekly politics program.

It appears the long-delayed transfer of Six Mile Creek Park from Erie County to Harborcreek Township could happen as soon as next week.

A coroner says a New York man has died of head injuries from falling from a roof he was helping demolish at a former hardware store in northwestern Pennsylvania.

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Criminal trespass. According to Corry-based state police, sometime between 9 a.m. May 31 and 3:30 p.m. Sunday, someone broke into the rear door of a New Park Lane camp owned by Timothy E. Giblin, 21, of Corry.

No Jobs, No Accountability and Business As Usual is the way the Republican National Committee sums up the Obama "stimulus" package for Pennsylvania residents.

Erie County is moving along an expensive road to a community college. Officials in Warren County are taking a wait-and-see position.

Attorney General Tom Corbett announced that agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation have filed criminal charges against 13 Erie residents, including several individuals from Iraq, who are accused of distributing and selling cocaine, marijuana and powerful pre scri ption pain medication.

John Acerra, the former principal of a Bethlehem middle school who went to state prison for dealing methamphetamine, was paroled last week.

A Slippery Rock University student was charged on Monday in connection with a $500,000 drug ring that sold marijuana mainly in Erie and on the campuses of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and SRU.

Levittown - A northwestern Pennsylvania fire chief says he's worried about Erie County's 911 system because a woman phoning to report a fire got no answer.The chief of the Fairfield Hose Company says he's concerned that the phone rang about 20 times on May 22 with no answer.The fire was reported by 45-year-old Mary Yount.

A northwestern Pennsylvania man could spend up to 42 years in prison for third-degree murder for the shaking death of his girlfriend's 3-month-old son.

The Rendell administration on Wednesday identified nine state parks in Western Pennsylvania that could close if a state budget approved by Senate Republicans becomes law.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. An Erie County woman is accused of leaving two young girls alone in a vehicle parked outside a casino while she was inside gambling.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. The Erie County coroner's office has exhumed the body of a 21-year-old woman from Corry in an attempt to determine what caused her death six weeks ago.