Erie County News

Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper has asked that her signature be removed from a letter sent to President Barack Obama last week that requested a religious exemption from his planned executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against gays and lesbians in terms of hiring.

Erie police accused a city man of having inappropriate contact with two young boys at an eastside park on Wednesday night.

Nine pairs of young female hands poured soil into plastic containers, then added basil, parsley and cilantro plants that will be used to make pesto.

The state Judicial Conduct Board is targeting Erie County Judge Stephanie Domitrovich because of her personality, her lawyer, Leonard Ambrose, said.

Approximately 1,235 Windstream customers in West Springfield Township are without land line 911 service today after an aerial cable suffers a fiber cut.

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

A Bethel Park woman trying to help her son struggling in the water drowned Wednesday afternoon in Lake Erie off Shore Haven Beach along Shore Drive, just west of Barcelona Beach, authorities said.

The city of Erie's Design Review Committee is the next step for Scott Enterprises' proposed multimillion-dollar Harbor Place project on the east bayfront.

Legislation that would help spark development along Erie's bayfront, by providing developers with tax breaks, is one step closer to reality.

A Millcreek Township man pleaded guilty this afternoon to arson and recklessly endangering charges in a Feb. 14 fire that heavily damaged a house.

The Erie teenager accused of shooting another teen near Strong Vincent High School in April 2013 is scheduled to plead guilty in the case on July 31. The District Attorney's Office and the defense today set the plea hearing for the defendant, Jakwaris Robison, who was 16 at the time of the shooting.

An Erie man faces up to 17 years in prison after he pleaded guilty this morning to three charges in an Aug. 7 traffic accident on Peach Street in Erie that seriously injured a construction worker.

A local railroad historian and rail transit author has published his take on the shuttered intermodal rail terminal project that had been planned for Harborcreek Township.

Teens in the new Erie Summer Jobs and More program have completed orientation. They've been trained in workforce basics: dress appropriately, be punctual, exhibit your best behavior.

This was a judge who broke gender barriers, supported charitable causes and could be seen teaching not only the law, but the macarena dance, to local students and judges in emerging Eastern European democracies.

Severe weather took hold of our area much of Tuesday afternoon, threatening the kickoff one of Erie's biggest summer events.

A 34-year-old Erie man pleaded guilty today to having sex with an underage teen girl and filming her having sex with a dog between 2010 and 2013.

A 32-year-old Waterford man pleaded guilty today to causing a 2012 fatal auto accident near Union City when he was under the influence of the painkiller fentanyl.

Retail space will be built on either side of a new concourse. But no other tenants have yet been announced.

Kevin Lundeen, hired in March to lead Erie County's Office of Children and Youth, faces theft, forgery and other charges in Warren County in relation to the use of vehicles at his former job.