Erie County News

Now, a selection committee that evaluated four consulting firms interested in taking the lead role in completing the multimillion-dollar Destination Erie plan is ready to make its hiring recommendation to the project's steering committee.

The Beaver County Board of Commissioners filed a petition today to have a judge find Sheriff George David and his Deputies in contempt of court.

The Scott family made its name and lots of money skillfully leveraging the sprawl and franchising that have transformed communities across America.

Improvements to www.healthcare.gov have allowed Robertson, Erie County's only certified Health Insurance Marketplace navigator, to enroll some people in the exchange without the errors, delays and glitches that have plagued the government website.

The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is offering a three-day, combined antlered and antlerless deer hunt at Presque Isle State Park.

Snowy owls continue to be big news across the northeastern U.S. Locally, there have been at least 10 individual snowy owls seen since Nov. 23, at Presque Isle State Park, North East, Wattsburg, downtown Erie and the airport.

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a winter weather advisory for Erie and Crawford counties expiring at 10 p.m. today.

A winter weather advisory for Erie and Crawford counties expires at 10 p.m. In addition to snow that may have fallen overnight, one inch to 4 inches of snow could fall through tonight.

Neighborhood revitalization has been a goal of Erie's anti-violence initiative since the Erie County District Attorney's Office and the U.S. Attorney's Office helped launch the ambitious project in 2011.

An Erie man accused of inflicting serious injuries on an infant in his care in early November is heading to trial after waiving his preliminary hearing on Thursday.

The Erie County Salvation Army is looking to soon secure more than $300,000 in funding for a homeless shelter for children to open in the city by August.

The Erie County Bullying Prevention Coalition includes Coalition Pathways, a nonprofit working to prevent and reduce teen drug use; Safe Kids Erie, an organization that works to prevent accidental childhood injury; the Erie School District, state Sen. Sean Wiley, and Michelee Curtze of the Olweus anti-bullying program.

Scott Enterprises' proposed $150 million Harbor Place waterfront development can coexist with and even complement the Erie County Convention Center's plan to add a second hotel near the Bayfront Convention Center.

Through the Hunters Sharing the Harvest program, sportsmen can donate all or part of their deer to a participating processor who will, after processing, donate the venison to Pennsylvania food banks, soup kitchens and pantries.

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

That's the advice state officials have for Erie's low-income residents who are eligible to receive money from a federal program that helps pay home heating bills and resolve heating emergencies.

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski brought his statewide jobs tour to Erie on Dec. 4. Pawlowski, who's seeking the Democratic nomination, presented his "Putting Pennsylvania Back to Work" tour with a town-hall meeting in a conference room at the Courtyard by Marriott, 7792 Peach St. About 20 people attended the meeting, including Bill Cole, chairman of ... (more)

A North East man wanted since September on charges in a home-invasion armed robbery is in jail today following his arraignment on Tuesday.

Four Erie Bureau of Police officers used justified force when they fired their guns on an armed robbery suspect and fatally shot him behind an eastside grocery store in late October, Erie County District Attorney Jack Daneri said today.

Erie police and the Erie County Coroner's Office are investigating the death of a 57-year-old man found Tuesday afternoon in his apartment in the 700 block of West 18th St. An autopsy of the man, whose name was not released, is scheduled for today at 11 a.m. at the coroner's office.