Erie County News

An 18-year-old man remains behind bars without bond, charged with homicide in the stabbing death of his mother.

Erie has seen more than 130 inches of snow and plenty of bitter cold during a winter many residents won't soon forget.

Erie County Emergency Management Director Dale Robinson suspects the number of oil trains passing through the Erie region is on the rise.

The long-delayed case against a Lake City man accused of recklessly killing a 13-year-old girl in a Route 97 school bus stop crash more than two years ago is heading to trial Monday in Erie County Court.

After dancing down State Street in the Saint Patrick's Day parade, they had a few more stops to hit downtown.

Michael P. Burrows, 18, was arraigned this morning by Summit Township District Judge Brian McGowan on charges of criminal homicide, aggravated assault and possessing an instrument of a crime in connection with the death.

A court hearing was delayed Friday for an Erie man accused of assaulting another man at a bowling alley in February.

A 19-year-old Pennsylvania male who went missing three days ago was found dead Friday in Erie County, Pa.

An Erie man accused of telling city police that another man joined him in committing two armed robberies, and then saying that he lied about the other man's involvement, faces a criminal charge for changing his story.

An Erie man waived his preliminary hearing and a Cameron County woman pleaded guilty to lesser charges on Friday in a city police investigation into a January bank robbery.

A key witness who had gone AWOL in the case against the man accused of killing 37-year-old Stevenson Jordan pledged Thursday in Erie County Court to show up for the next preliminary hearing in the case.

The skinny: A Chautauqua County couple spent part of their visit to Erie County in the company of a Pennsylvania State Police trooper after a disturbance at a McKean Township hotel led to a broken-down door.

Millcreek Township police charged an Erie man with stealing more than $50,000 worth of copper from his former employer.

That approach, he said, drew him to OCY from his current job as director of children and youth services for Warren County.

Getting witnesses to testify in criminal cases has been a growing problem in Erie.

A man wanted by the Erie County Sheriff's Office for failing to appear for trial on burglary charges was apprehended in Nebraska earlier today, deputies said.

Interstate 90 westbound in Erie County is back open from Exit 16 to Exit 9 . That portion of road was closed after a truck jackknifed in slick conditions and blocked the lane.

At least once a year, Erie County Department of Health officials inspect all restaurants and stores that sell unpackaged food.

March 13, 2014 Oil City - Interstate 90 westbound in Erie County was closed from Exit 16 that's the Franklin Center/Fairview, Route 98 ramp to Exit 9 which is Platea/Girard, Route 18 because a disabled truck was blocking the traffic lanes.

Fourteen local charities today will collectively receive more than $47,500 through an endowment established by William Schuster, the late founder of Warren Radio.