Good morning. We made it through another week.
Former PA Speaker of the House John Perzel may find himself speaker of another house – the big house. He and 10 others have been charged as part of the ongoing “BonusGate” scandal. The Post-Gazette has more.
Having solved all the city’s problems, attracted hundreds of new businesses and saved numerous jobs, Erie City Council has begun crafting a ban on talking on a cell phone while driving, despite a similar bill being considered state wide. Maybe they need to look at the legal bills that we earned. when we tried to do our own smoking ban.
Sad news out of Edinboro where three students were killed in a head-on collision. Police say two of the men were not wearing seatbelts. Sad.
We’ve blogged about this a few times this week – police in Ohio and PA have been searching for David Kromer, who was a person of interest in the death of Carla Westhofen. Her body was dumped in Fairview after officials believed she was killed in Sandusky, Ohio. The story keeps getting stranger now that Kromer has been found. Dead. Officials believe Kromer committed suicide.
Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper has presented $188,000 to My Father’s House. They serve women veterans and help that transition from deployment to civilian life.
Dominic Colelli is your hero of the week. Mr. Colelli, who passed away in January, left over $800,000 to the Dr. Gertrude Barber National Institute. Thank you, sir. Your generosity will help hundreds of children.
Mercyhurst College yesterday kicked off the public phase of its capital campaign with the goal of raising $50 million — more than twice the amount of any campaign goal in the college’s history.
Sports
Yikes, what happened to the Erie Otters web site? Can we please ask the old one come back? There’s so much stuff flying around in different directions we’re confused. Otter management – bring back your RSS feed. We used that to find out scores. Someone needs to start up an Otters blog like Matt Hubert does for the Bayhawks.
The Mercyhurst women’s soccer team has placed three players on the All-PSAC West Team, with all three being named to the first team, as announced Thursday, Nov. 12 by league officials. Taylor Hilinski, Jamie Laturell and Jamie Schroter were all voted among the top four in the division at their respective positions.
The Gannon women’s volleyball team improved one spot and is ranked fourth in the latest NCAA Division II Atlantic regional rankings released Thursday afternoon. The NCAA is expected to make its post-season tournament selections Sunday, November 15 at 9 p.m.
