I’m ready to move to Phoenix. I’ll trade scorpions for snow right about now.

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Fingers crossed the big rains miss us this weekend.

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When is a cellphone not just a cellphone? When it’s a special Direct Connect phone issued by the D.A.’s office.

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Anyone remember R. Budd Dwyer?

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Take me out to the snow park?

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We’re giving away two tickets to the September 25 concert by Anqelique Kidjo. Details inside.

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Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Angélique Kidjo will perform on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. in Shafer Auditorium on the Allegheny College campus.

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“Let’s run away where the seasons roll right in…throw our cares into the wind and try and disappear again.”

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Lots of controversy for the primaries today…

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Even the flowers are ready for spring to arrive!

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469 words worth of news and sports!

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Our ship has come in!!

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Murder, snow, basketball, table games, building collapse, donating blood, gas prices, cell phone ban, fund raising, Otter hockey…

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Dreaming of a White Christmas?

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Tickets are now on sale for “American Stars in Concert,” a holiday concert at Allegheny College featuring four stars from past seasons of the TV phenomenon “American Idol.”

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Finally someone is going to put to use the constant wind that comes across Lake Erie.  Ontario Hydro is planning to erect more than 800 wind turbines in the lake.  That’s enough to provide power for two million homes.  Sounds a lot better than some other power generation ideas that are floating around.  Now if [...]

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We’re feeling sorry for all those poor folks who live in the Pittsburgh area as the G-20 Conference opens today.  It looks and sounds like everyone in the country with something to protest or an agenda to push has descended on the City.  Several groups couldn’t wait for the official opening, and started their shenanigans [...]

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Lilly Broadcasting will carry the second annual Community for Kanzius Cancer Research Fund Telethon this evening on WSEE, WICU, and the CW.  Let’s all do our best to help them top last year’s total of almost $100,000 dollars. Patricia Fronzaglia, of Warsaw Ave, became the first recipient of the Maleno family-to-Family Fund’s Home Makeover.  Mrs Fronzaglia has been [...]

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Gannon University’s master’s degree program in Community Counseling has been designated as a fully accredited graduate program. The Master of Science (M.S.) in Community Counseling is a 60-credit hour program accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). CACREP is the professional accrediting body in the field of counselor [...]

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Using recent advances in transplant surgeries as a focal point, distinguished professionals involved in this quickly changing field will explore how we communicate about identity – through medicine, books, art, films and journalism – in a public discussion presented by Allegheny College and held at the Carnegie Science Center at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May [...]

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We hope you enjoyed the great weather this weekend. Okay, it rained but it was warm. We’ll take that any day. By the way, if you didn’t set your clocks ahead this weekend, you’re late for work. From the you’re doing it wrong department, James Eppley has been charged with conflict of interest and tampering [...]

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If you would like your event considered for posting here on ErieBlogs.com, please send us your information using our online contact form. Make sure you check our daily News & Events for new event listings and events happening that day. Upcoming Erie Concerts and Shows: March 7: Motley Crue w/ Hinder, Last Vegas, Theory of [...]

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Folks, we know it stinks, but please, when you brush the snow off your car, get all the windows, especially the back one. Here’s a photo and post from CambridgeSprings.net yesterday. Joe Sinnott has announced he will seek a second term as mayor of the city of Erie. Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper voted in favor of [...]

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Erie native and Allegheny College student Pat Canella has started doing a video blog called the TeaCast. In each episode, he reviews various teas in every episode. What GaryVee is to wine, Pat Canella is to tea. My knowledge of tea is pretty much limited to teas that are iced or have the word zinger [...]

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Judge William Cunningham has upheld his sentencing of Teri Rhodes. Rhodes pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of her newborn baby. Judge Cunningham sentenced Rhodes last fall to 9 to 18 years in prison. There will be a hearing on February 4 to determine if Rhodes can be released on bail pending her appeal. [...]

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Today we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (whose birthday is actually January 15).  You can hear a recently discovered recording of Dr. King from his 1959 visit to the country of India.  Regardless of your political beliefs or affiliations, this holiday holds an additional special meaning in light of Barack Obama’s election as the [...]

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If you would like your event considered for posting here on ErieBlogs.com, please send us your information using our online contact form. Make sure you check our daily News & Events for new event listings and events happening that day. This Week’s Events Willy Wonka will be at the Erie Playhouse January 16-18. This play [...]

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Indianapolis Colts DB and Erie native Bob Sanders was profiled by WISH-TV in Indianapolis. The station traveled to Erie to interview Bob’s parents. Stephan Koller of GE Transportation in Erie had his letter to the editor of the Jakarta Post published in today’s edition.  He responded to the newspaper’s previous coverage of Erie and the [...]

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What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here?  The word volatile doesn’t seem to adequately describe the markets. ErieBlogs received a report that a teenage girl was shot in the face last night with what is believed to be a pellet gun. The crime occurred at 7th and Wayne at around [...]

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The Center for Political Participation at Allegheny College will host a debate for the candidates for U.S. Congress, Pennsylvania District 3, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. in Ford Chapel. The 70-minute debate between Democratic candidate Kathy Dahlkemper and Republican candidate Phil English will be co-moderated by Allegheny College Professor of Political Science Daniel [...]

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