The big news out of Harrisburg is the proposed budget by Governor Rendell for 2009-2010.  The proposed budget is $29 billion dollars –  $26.6 billion plus another expected $2.4 billion in yet to be seen federal funds.  In total, it is a 2.5% increase over last years budget. In his speech before legislators yesterday, Rendell [...]

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The monster Teri Rhodes was finally charged with homicide and related charges including abuse of a corpse. Rhodes gave birth on August 12. The baby only survived 10 minutes before it suffocated to death. Police found the dead baby in a plastic bag. Her baby. She cut the umbilical cord with a pair of scissors [...]

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  The Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy USAD team leaves today for the National Academic Decathlon in Honolulu, Hawaii. Students will take Mathematics, Social Science, Language and Literature, and Art tests as well as competing in Speech and Interview. The competition concludes on Friday, April 27, with Economics, Music, and Science tests as well as the [...]

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Mohammed Abdelhady, who owned Moe’s One Stop convenience stores in Erie, pleaded guilty to operating a check-cashing business without a license. Well, that’s what they got him on. What he was doing was running a fencing operation and laundering money for drug dealers. That’s why the guilty plea. He forfeited $252,000 and could be sentenced [...]

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Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio announced that he has appointed Larry Meredith as Erie County Personnel Director to lead the Erie County Human Resources department. Meredith was a former Erie City Solicitor and Erie City Council member. He’s a smart guy that everyone seems to like. Condolences to Jenson and her family of the loss [...]

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