The Huntington Bank at Peach and Kuntz Rd was robbed yesterday of $3,000. The robber got away on a bicycle and went into the Grenada Apartment complex. Maybe he’ll use the money to buy a car. US Air Force Second Lieutenant Matthew E Emmons, a native of Corry PA, died recently in a training accident [...]

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The former Hotel Evergreen in Edinboro last night burned down to the ground. The hotel had been vacant, but the 4 story wooden structure still housed a bar and pizza shop. It was better known for hosting bands than a hotel. Steve Marshall took a few pictures and passed them along to WUSA-TV: pic 1, [...]

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  Erie has been granted a franchise in the National Premier Soccer League. The league has not yet confirmed this. I doubt there is an ownership group in place. The NPSL is a minor league that’s equivalent to the fourth level of pro soccer in the United States. Major League Soccer is the top level, [...]

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  Great news for a local company and area high tech job growth. Zabaware’s Ultra Hal software won the “most human” computer of the year in the 17th annual Loebner Prize Competition for Artificial Intelligence (AI). The contest was held in New York City hosted by philanthropist Hugh Loebner. The Loebner Prize is an annual [...]

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MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a contagious infection that is resistant to many antibiotics. Pennsylvania doesn’t even require health care centers to disclose the number of patients that have MRSA. About 30 percent of Americans have staph bacteria living on them, including about 1 percent with MRSA, but they have no infection symptoms. MRSA has [...]

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  Two poor dogs abandoned in a mobile home in Wesleyville were rescued by police and officials with Because You Care. Neighbors said they left there alone for a week.The ‘person’ living there was either facing eviction or foreclosure and had moved away. Nice job by WJET-TV for shedding some light on the story and [...]

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Someone needs to fill the Sheriff Andy Taylor role if Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio is going to play Barney Fife and shoot himself in the foot or rear every week. Take the bullets out his gun already and just let him keep one in his pocket. Just a few days ago, after a public [...]

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WJET-TV ran a story in which Sheriff Bob Merski said he was looking into the possibility of putting a temporary halt to sheriff sales in Erie County. Sheriff sales are done to recoup back unpaid property taxes. Merski is asking the County Solicitor’s Office for an opinion. You know things are slow building-wise when an [...]

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Union employees at the Erie County Office of Children and Youth voted to approve a new contract. The 4 year agreement gives them 5.2 to 7.2 annual pay raises. The union has continually said the office is short up to 18 caseworkers. Haven’t heard anyone from the county say anything about new hires and there [...]

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Oops. Erie City Council and Erie County Council agreed on a swap of $2 million and the Millcreek Golf and Learning Center property for the Erie Golf Course so Erie Airport can move ahead on a runway expansion project. They forgot one little detail – Millcreek Township. No Millcreek Township officials were at the meeting [...]

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I don’t really agree with it, but I have to give then credit for being creative. Seems like the Erie County Council and Erie City Council have reached a deal to fund the Erie Airport runway expansion project. The county will contribute at least $18 million toward the project in exchange for appointing 4 of [...]

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Rev Theodore Jurewicz is assistant pastor at The Church of the Nativity of Christ is a Russian Orthodox (Old Rite). That’s the beautiful golden topped church on the bayfront. Rev Jurewicz is also a master iconographer, doing paintings of biblical scenes. He is currently working on the St Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church at 177 Weber [...]

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The Erie Times-News published their endorsements for Erie County Council and Erie City Council. I know we don’t have much of a choice in whom we elect given the people running. (It’s like having to choose how to die. Would you rather be shot or poisoned?) I loved the ringing endorsement they gave to Pat [...]

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Emmanuel was not born in Erie. He was born in a small village in Cameroon, in West Africa. His parents were poor, hardworking and uneducated, in the school sense. For that reason they wanted to be sure their children were educated and educated well. They wanted more for their kids than working on a farm [...]

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Erie International Airport officials asked Erie County Council for $18 million for the runway expansion project. The airport is owned by the City of Erie. County council wants the Erie Municipal Airport Authority board expanded to 9 members with 4 appointed by the county. Erie City Council hinted around that they might agree to 3 [...]

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  GoErie.com has apparently dropped their registration requirement. Smart move. Along with not having to give them personal information, you will be able to email links and search engines will be able to index the entire site. I expect the site to see a dramatic increase in visitors – maybe 50 percent more. Advertisers will [...]

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The trial of Chytoria Graham started yesterday. You could say it’s in full swing. Graham was arrested on October 8 for using her 4 week old baby as a weapon like a baseball bat to hit her boyfriend. She has previously entered a guilty plea on aggravated assault and endangering the welfare charges but was [...]

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Erie County Office of Children and Youth union members will be back on the job today. They agreed to return to work for the next two weeks while contract talks continue. Not getting paid and losing health care benefits helped. The county had filed an injunction to force them back to their desks and Judge [...]

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Members of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, volunteer searchers, rescue teams and others in the hikers responded to two lost hikers in the trails of Mount Lafayette in Franconia, NH. Four members of the Schwegman family of Erie, Pa, were hiking the trails on Saturday afternoon. Mother and daughter returned but the guys, [...]

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The Erie Community Foundation has received an anonymous donation of $100 million. Yes, $100,000,000. It is believed to be the largest anonymous charitable donation EVER. Much of the money, $85 million, will go 46 nonprofits in the Erie area. A big reason why Erie nonprofits are so successful is the Erie Community Foundation. The foundation [...]

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Erie County Office of Children and Youth employees went on strike yesterday. They had been offered a 4 year contract that called for raises of 3 percent for the first 3 years and 3.2 percent in the final year. The county filed an injunction to make the employees at the Edmund L Thomas Detention Center [...]

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Wesley Urch was charged with involuntary manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and 9 other charges for intentionally running down Terri Peoples and Stephan Caldwell on Sunday. Caldwell died and Peoples is in serious condition at Hamot. All three were drinking at a club on Sunday. Peoples and Caldwell were close to Urch’s truck, too close for Urch. [...]

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Keep Erie’s Environment Protected (KEEP) will hold a meeting today at 7 pm in Erie City Council chambers at 7th and State Streets to discuss the proposed tires-to-energy plant. Four speakers are scheduled – 3 are from outside of the area. The group has been vocal, but a recent poll on YourErie.com shows the community [...]

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The Mercyhurst College Board of Trustees has selected Dr Thomas Gamble to be the college’s next president. He will take over as president March 1. Gamble has a BA in philosophy from Gannon University along with a master’s degree and two doctoral degrees from Syracuse University. With the problems at Mercyhurst, its disappointing to see [...]

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Mercyhurst College picked their new president yesterday. They will announce their selection today at 10:30 am. The big news from the school ysterday was that they paid off former president and alleged child molester Dr William Garvey. Garvey still had a couple of years left on his contract. City of Erie Deputy Police Chief Jackie [...]

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James and Timothy O’Brien were found quilty in the kidnapping and murder of 11 year old Shauna Howe. They were found guilty of second and third degree murder, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. The murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole. The members of the jury refused comment after [...]

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Erie PA native Scott Eden said his idea of utopia is a world in which his agent sells his book. Eden is living in a perfect world. His agent sold Touchdown Jesus : Faith and Fandom at Notre Dame to Simon and Schuster. He will read from the book and sign copies tonight at 7 [...]

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The Salvation Army purchased the gas station/garage at 13th and Sassafras. They are demolishing the structure for a parking lot. Saint Vincent’s is buying houses along Sassafras between 24th and 25th and tearing them down for a parking lot. If the city complains that non-profits own over 40 percent Erie real estate, why do they [...]

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The Shauna Howe murder trial is expected to go the jury as early as today. James and Timothy O’Brien are accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering 11 year old Shauna Howe thirteen years ago this week. Shauna was walking home from a Halloween Girl Scout party in Oil City on the evening of October 27, [...]

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