Yesterday marked the first direct flight from Erie International Airport Tom Ridge Field to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Delta is offering one daily flight to and from Atlanta. While this is great for the pleasure traveller, this is huge for the business community. The Erie Art Museum announced a $9 million expansion and a renovation [...]

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US District Judge Sean J McLaughlin of the Western District of Pennsylvania found that the City of Erie, Pa, violated federal law with the police agility test because it was unfair to women and that its passing standards were set too high. The standard was getting over a fence. The suit was filed by the [...]

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Three more guys from Erie could be playing in the NFL next year. None of the three were chosen in the NFL Draft but have signed free agent contracts. CB Jovon Johnson signed a deal with the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, WR Ed Hinkel has signed with the Baltimore Ravens and Wisconsin CB Levonne [...]

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Thomas Giusti was arrested for the murder of Stacy Watral. Watral was found stabbed to death in Greene Township on Friday. Poilce attempted to interview Giusti on Saturday. He agreed to drive to the State Police barracks but as he was going there with the troopers following him, he jumped out of his vehicle at [...]

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Gilbert “Griz” Zimmermann, Gannon University Athletic Director, has abruptly resigned. No reason was announced. If anyone knows why Griz left, leave a comment. Gannon head football coach Bill Elias was named interim athletic director. Zimmermann took over as Gannon AD in January of 2004 succeeding the late Michael Corbett. I think there have been 8 [...]

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Erie County Executive-elect Mark DiVecchio and Erie Mayor-elect Joe Sinnott both take their oaths of office today. Sinnott will be sworn in to office in a ceremony at noon at Erie City Hall while DiVecchio will have his afternoon ceremony held in Old Main at Gannon University. Curtis Jones Jr and Dr Lonnie Gatlin will [...]

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Erie County detectives working undercover in a chat room found David Sean Lukes, a Baltimore County Public School employee from Stewartstown PA, trying to solicit sex from a child. The incident happened in October. Lukes is/was the supervisor of magnet programs for the Baltimore County Public Schools. Lukes was charged by York County detectives with [...]

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Mayor Rick Filippi presented his proposed 2006 budget to Erie City Council yesterday. It calls for 63 layoffs and a number of increases in fees. The budget is currently about $7 million from being balanced. Fees would increase about $2.7 million and cuts would be about $4.3 million. Council has until December 31 to figure [...]

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Camden, NJ has been named the most dangerous city in the US for the second consecutive year, according to an annual survey based on crime statistics. Morgan Quitno Press compared 369 cities in six major crime categories – murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and vehicle theft. Erie PA ranked 243rd nationally. Here are the [...]

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Ed Hinkel and Jovan Johnson, both of Erie PA, went out in style in their last home game for the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium. Ed Hinkel caught seven passes for 151 yards and a stadium record four touchdowns. The Hawkeye crowd chanted ‘ED-DIE!’ after his final touchdown in the fourth quarter and gave him [...]

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Gregory (Greg) P Zuba of Erie PA was killed in a hit and run near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Zuba pulled over to a truck stop to talk to a mechanic to help him repair his semi when he was struck by another semi. A one year old Amish boy was killed when a horse [...]

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Dale McBrier defeated Mark DiVecchio by 6 votes, 32,168 to 32,162, to win the face for Erie County Executive. Holy cow. The official count will be held on Monday. Other election results: Erie Mayor: Joe Sinnott defeated Jack Anderson by over a 3-1 margin. Proving that shit hasn’t changed, nearly the first thing out Sinnott’s [...]

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The auditing firm hired by Erie City Council found that the city needs to find $5.7 million to continue operating for 2005. The mayor asked an accounting firm to look at the finances. Last week they announced a nearly identical figure. It looks like they’ll take $700,000 from the sewer reserve fund and $5 million [...]

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