Teri Rhodes, the Mercyhurst College student whose baby died minutes after giving birth, still hasn’t been charged with a crime. It’s now been 5 weeks — 35 days. Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook declared the death a homicide. Cook said the baby was born alive and suffocated to death. Police found the baby in a [...]

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Steris Corporation announced they have reached a tentative non-binding agreement to sell their property in Erie to IRG (Industrial Realty Group). That’s great news for the Erie area as IRG has an excellent rack record of turning industrial properties into mixed use complexes. Steris only put the property up for sale a couple of months [...]

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Last month the Commonwealth Court rejected a 2005 lawsuit by Erie area hotel operators against the Erie Convention Center Authority that is building a Sheraton Hotel with money coming from a hotel room tax. It’s being appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The operators were crying unfair. You would think they would have to go [...]

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The 298th Trensportation Company from Franklin PA, which had about 160 soldiers in Forward Operating Base Q-West Iraq (Quyarrah AB) aka ‘Key West’, will be arriving home this weekend. Welcome home. Richard Valentine allegedly killed his wife Anna, threw a blanket over her, changed his clothes, left a note for his landlord not to enter [...]

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Millcreek School District Superintendent Dean Maynard should be the next to submit his resignation. McDowell Intermediate High School principal Tom Maciulewicz was allowed to resign instead of being fired after it was discovered there is police investigation involving Maciulewicz and the theft of school district property. There seems to be a clear path from the [...]

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There are a lot of deer in Pennsylvania and in the other states Erie Insurance serves. One in every 100 drivers nationally is likely to have a collision with a deer. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimates that deer-vehicle crashes rack up $1.1 billion in property damages, tens of thousands of injuries, and more [...]

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A chemical reaction at the Steris plant sent one man to the hospital as a precaution and closed the facility for the day sending hundreds of workers home. The gas vapor was caused by the mixing of waste products that didn’t mix. An Erie, Pa. man pleaded guilty to copyright infringement in U.S. District Court [...]

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McDowell Intermediate High School Principal Tom Maciulewicz resigned Friday. Someone sent me word that Millcreek police are conducting an investigation of some missing school equipment and that the equipment was sold on eBay. Jeff Taylor has been hired as the meteorologist for CBS Chicago weekend morning news. Taylor was at WICU-TV in Erie, Pa from [...]

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Today, September 11th, 2006, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States. Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this fifth anniversary of our country’s worst tragedy. We do this in honor of those who lost their lives on 9/11, [...]

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Jack Young of Warren PA might soon be getting a check for over $400,000 – the reward money for the capture of Ralph “Bucky” Phillips. He’s the story Dan Wells of WJET-TV reported yesterday. Young and his wife were of the balcony of the apartment around midnight Thursday night/ Friday morning when they noticed someone [...]

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  After being on the run for more than five months from when he escaped from a Buffalo area jail, career criminal Ralph “Bucky” Phillips was captured near Akeley PA in Warren County, just south of the New York-Pennsylvania border. Phillips is the main suspect in the shooting of three police officers. On June 10, [...]

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation in conjunction with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York; United States Marshal’s Service; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and the New York State Police announced that Ralph Buckey Phillips has been placed on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list. The reward [...]

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The US Marshals have added Ralph “Bucky” Phillips, the main suspect in the sniper-style shooting of two NY troopers, to their top 15 list. Police are searching from him in Chautauqua County and Cattaraugus County in NY and Warren County in Pennsylvania. The case will be featured on America’s Most Wanted this Saturday night at [...]

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Erie County Council, the elected group who spend money less responsibly than a crack whore with a welfare check, approved four new positions for the new $14 million 911 dispatch center and public safety suburban campus. The center and operations are paid out of your pocket with a monthly $1.25 tax added on to your [...]

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Ralph “Bucky” Phillips is still on the loose. Phillips was convicted of burglary and drug charges. He broke out of jail in April and has had the help of the fine, outstanding citizens of Western NY in staying one step ahead of law enforecement since then. Phillips is the main suspect in the shootings of [...]

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NY State Police Trooper Joseph Longobardo, who was shot sniper-style during a stakeout seraching for Ralph “Bucky” Phillips onThursday night in Chautauqua County, has died. Trooper Donald Baker Jr, who is recoverying in an Erie hospital, was upgraded from critical to serious after a third surgery. Phillips is the main suspect in the shootings and [...]

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Rae Sherred of Edinboro University was honored with the 2006 NCAA Sportsmanship Award. Sports isn’t just about winning and losing, it’s about building character. Sometimes the worst conditions bring out the best in people. In the PSAC women’s basketball title game against California of Pennsylvania with the score tied and with 7 seconds to play, [...]

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The Community Blood Bank of NW PA is open Saturday 9-12:30. Please help alleviate the current crisis of the blood supply. A New York State Police Officer that was flown to Erie for treatment after being shot in the Bucky Phillips case has used a TREMENDOUS amount of blood. The trooper needed over 40 units [...]

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A press conference is scheduled for Monday at 10:30 am to announce that Family First Sports Park is being given free to the YMCA of Greater Erie. Gary Renaud and his family own Family First as well as Erie Steel Products. Renaud founded Family First about 10 years ago to give kids a place to [...]

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It’s official. VanEnkevort Tug and Barge was awarded the Erie PA shipyard. VanEnkevort will be leasing the 240,000 square foot dry dock and manufacturing facility at an annual cost of around $500,000. They were awarded the shipyard Friday. Their lease will begin October 1 and they’ve promised 200 jobs within 12 months. America’s Most Wanted [...]

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The Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League will get their final tune-up for the 2005-2006 Regular Season this weekend when they host a four-team pre-season tournament at the Tullio Arena. The Plymouth Whalers, Saginaw Spirit and Toronto St. Michael’s Majors arrive in town to take part in the tourney which begins at 5 pm. [...]

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The Board of Directors of Erie Indemnity Company (Nasdaq: ERIE) approved the extension of employment contracts for the Company’s seven principal executive officers. The amended contracts will become effective on December 12, 2005 upon the expiration of current contracts for president and chief executive officer Jeffrey A Ludrof; senior executive vice president Jan R Van [...]

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Pathwise Press has relocated to Erie. Welcome! Pathwise Press publishes chapbooks of poetry and fiction and the biannual literary/art magazine Bathtub Gin. Christopher Harter said that the next issue of Bathtub Gin will be published next month. The October issue will include the works of Geoff Herbach, justin barrett, AD Winans, Simon Percik, Gary Every [...]

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The Pennsylvania Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement will begin using underage volunteers to make sure bars, restaurants and liquor stores don’t sell alcohol to them. Diane Swaffar, a consultant for the new pharmacy program at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and the former founding dean and professor of pharmacology for the Lake Erie College [...]

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Pittsburgh Steelers 34, Tennessee Titans 7 On Labor Day, brothers Mike and Jack Gates kayaked across Lake Erie from Long Point, Ontario, to Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA. Last year they went across Lake Ontario.

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