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(WJET/WFXP)– Homeowners in the City of Erie can now apply for this year’s round of Love Your Block Grants to make some improvements around their home. The city opened applications on Friday and is accepting applications for mini-grants worth up to $2,000 until May 24, for residents living in the Central City, SNOOPS and Buffalo […]

A local church is hosting a vigil this weekend to remember three children who died in a City of Erie house fire last month. On March 29, a house fire broke out in the 500 block of East 26th Street, claiming the lives of five-year-old Tobias Huff, three-year-old Da-Liyla Huff, and five-month-old Amirah al-Mansouri. On […]

WARREN, Pa. – An 8-run first inning proved to be all the Royals needed as Erie earned a 13-5 win at Warren. After the first two batters of the inning grounded out, Isabella Oosterkamp was hit by a pitch to start a run of 10 straight Royals reaching safely. Erie struck for five singles and drew five free passes (three walks and two...

COCHRANTON, Pa. – Jaidin Frayer fired a no-hitter and also homered in Cochranton’s 4-0 win over Cambridge Springs. Frayer struck out five and didn’t issue a walk, with the only base runners coming via error and a hit-by-pitch. Frayer hit a 2-run homer in the fourth inning...

EDINBORO, Pa. – Warren County School District students earned multiple honors at a regional STEM Design Challenge held at the Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit 5 in Edinboro earlier this month. Fourth- and fifth-grade teams competed on April 13, followed by middle school students in grades 6 through 8 on...

I'm not sure if you know this, but I'm not an Erie native. I grew up in Western New York and arrived here during the summer of 2004, spending my early Gem City years on upper Peach Street as an assistant hotel manager. I didn't become "bar aware" so to speak until I took a job downtown a few years later. Even then I...

More than 600 National Fuel employees are giving back across the region this week as part of their annual Days of Doing. On Thursday, that effort included a cleanup right here in Erie. Volunteers spent the morning at Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery, helping with seasonal cleanup and preparing the grounds for spring. The project is one […]

Thursday night, the Fort LeBoeuf School Board is expected to vote on a plan that could mean big changes for the district’s grade school students. Families weighed in at last week’s meeting, and now the board will decide whether to move forward with the unification or renovation of its elementary schools. Following last week’s presentation […]

(WNY News Now) – A 29-year-old woman was issued an appearance ticket after deputies investigated a reported shoplifting incident at a Town of Dunkirk grocery store Monday evening. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of shoplifting at a Tops grocery store located on Vineyard Drive in...

(WJET/WFXP)– City of Jamestown, New York police are investigating two shootings overnight Wednesday that left one person injured and believe are connected. Police said the first shooting happened around 9:40 pm in the area of East 8th and Fulton streets, where an 18-year-old male suffered one non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The second happened about half an […]