Giving You the Business: Brevillier Village
Amy Learn has learned a lot walking the halls of Brevillier Village. She stated, “When I was a junior in high school, it was my first job as an evening server.”. Thirty years ago, she provided meals to the senior citizen residents living on site and never left. Learn stated, “I loved the culture of this place and wanted to do more.”
Bill Break: Grants for Nursing Schools
There's willing students, but not always nursing faculty available. One fix to workforce shortages.
Community unites for Team Julian Walk, boosting autism awareness
A local family invited the community to come together for a cause based on inclusion and support. The walk, which is named the Team Julian Walk, started six years ago as a family event before growing larger. People who took part in the event started at the leaf center before walking around the perimeter of […]
Three charged for Waldameer break-ins, thefts
(WJET/WFXP)– Millcreek Township police announced they’ve charged three people in connection with the reported break-ins and thefts at Waldameer over the last two months. Millcreek police said on Monday they’ve identified the people alleged to be involved and charged two juveniles and one adult for those break-ins on March 7, 13 and April 1 and […]
Prayer vigil held to honor children who died in East 26th Street fire
On March 29, a devastating house fire on East 26th Street claimed the lives of three children. Saint John the Baptist Parish organized a prayer service on Sunday in remembrance of five-year-old Tobias Huff, three-year-old Da-Liyla Huff, and five-month-old Amirah al-Mansouri. “We need to say their names. This is a terrible tragedy. We don’t know […]
New initiative helps older adults maintain heating costs after HEAP cuts
LAKEWOOD, N.Y. — Diane Allison-Church, 71, of Lakewood, plays the piano, but that isn't the only thing she and her husband keep in tune around the house. "Well, our furnace is 36 years old now. It was installed in January 1990," said Allison-Church. Allison-Church says little has been done...
Golden Knights Fall to Griffins in Divisional Twinbill
GREENSBURG, PA - The Golden Knights dropped a pair of games to Seton Hill on Sunday on the road and are now 14-10 in the PSAC West. Gannon is tied for second place in the division with IUP with four games left to play. In game one, Seton Hill jumped...
Daughter spares entrepreneur’s house, but other properties are at risk
Erie entrepreneur Samuel P. "Pat" Black III is hanging on to his house. But he risks losing control of other valuable properties. Black's daughter is holding off on plans to force the sale of the house where her 84-year-old father lives on Erie's bayfront. Other Black-related properties still could be headed for sheriff's sales as part of the intrafamily feud over...
Former Jamestown resident sentenced to 20 years in infant manslaughter case
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — A former Jamestown resident has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for the death of an infant in 2024. That sentence for 28-year-old Sean Thomas follows a plea agreement that reduced the original charge, according to the Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office. Thomas will serve 20 years in prison followed by five years of parole supervision.
Tractor trailer crash prompts cleanup call to Erie Co. Hazmat Team
A crash apparently involving two tractor-trailers on Interstate 90 ended with one of them flipped over, spilling diesel fuel. Emergency crews were called just after 7 p.m. to the crash involving a pair of tractor-trailers in the westbound lanes about a mile west of the Route 430 exit. According to reports from the scene, it […]
