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EAST MEAD TWP., Pa. (EYT) — A woman driving with two children lost control of her car and crashed into a ditch along State Highway 198 in East Mead Township, Crawford County, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The crash happened around 9:02 p.m. on June 20, as 31-year-old Jillian...

Applications to become a City of Erie police officer are coming to a close soon. The deadline to apply is this Friday, June 27. For those interested, there will be both an agility and a written test. Applications are handled by the Northwest PA Regional Police Testing Consortium and can be found here.

Two Upstate teens triggered a large emergency response last week after doing the unthinkable—they went camping without their cell phones. The pair left a residence in Cassadaga, Chautauqua County, at 10 p.m. on June 18, taking with them everything they needed for some overnight fun, including tents and backpacks...

Take a walk in some Erie neighborhoods or just drive around and you'll see the result of years of neglect and decline. Homes, in some cases, literally rotting away. Missing siding, broken and missing windows, and peeling paint. Some homes are abandoned, but others are still occupied. Some of these properties are...

Workers in Erie are taking extra precautions to stay safe as temperatures rise, with landscaping and roofing crews adjusting their schedules and using protective gear to beat the heat. As the weather heats up, local businesses like JC Orengia Landscaping and Angelo’s Roofing are implementing safety measures to...

Fans and air conditioners are running again in western Erie County after a power outage left thousands without a way to cool off. “The lights started to flicker and they’d go off and on, off and on,” Cheri Blarr of Girard said. “Then around 8:30, the lights completely went out.”

Young bike riders brought their wheels to a local middle school Tuesday evening for a lesson in bicycle safety. PennDOT hosted a bicycle rodeo at East Middle School to encourage safe riding habits this summer. Bike riders navigated through obstacle courses, teaching them safety skills such as keeping balance, weaving...

Folks in Erie have a new location to get authentic Middle Eastern cuisine. Tuesday afternoon, the restaurant Shish Kabob held a grand opening ribbon cutting at their new location in the 1000 block of State Street. The restaurant was previously located on the 1200 block of French Street. The new location in downtown...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. — The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation announced Tuesday, it has opened an investigation into the death of Mark Bemis, who was shot and killed by Chautauqua County deputies. Deputies were called to a domestic incident on June 18th in the Town...

JAMESTOWN — Narcotics investigators from multiple law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant at 278 S. Main St. in the early morning hours of Thursday. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, City of Jamestown Police Department and City of Dunkirk Police Department conducted the operation with Jamestown...