Erie PA

(WJET/WFXP)– Lake effect snow returned to the region Wednesday evening and continued to pile up Thursday, leaving the region covered in a thick blanket of snow. Our weather cams caught it all and you can see the snow set in in real time. Bayfront Cam Timelapse Conneaut Cam Timelapse Edinboro Cam Timelapse Erie...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is urging motorists to avoid unnecessary travel as a strong winter storm continues to impact the region. Hazardous conditions have led to multiple interstate closures and ongoing speed limit reductions across northwestern Pennsylvania. Due to heavy snow, reduced...

JAMESTOWN, NY — Members of the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office and the Jamestown Police Department executed a search warrant at approximately 8:35 p.m. on January 15, 2026, at a lower apartment located at 8 Price Street as part of an ongoing narcotics investigation into suspected drug sales in the city.

Erie buzzed with excitement as Wing Stop landed on Peach Street in late December, 2025. Wing Stop brings the national chicken wing flavors to the local scene, sparking queues and debates between chain foods and supporters of local wing spots. With plans of a second location in Harbor Creek also in the works, making a...

New details have been released following a deadly multi-vehicle crash on Interstate I-79 in Mercer County. According to Mercer County Coroner John Libonati, a 22-year-old Erie resident died after suffering blunt force trauma to the head and chest. The death has been ruled accidental. According to the Pennsylvania...

Former Erie Humane Society director Nicole Leone on Friday admitted to stealing thousands of dollars from the animal shelter and was sentenced by a judge. Leone, 42, pleaded guilty to a felony count of theft by deception. A felony count of access device fraud and misdemeanor count of tampering with records were...

No compatible source was found for this media. Erie School Board to Meet Wednesday About Future of Consolidated Schools. One of the items on the agenda is to revisit the decision to merge schools.

An Erie home was heavily damaged after a fire broke out Thursday morning. Calls for that fire went out at 10:38 am in the 1800 block of West 22nd Street with heavy smoke pouring from the home’s roof. Flames and smoke billowed from the roof of the house as firefighters spent over an hour containing […]

Transit riders and community members are invited by the Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority to provide feedback in a public survey aimed to assist in the ongoing Transit Development Plan (TDP). The survey aims at receiving feedback on the current transit services and identify priorities of the system to improve over...

(WJET/WFXP)– PennDOT closed two sections of Interstate 79 on Thursday, one in Erie County and the other in Mercer County, due to two crashes late Thursday morning. PennDOT closed I-79 northbound near Exit 174 in McKean Township with 511PA showing a multi-vehicle crash, though the roadway has since been reopened,...