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If you ever walked with the Benedictine Sisters of Erie on a Good Friday Peace Pilgrimage or attended a Take Back the Site vigil, you owe the experience to Sister Marlene Bertke . Bertke was a co-founder of Benedictines for Peace and its coordinator when the vigils began in 1999. She helped start the annual...

DUNKIRK, N.Y. — New jobs are coming to Chautauqua County. Ultrapak, LLC is expanding its Dunkirk facility, Empire State Development announced Wednesday. The $800,000 project is being partially funded through New York State. The company makes labels for products like food, drinks, and medications, and it says new...

Bro Man’s Birria N’ Burgers will be hosting the grand opening of their new West 26th Street location on March 26 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. At 10:45 a.m. the restaurant will kick off the event with a ribbon cutting before giving the public a first look at the new space.

The Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force and Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office Narcotic Investigators conducted a search at 210 Hazeltine Avenue upper apartment. Inside the residence authorities located and detained Krysatfur Bowman and Kyante Pearson without incident. During the search detectives discovered 188.4 grams...

A new Burger King restaurant will be built at West 26th Street and Peninsula Drive in Millcreek. The Burger King previously located at the intersection, at 2872 West 26th St., is being demolished. It was built in 1986. Construction of the new restaurant could begin this spring. In with the new The new Burger King...

Five Erie residents are in custody for allegedly stalking, surveilling and shooting at a man earlier this month on the city’s east side. Three adults and two juveniles are being charged with attempted homicide and other charges in connection with the shooting of Johnathan Gavin Jr. In the 600-block of East 21st...

A pair of historic Naval vessels docked at the Erie County Naval and Military Park in Buffalo could soon be headed to Donjon Shipbuilding & Repair in Erie. But first, there's work to be done to stabilize both the USS Croaker — a 312-foot submarine launched in 1943 — and USS The Sullivans, a World War II destroyer....

The Millcreek Township Planning Commission will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 5:30 PM in the Township Assembly Room. The meeting will also stream live on YouTube at millcreektownship.com/meetings.

Dive teams will return to Chautauqua Lake on Wednesday to resume searching for a missing Lakewood man whose truck was pulled from the lake late last week. During a Lakewood Village Board meeting on Monday, Lakewood-Busti Police Chief Matthew Bentley said that 64-year-old Daniel Emerson -- who has been missing since...

In part of a nine-year annual tradition, seventh graders across the Erie School District gathered to showcase their entrepreneurial projects. The Ice House program was created to encourage children to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Throughout the spring semester of this school year, participating students worked...