Erie PA

Looking for something useful or fun without spending a dime? Erie neighbors are giving away a few great items this week — from a piano to a deep freezer ready for scrapping. This very old piano could use some tuning and cosmetic touch-ups, but it’s free if you can haul it away. Perfect for someone handy or looking for a project.

A drug raid in the Town of Pomfret led to the arrest of a Dunkirk man on Tuesday. Narcotics investigators with the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and Jamestown Police Department executed a search warrant at 5341 Van Buren Road at about 9:45 AM as part of their probe into narcotics activity. 43-year-old Andrew Betts was located inside the residence, and investigators...

Two counties could see another bout of severe weather on Wednesday night. According to meteorologist Brodie Wesson, Erie and Crawford counties are under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 9 p.m.m on Wednesday, April 15. Wesson said the areas could see damaging winds of up to 70 MPH, along with hail the size of ping pong […]

Storm sirens are blaring in the region on Wednesday afternoon to make sure they’re ready for any weather-related emergency. Starting now until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, the Erie County Department of Public Safety is conducting a disaster, storm siren test. According to public safety, the test is done four times a year to ensure that […]

Jamestown, Ny (WJET/WFXP)– After being missing since Sunday, the missing historic cross belonging to a Chautauqua County church has been returned, with the church’s rector calling the situation a story of something being given back rather than stolen. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Jamestown, New York, announced that their 143-year-old cross had been recovered and […]

Residents in Erie County are pushing back against newly installed Flock surveillance cameras. A post circulating online is calling on community members to speak out and sign a petition opposing the cameras, which have recently gone up in places like the Millcreek Mall. Supporters of the effort said they’re concerned about privacy and how the […]

(WJET/WFXP)– The North East man charged alongside his then girlfriend in a child neglect case uncovered after one of the children got out of the house and wandered the borough naked has received his sentence. According to Assistant Erie County District Attorney Shane Kaliszewski, Samuel Bartlebaugh, 23, was sentenced on Monday to 11.5 to 23 […]

On April 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Waldron Campus Center’s Yehl Ballroom at Gannon University, several students from three academic colleges will be recognized for their accomplishments in research writing, journalism and poetry during the 49th Annual Writing Awards. Winners of Gannon’s national high school poetry contest will also be recognized.

High school students with the best driving skills from the Erie area competed for a chance to win a thousand dollars For the 18th year, PennDOT partnered with the Northwest Chapter of the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association and several community safety partners to host the teen driver safety competition. The competition consisted of written exams, […]

(WNY News Now) – KIANTONE, N.Y. — A 39-year-old Frewsburg man was arrested in Kiantone on April 9, 2026, following a larceny investigation conducted by the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, according to authorities. Deputies identified the suspect as Garrett R. Culver, 39, of Frewsburg, New York, after...