Erie PA

Residents and visitors are reminded that the annual Millcreek Township 4th of July Parade will take place on Thursday, July 4, and will include temporary road closures to accommodate the event. W. 12th Street will be closed from Peninsula Drive to Guetner Avenue beginning at 8:00 AM. The closure will...

Erie, Pa. – Slow-moving thunderstorms packing torrential rainfall could bring dangerous flooding to northwest Pennsylvania through 10 p.m. Monday, especially in low-lying parts of Erie and Crawford counties. According to the National Weather Service in Cleveland, a Flood Watch is in effect for Northern Erie, Southern...

(WJET/WFXP) – As the holiday weekend quickly approaches, one Presque Isle beach will have restricted swimming. On Wednesday, July 2, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) announced that Beach 8 at Presque Isle will have restricted swimming due to an elevated E....

An investigation into narcotics activity in the City of Dunkirk ended with the arrest of two city men Tuesday afternoon. Narcotics investigators from the Dunkirk Police Department, Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and Jamestown Police Department executed a search warrant at the upper rear apartment at 501-503...

A beloved local gem is about to get national recognition. The Lawrence Park Dinor, a staple in Erie since 1948, will be featured on an upcoming episode of America’s Best Restaurants (ABR) this July. The ABR Roadshow will film on-site Friday, July 18 from 2 to 5 p.m., capturing...

UPMC Park looked more like a dog park Tuesday night, as pet owners brought their furry friends to catch a ball game. The Erie SeaWolves hosted Bark at the Park Tuesday night, allowing fans to bring their dogs to the stadium to enjoy a beautiful day at the ballpark. Dogs of all shapes and sizes […]

McKenzie Pauli started lifting weights towards the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, and since then, she’s grown into an Olympic weightlifter. Just over a week ago, Pauli took her skills to a national competition in Colorado Springs, marking the next step in her weightlifting career. “Before, I would do a lot of team...

The Erie Cancer Wellness Center (ECWC), sponsored by The Plastek Group and Erie Bank, will launch its new Summer Series on Thursday, July 10, with a full day of free outdoor cancer wellness programming from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Rotary Pavilion in Presque Isle State Park. The...

(WJET/WFXP)– The bridge along Old Lake Road will be closing after Independence Day, while another bridge is set to open in time for the big holiday, PennDOT announced. The Old Lake Road bridge that runs over Raccoon Creek in Springfield Township will close on July 7 for repairs, weather permitting, with the...

A local community that has been without a local pharmacy for over a year will soon be getting a new one. Tuesday morning, LECOM Health held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Colonial Family Pharmacy located on East State Street, next door to the LECOM Primary Care office. The pharmacy is part of LECOM’s Broader Rural...