Sewage, power issues at Fairview Dollar General fixed but not reported
Dollar General, 8181 Avonia Road, recently experienced repeated and unreported sewage backups and an extended power outage March 16, according to the Erie County Health Department's March 20 inspection of the facility. "The facility experienced a sewage backup on March 15, 2026," the inspector noted on the form....
Marriages, births and more to view in Erie County vital statistics
Marriage licenses issued between March 9-13 Mostafa Ibrahim Mahmoud Slim Abdellatif ; Samantha Lynn Villa Jeffrey Alan Peterson ; Laura C. Standley Robert Pickens ; Wanda Maritza Gonzalez Gerardo Garrido Guzman ; Chelsea Marie Wheeler Sunshine Ferguson ; Karine Zeff Stephen Clark Bostwick ; Diane Marie Shearer...
Three Amish Girls Airlifted After School Explosion and Fire
A tragedy has struck an Amish community in northwestern Pennsylvania as an explosion at a schoolhouse set the building on fire this morning – leaving three Amish girls badly burned. (Story updated below) The Amish school is located in the Spartansburg, Pennsylvania community, and appears to have burned to...
Erie County restaurant inspections for March 20-27, 2026
At least once a year, Erie County Department of Health officials inspect all restaurants and stores that sell unpackaged food. Here is a list of violations recorded March 20-27. 2 critical violations Kirin Court , 5424 Peach St., Millcreek Township. (No chemical sanitizer being used on equipment and utensils after...
Clinton Rogers Hearing Cancelled
The District Attorney in the Lonene Rogers case relayed that due to insufficient evidence the hearing for Clinton Rogers will be rescheduled at a later date. The defense argued that without a body and only a confession from the suspect on its own is not enough to justify a murder conviction. Prosecutors will be...
HANDS Opens Emma Howell Apartments
The Housing and Neighborhood Development Service (HANDS) has announced the opening of the Emma Howell Apartments on Parade Street.
📢 Erie seeks public input on $3.8M community development plan
The City of Erie is inviting residents to share feedback on its FY 2026 Annual Action Plan, which outlines how about $3.8 million in federal funds will be used for housing, community development, and homelessness programs.
Update: Anticipate penny-sized hail with thunderstorms in Southern Erie and Crawford County Thursday
An updated weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 7:44 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 8:30 p.m. for Southern Erie and Crawford County. The storms could bring wind gusts of up to 40 mph and penny-sized hail (0.75 inches). "At 7:44 p.m., Doppler radar tracked...
Blood donation drive being held to benefit Erie baby born prematurely
After witnessing how critical blood products were in saving her grandson, one brave grandmother decided to use his story to help save others. Baby Arty was born early at just 33 weeks. He needed over 50 blood transfusions to survive. Baby Arty’s grandmother began working at the Community Blood Bank around the time he...
PennWest Edinboro Earns New Title
PennWest University has been named a Military Friendly School for 2026-2027 with a Silver designation in the large public institution category because of its continued support for veterans, active-duty service members and their families.
