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(WJET/WFXP) – It’s time for the Erie community to cast their votes! Each year, GoErie hosts their annual Erie’s Choice Award competition, celebrating local personalities, businesses and organizations. This year, JET’s morning meteorologist, Craig Flint, has been nominated for “Best TV Personality.” Lou Baxter has also

More than 140 golfers took to the course in support of a local nonprofit during the annual Lucy's First Steps Golf Outing, the organization's largest fundraiser of the year. A total of 144 golfers participated in this year's event, helping raise money for Lucy's First Steps, which provides assistance to families facing

I attended the City Council meeting on July 1 at 9 a.m. Councilman Brzezinski was absent. The meeting began with a presentation led by Executive Director of Bayfront East Side Taskforce (BEST) Marcia Farrell. Farrell proposed projects with Infinite Erie to both develop green space and the area along the lower blocks of

New information has been released in Erie’s first homicide investigation of the year. Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook has identified the victim as 61-year-old Frederick Torrence, who died after being shot earlier this week in east Erie. According to Cook, Torrence died from a gunshot wound to the chest....

Emergency crews responded to a distress call involving the Victorian Princess on Erie’s Bayfront Thursday night after strong winds pushed the vessel into a dock near Dobbins Landing. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. while the Victorian Princess was carrying nearly 100 passengers on board. According to authorities, h

Update: As of July 10, 2026, a local fire department confirmed that the missing girl has been found. Police are currently on the lookout for a missing girl. According to Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Warren, a 7-year-old has been reported missing. PSP Warren stated that she was last seen while camping with her father

More than 2,000 customers are currently without electricity as crews work to identify and repair the cause of a power outage affecting the area. According to the utility company, a crew has been dispatched and has arrived on scene to investigate the source of the outage. Officials said the assigned crew may not be visi

A violent three-vehicle crash Aug. 5 on West 26th Street near Interstate 79 in Erie sent five people to the hospital and shut down a major thoroughfare for hours. A lengthy investigation into the accident led Erie police on July 7 to charge a Fairview Township woman with causing it. Investigators charge that the woman,

A Westmoreland County man scheduled to appear in court in Erie next week to face charges in a fatal 2025 boating accident on Lake Erie is facing misdemeanor drug charges in his home county following a raid July 8. Derek Bold, 22, of North Huntingdon, was jailed on $25,000 bond in Westmoreland County following his arrai

Two people avoided serious injury following a two-vehicle crash on I-86 near Sherman. The incident occurred shortly after 12:15 PM on Thursday. According to first responders from Sherman, a passenger vehicle swerved in front of a tractor-trailer after another passenger vehicle decelerated rapidly to avoid hitting a dee