Jury mulls Pa. firefighter suicide firing lawsuit

6 February 2012, 1:47 pm

ERIE, Pa. (AP) - Jurors have begun deliberating a former western Pennsylvania firefighter's federal discrimination suit arguing that she was wrongly fired following a 2006 suicide attempt.... Read More »

Victim of crash on I-86 remains in intensive care

6 February 2012, 3:30 am

POLAND—A Jamestown woman airlifted to the hospital after a crash on Interstate 86 on Saturday remained in the intensive care unit of Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa., on Sunday.... Read More »

Otters Can't Solve Paterson in 3-0 Loss

4 February 2012, 8:06 pm

Erie, PA - The Erie Otters were stymied by Jake Paterson and the Saginaw Spirit, who shutout the Otters 3-0 in front of 3,814 fans at Tullio Arena Saturday night.... Read More »

Brown scores three times to lead the Otters over the Battalion 7-4

3 February 2012, 9:00 pm

ERIE, Pa. - Connor Brown scored his first Ontario Hockey League hat trick as the Erie Otters defeated the visiting Brampton Battalion 7-4 on Friday.... Read More »

Streak hits lucky seven for NU hockey

3 February 2012, 8:18 pm

The Niagara men's hockey team played one of its biggest games of the season without leading scorer Scott Arnold, but there were plenty of Purple Eagles to pick up the slack in place of the injured sophomore forward Friday night in Erie, Pa.... Read More »

Erie mayor prematurely named 'same-sex' supporter

3 February 2012, 7:10 am

The Associated Press The Associated Press ERIE, Pa. Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott was listed on a website as supporting a national lobbying effort to legalize same-sex marriage even though he hasn't signed onto the effort. Sinnott's assistant, Laura Schaaf, says someone entered his name on the Mayo... Read More »

Port project gets Pa. funds

3 February 2012, 6:11 am

A proposed warehousing/transportation project involving ports in Conneaut and Erie, Pa., has received a big financial boost from the state of Pennsylvania.... Read More »

U.S. Security Associates Receives Commendation From Mayor of Erie, PA

2 February 2012, 9:21 am

ATLANTA -- U.S. Security Associates Inc. (USA), a leading national provider of uniformed contract security services, received commendation from Mayor Joseph Sinnot for the job it did during the "Celebrate ...... Read More »

Winter sans ice fishing in Erie? It might happen

1 February 2012, 6:47 am

ERIE, Pa. (AP) - A milder winter has kept Presque Isle Bay and its adjacent waters mostly devoid of ice. That's meant no ice-fishing season - and no ice-fishing tales.... Read More »

The Impulsive Traveler: Eerie ice dunes in Erie, Pa., and Presque Isle park

13 January 2012, 9:46 am

Don’t climb the ice dunes, warn the rangers and the signs. Yet danger seemed remote as I scanned the serene frosted landscape near the entrance to Presque Isle State Park , a seven-mile spit of land arching into Lake Erie from Pennsylvania’s far northwest corner. Read full article >>... Read More »