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Over the next week, control of the Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority will stay local or fall under the authority of the state.

Some things to watch for in Wednesday's 90-minute faceoff at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Millcreek Township will hold a Drug Take Back Day Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the township's municipal building, 3608 W. 26th St.

Election lecture Thursday, Oct. 20, 930 a.m. Diebold Center for the Performing Arts, Edinboro University Al Stone Lecture Series presents Robert Rhodes, emeritus professor of political science at Edinboro University. Cost Free. Info www.edinboro.edu.

Millcreek Township supervisors on Tuesday approved the last required step before the Millcreek Township School District can break ground on theDavid P. Hanlon Community Sports Complex.

Erie and Crawford county hospitals, with a few exceptions, posted mortality and readmission rates they expected to achieve, according to a new statewide report from an independent agency.

Erie police are looking for two males accused of assaulting a security guard and taking his handgun at the Country Fair store at 2525 State St. Tuesday night.

An Erie teen has pleaded guilty to firing a gun at a police officer in July 2015.