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Years ago when there was talk of Hamot Medical Center becoming part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center system, I remember then-Erie County Executive Barry Grossman having concerns about that potential takeover.

For the past three years, the city of Detroit has invited some of its most successful and influential former residents back home to talk about their experiences, network with Detroit-based businesses, and find opportunities to invest in a town they still hold close to their heart.

An Erie County judge sentenced two people to county prison on Wednesday for having inappropriate contact with a 15-year-old girl after giving her alcohol in a North East residence in 2014.

An Erie man received a state prison sentence Wednesday on firearms charges.

A section of East 37th Street and a section of East Avenue is scheduled to be closed Thursday for road repairs, city of Erie officials said.

A 57-year-old Erie man will stand trial March 27 on charges that he stabbed his wife to death on July 22.

MEADVILLE A former Crawford County prison warden was sentenced to eight to 23 months in prison Wednesday for stealing more than 120,000 from a Moose lodge where he worked.

A couple thousand people, including school students, educators and political figures were expected at Erie's Bayfront Convention Center Wednesday for Erie's third annual Manufacturing Day.

Erie police have issued an arrest warrant for a city man accused of firing a gunshot in a westside neighborhood on Wednesday morning.

Rouse, a senior living facility in Warren County, won the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania's top award Wednesday at the 28th annual Bread Box Awards.