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Two 16-year-old boys were in comas on Tuesday after they were critically injured Monday night in a two-vehicle crash at an east Erie intersection. The crash remained under investigation Tuesday.

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A woman was assaulted in an attempted purse-snatching on Erie's west side Monday night, police reported Tuesday.

For the past 16 years, fans have been able to check out the future stars of the Detroit Tigers in downtown Erie.

MEADVILLE State police are still searching for a suspect and a distinctive van in the armed robbery of a gas station in West Mead Township on Sunday night.

The conversation was being held in the living room in front of the cat, as if Sam weren't there.

A major conference on autism, featuring Dr. Temple Grandin, regarded worldwide as the most accomplished autistic adult, will be hosted in Erie by Mercyhurst University.

Drive north on east Erie's Lighthouse Street as far as you can, hang a left and there it is the Erie Land Lighthouse.

'Education Funding in Pennsylvania, Past, Present and Future'Thursday, Sept. 22, 930 a.m. Diebold Center for the Performing Arts, Edinboro University Richard Scaletta, General McLane School District superintendent. Cost Free. Info www.edinboro.edu.

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