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Preparing for Big Dog Show Video included

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Preparing for Big Local Dog Show. More>>

Schroeck Runs for Congress

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Schroeck Running for Congress. More>>

Steelhead Eggs Arrive at Hatchery

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Steelhead Eggs Arrive at Hatchery. More>>

Erie School District Expands Cyber Program

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District hopes to retain students who currently are enrolled in out-of-town cyber schools. More>>

Jury Reaches a Verdict in Crawford County Murder Trial

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The jury has reached a verdict, in the murder trial of a Crawford county woman.53 year old Patricia Oliver is accused in the shotgun death of her husband, 63 year old Anthony Oliver.The jury started deliberating More>>

Paterno Remembered from State College to Erie

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People gathered from State College to Penn State Erie to remember legendary coach Joe Paterno. More>>

Students Watch Paterno Memorial at Penn State Behrend

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On Thursday afternoon, students gathered in the Penn State Alumni Building to watch the Joe Paterno memorial service. Emotions ran high, as they watched each speaker give a public farewell. "Not only More>>

Kanzius Research Published in International Journal

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Research from the Kanzius/ Curley Lab at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer has been published in the January 2012 issue of "Biomaterials." More>>

City Teamsters Give Leaders Authority to Call for Strike

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Strike Authorization Vote. More>>

Confusion After Court Rejects Redistricting Plan Video included

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Court Ruling on Redistricting Creates Confusion. More>>

Erie Bishop Plans to Reopen Roosevelt Middle School

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Roosevelt Middle School in Erie has seen better days.  It's been closed for nearly five years.  But the building may have new life if Bishop Dwayne Brock has his way in turning it into a boarding school. More>>

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  • Friday, January 27 2012 4:48 PM EST2012-01-27 21:48:08 GMT
    We've heard it before. Hundreds of job openings in Erie, and no job candidates to fill the slots. That's why a job fair, co-sponsored by the Urban Erie Community Development Corporation was held on Friday,
  • Friday, January 27 2012 11:59 AM EST2012-01-27 16:59:12 GMT
    If you're out of work, or know someone looking for a job, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Career Fair is the place to be today. Doors opened at 10:00 this morning, at the JFK Center at 2021 East 20th Street.
  • Thursday, January 26 2012 3:31 PM EST2012-01-26 20:31:54 GMT
    A lawsuit has been filed against the Barber National Institute involving the fatal fire where two people died, last April. The lawsuit states the Barber Institute was negligent in the safety and well-being
  • Thursday, January 26 2012 1:09 PM EST2012-01-26 18:09:55 GMT
    The City of Erie is looking for participants for the Sherwin-Williams training program. It's called "Home-Work" and helps train inner city residents for jobs in professional painting and contracting fields.
  • Wednesday, January 25 2012 9:32 PM EST2012-01-26 02:32:51 GMT
    Over the years, the National Alliance on Mental Illness Family-to-Family program has helped over 1000 local families deal with mental illnesses. On Wednesday night, graduates of the program gathered
  • Wednesday, January 25 2012 5:13 PM EST2012-01-25 22:13:46 GMT
    Since joining her husband in the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama has been on a crusade to stop childhood obesity. Now she's tackling the nation's school lunch program. Mrs. Obama says, "When we
  • Wednesday, January 25 2012 5:13 PM EST2012-01-25 22:13:14 GMT
    Windsor Beach Technologies is one of a number of companies offering good jobs at good wages but are still unable to find enough workers for the orders they have.
  • Wednesday, January 25 2012 5:00 PM EST2012-01-25 22:00:44 GMT
    12News has teamed up with the Erie County District Attorney's and Sheriff's office, to help get wanted suspects behind bars.The DA's office is using Twitter to find wanted suspects, this week, they're
  • Wednesday, January 25 2012 4:33 PM EST2012-01-25 21:33:29 GMT
    It's official, Mercyhurst College is now Mercyhurst Uuniversity. They've been working on the switch for several years. This year's graduating class will be the first in a new era for Mercyhurst University.
  • Wednesday, January 25 2012 4:10 PM EST2012-01-25 21:10:08 GMT
    Kumar, the white Bengal Tiger at the Erie Zoo, had to be euthanized on Monday. Kumar, who was over twenty years old, has been dealing with age related illness, including arthritis and kidney problems. Kumar
  • Wednesday, January 25 2012 4:09 PM EST2012-01-25 21:09:41 GMT
    Career Fair will feature companies that have jobs available now.
  • Wednesday, January 25 2012 3:55 PM EST2012-01-25 20:55:56 GMT
    City Faces Lawsuit Over Rental Inspection Program.
  • Wednesday, January 25 2012 1:46 PM EST2012-01-25 18:46:19 GMT
    Starting next year, there will be a different set of criteria to meet, when diagnosing a patient with Autism.
  • Wednesday, January 25 2012 1:27 PM EST2012-01-25 18:27:05 GMT
    Students at the Erie Rise Leadership Academy charter school, are recognized in a special way.The school held an academic pep rally, to honor the students who did well this quarter. It's their second academic
  • Tuesday, January 24 2012 9:00 PM EST2012-01-25 02:00:56 GMT
    On the first day candidates can circulate petitions, three local people are announcing they will run for Pennsylvania's 49th District Senate seat. Currently, Senator Jane Earll holds the seat,
  • Tuesday, January 24 2012 2:58 PM EST2012-01-24 19:58:39 GMT
    Nick Scott Reacts to Plan to Increase Hotel Tax.
  • Monday, January 23 2012 10:29 PM EST2012-01-24 03:29:33 GMT
    Emotions running high, at the latest sewer and water meeting in North East Township. On Monday night, citizens gathered to voice their concerns over the sewer expansion project. Construction crews began
  • Monday, January 23 2012 5:27 PM EST2012-01-23 22:27:18 GMT
    The Penn State family continues to mourn the death of Joe Paterno.The makeshift memorial around his statue outside the football stadium, is growing as mourners pay their respects.He coached the Nittany
  • Monday, January 23 2012 4:32 PM EST2012-01-23 21:32:55 GMT
    Scutella Running for State Senate.
  • Monday, January 23 2012 4:05 PM EST2012-01-23 21:05:24 GMT
    Achievment Center Sells Main Downtown Building.
  • Monday, January 23 2012 3:44 PM EST2012-01-23 20:44:52 GMT
    Perry's Landing Project.
  • Monday, January 23 2012 1:33 PM EST2012-01-23 18:33:58 GMT
    Both sides agree that 25-year old Anthony Hales killed his girlfriend Christine Hulsinger.

    Whether he intended to kill her will decide if he is guilty of first degree murder.
  • Monday, January 23 2012 12:18 AM EST2012-01-23 05:18:01 GMT
    Erie Police are looking for an armed man who held up a local convenience store Sunday night. Police say the suspect was armed with a handgun, when he entered the Family Dollar Store located at 12th and
  • Monday, January 23 2012 12:11 AM EST2012-01-23 05:11:16 GMT
    Erie Police are looking for an armed man who held up local store Sunday night. Police say the suspect was armed with a handgun when he entered the Family Dollar store at 12th and Holland and asked for
  • Sunday, January 22 2012 10:38 PM EST2012-01-23 03:38:39 GMT
    For many students at Penn State Behrend, Sunday brunch conversation was swallowed by the news of the death of former head football coach Joe Paterno. "I always said that I thought he was going
  • Sunday, January 22 2012 7:02 PM EST2012-01-23 00:02:00 GMT
    Having led the storied Penn State football team for 46 years, Joe Paterno has coached hundreds of students. One of them was Edinboro native Drew Astorino. "I spent a lot of time playing
  • Sunday, January 22 2012 1:54 PM EST2012-01-22 18:54:38 GMT
    Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno has died from complications from lung cancer. Paterno was 85 years old and passed early Sunday morning surrounded by family members.
  • Saturday, January 21 2012 10:55 PM EST2012-01-22 03:55:18 GMT
    A family spokesman says Penn State football legend, Coach Joe Paterno, was in serious condition Saturday night, after experiencing health complications.The 85 year old former Penn State football coach
  • Saturday, January 21 2012 7:17 PM EST2012-01-22 00:17:17 GMT
    Gannon University athletics inducts a new class of hall of fame honorees.Gannon celebrated a new class of inductees Saturday, honoring 9 new members.The athletes participated in sports including football,
  • Saturday, January 21 2012 7:09 PM EST2012-01-22 00:09:49 GMT
    A local group, looking to bring high speed rail to Erie county, held their annual meeting at the Jefferson Educational Society.The group, called All Aboard Erie, is hoping that in the near future, Erie
  • Saturday, January 21 2012 7:06 PM EST2012-01-22 00:06:53 GMT
    An early-morning fire leveled the former Phillipsville tavern in Wattsburg, leaving 8 people homeless.The fire broke around 6:30 Saturday morning. It took fire fighters about 2 hours to get it completely
  • Saturday, January 21 2012 7:04 PM EST2012-01-22 00:04:13 GMT
    Fire fighters were called out twice, to a fire at a Waterford car lot. Fire crews responded to Oak Hill Motors along Route 97, around 12:30 Saturday afternoon.The fire burned for more than an hour, and
  • Friday, January 20 2012 9:30 PM EST2012-01-21 02:30:46 GMT
    The kids of Popp's Mobile Home Court say that their prayers have been answered. On Friday, the Fort LeBoeuf School District announced that they will be making changes to their bus stop. The decision
  • Friday, January 20 2012 6:03 PM EST2012-01-20 23:03:09 GMT
    Exactly one month, after a Fort LeBoeuf teenager is hit and killed while trying to board her school bus, it looks like district is changing the way they pick-up the students, in the area where that accident

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Companies Still Struggle to Find Workers Video included

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Windsor Beach Technologies is one of a number of companies offering good jobs at good wages but are still unable to find enough workers for the orders they have. More>>

Erie Bishop Plans to Reopen Roosevelt Middle School

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Roosevelt Middle School in Erie has seen better days.  It's been closed for nearly five years.  But the building may have new life if Bishop Dwayne Brock has his way in turning it into a boarding school. More>>

Mercyhurst Is Now Officially A University Video included

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It's official, Mercyhurst College is now Mercyhurst Uuniversity. They've been working on the switch for several years. This year's graduating class will be the first in a new era for Mercyhurst University. More>>

Jobs Are Available in Erie

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Career Fair will feature companies that have jobs available now. More>>

Erie Zoo Mourns the Death of Kumar

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Kumar, the white Bengal Tiger at the Erie Zoo, had to be euthanized on Monday. Kumar, who was over twenty years old, has been dealing with age related illness, including arthritis and kidney problems. Kumar More>>

Help Sheriffs Office Find Wanted Suspects

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12News has teamed up with the Erie County District Attorney's and Sheriff's office, to help get wanted suspects behind bars.The DA's office is using Twitter to find wanted suspects, this week, they're More>>

Sherwin-Williams Training Program Looking for Participants

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The City of Erie is looking for participants for the Sherwin-Williams training program. It's called "Home-Work" and helps train inner city residents for jobs in professional painting and contracting fields. More>>

Changes to National School Lunch Programs Video included

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Since joining her husband in the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama has been on a crusade to stop childhood obesity. Now she's tackling the nation's school lunch program. Mrs. Obama says, "When we More>>

Sterling Technologies Growing While Rotating Plastic Molds

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Inside the 100,000 square foot warehouse of Sterling Technologies in Lake City lies dozens of plastic products all created from start to finish.  To do it they use a process called rotational molding. More>>

Harlem Globetrotter Tickets

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Win tickets to the Harlem Globetrotters. On Tuesday February 7th 2012 at 7 pm the Harlem globetrotters will be performing Live at the Erie civic Center.This is your chance to take the whole family to see More>>

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