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Don't let the bed bugs bite! It's not just a silly bedtime saying anymore. Studies show a dramatic increase in bed bug infestation across the U.S. Here, locally, things are no different. Erie Pest Control says the number of cases they have seen has doubled in the past yea...

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The announcement was made inside a union hall where there has not been a lot of good news lately. Approximately 1,000 laid off workers from GE's Lawrence Park plant will receive Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits. The benefits were denied by the US Department of La...

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Harborcreek Township is now one step closer to selling the vacant Harborcreek Mall property. Supervisors now have a written offer from the Erie County Re-Development Authority to buy the 18 acre site along Route 5. The two sides are now working to finalize a sales agreement....

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Erie's Hispanic population keeps growing. So an Erie hospital is taking steps to be sure patients who speak Spanish can communicate with doctors and nurses. Saint Vincent Health Center now has a Spanish interpreter on-site every weekday. And under a new contract with the Mul...

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 An update this morning on a story 12-News has been following. The Erie man accused of stealing over $100,000 from the armored car company where he worked, is headed to trial. Police say Mark Tompkins, 22, took $130,000 Loomis Armored Car Company. In court...

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 On West 18th Street, a makeshift memorial continues to grow.....honoring the memory of two mothers killed in an apartment fire.  CLICK FOR VIDEO  On Wednesday, family and friends of the...

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   The Iroquois School Board gave final approval to selling the old Wesleyville Elementary School. It sold for $30,000 to Harborcreek Youth Services. It will now be used for high school students who need alternative education. School districts in the East County wi...

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   The water quality of Lake Erie along Presque Isle beaches is the cleanest it has been in two years. This is according to the PennEnvironment's annual water quality report. In 2009, Presque Isle received four out of a five star rating for beach water quality...

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It's thick and brown and rippled.  It has large spots of white mixed in and it has a chemical smell.   CLICK FOR VIDEO  It's a substance floating on Edinboro Lake and it prompted a...

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A judge will rule, Thursday, on whether an 18 year old charged in the shooting death of a local teenager, will be tried as an adult.

Larry Lemon was in court, Wednesday morning, for an evidentiary hearing.

His lawyer wants the case moved t...

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Thomas Peckham, the owner of Moon Meadows Campground, turned himself in to sheriff's deputies, Wednesday morning.

A bench warrant was issued for his arrest, Tuesday.

It comes after the health department ruled the campground's septic syste...

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Erie County remains the key battle ground in the fight against the dangerous giant hogweed lant. CLICK FOR VIDEO  But after 20 years of control efforts, far fewer new sites are being found. Still the...

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PennDOT is using a special sealant to improve safety on one of the busiest sets of bridges in the area. The twin spans that carry Interstate 79 over railroad tracks between West 12th and West 26th Street are the largest bridges where local PennDOT engineers have used a...

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According to Captain Michael Tesore of the Millcreek Police Department, this has been one of the worst years for stolen bikes.  Since June first, there have been thirty reports of stolen bikes.  Most of the bikes have been stolen around JS Wilson Middle School,...

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     The Summer Treatment Program at the Achievement Center is in full swing. Through recreational programs, children with ADHD learn social skills and ways to improve self-esteem. C...

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Family and friends gathered at Presque Isle, for what would have been the 16th birthday of a young girl killed in a car crash last month.  CLICK FOR VIDEO  Hundreds of loved ones me...

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This afternoon the Moon Meadows evictions came to a head.  CLICK FOR VIDEO  This comes after a ruling by the Erie County Health Department that the sewage system at the campground did n...

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After the tragic loss of a friend in a house fire, Sunday, a local man is stepping up to help her family.

A the house fire claimed the lives of two Erie mothers, just a few days ago.  Now, a benefit is being organized, to help the family they left behind.<...

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A man charged with slashing a bait shop clerk across the throat was bound over for trial on Tuesday.  CLICK FOR VIDEO

64-Year old Thomas Schertzer is facing a number of charges, incl...

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Former Erie Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim Barker is talking for the first time about his new job as head of the Pennsylvania Digital Learning Network. Barker spoke this afternoon at Erie's Jefferson Educational Society about his 17 years as superintendent, as well as his ne...

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Construction of the super Wal-Mart in Summit Township is moving into it's final phase, with the focus shifting to a nearby road project. At the main complex crews are starting to pave the parking lot. Meanwhile, heavy equipment is now re-configuring Commons Drive, which runs...

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   The man accused of slashing a bait shop store clerk across the throat is due in court today. Police charged Thomas Schertzer, 64, with attempted murder last month. They say he slashed a worker at BAC Bait Shop on Peninsula Drive in Millcreek with a fil...

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Erie Police have charged 35 year old Mark Warner with homicide in the shooting death of his his girlfriend, identified as 28 year old Crystal Finch.  CLICK FOR VIDEO

Warner was arraign...

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Monday was a day of celebration at Perry Square. 20 Years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. CLICK FOR VIDEO

Shona Eakin was a college student at Edinboro Universi...

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A campground owner's request for more time to bring his property up to standard and avoid the eviction of his tenants has been denied.

A judge denied the motion, filed by Thomas Peckham, owner of the Moon Meadows Campground, today.

Peckham file...

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Authorities are still trying to determine the cause of a deadly Sunday morning fire on West 18th Street.  CLICK FOR VIDEO   Two women, 43 year old Gwen Henry, and 31 year old Tyreesh...

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   Get ready for some lane restrictions this week if you travel Interstate 90 in Harborcreek. Crews are working to replace the two bridges over Six Mile Creek. So, it'll be down to one lane in each direction today through Thursday. The good news? That work will...

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Erie Police have charged a local man with murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend overnight.  The suspect is 35 year old Mark Anthony Warner.  Police took him to the Erie County Prison Sunday evening after he was arraigned on charges of criminal homicide,...

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The call for a house fire came in around four o'clock Sunday morning.

The first firefighters found the upstairs apartment in a two story house at 933 West 18th Street already up in flames. They quickly learned there were two women trapped inside.

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Two people are dead after their small plane crashed in Venango County Saturday morning.  What investigators describe as a two seat experimental aircraft, went down in the woods about 11:30 a.m. Saturday.  The plane crashed roughly 100 yards northwest of Miller R...

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A severe storm cell swept through northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York Saturday evening spawning several tornadoes including one that hit the Dewitville and Mayville areas in Chautauqua County.

Brandon Teriberry captured a clear photo of the funnel cloud i...

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Some people were getting serious about sand, on beach eight at Presque Isle.

They were competing in Discover Presque Isle's annual sand sculpting competition.

Art's Bakery has been sponsoring the competition for 14 of it's 20 years. 

"It's...

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A number of downtown Erie streets, were flooded by Friday morning's sudden downpour.  It happened, just before 7:00. An inch of rain fell, in less than an hour.  CLICK FOR VIDEO  But tha...

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   Residents of Moon Meadows Campground in Erie are losing their homes due to a ruling by the Erie County Department of Health but today they were offered a little help. Residents learned about an assistance program offered by the Erie County Housing Authority....

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For the first time today, the debate over disputed evidence provided by a former forensic nurse was heard in a court hearing. And it may the first of a number of hearings. CLICK FOR VIDEO  The...

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The 17th annual Discover Presque Isle is now underway and it is certainly beach weather for the 3-day summer festival. Organizers hope for 100,000 people to visit the park between now and Sunday. By mid-day today a lot of people were already jamming the food and arts and cra...

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The Republican candidate for governor was in Erie on Friday.

Tom Corbett chose a small business in Summit Township to spread his message about cutting taxes and reducing the size of state government. Corbett told employees at TESCO that he took a pledge to...

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