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Erie Preparatory Academy to Close Due to Lack of Funding
Erie News Now has learned that Erie Preparatory Academy, the boarding school on Oliver Road that focuses on international students and athletics, will close as early as November 23 because of a lack of funding. A letter sent to staff, students and families says the school does not have sufficient...
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Police seize 1.5 kg of fentanyl in Erie trafficking case
Pennsylvania State Police said three people were taken into custody back in early October in a large narcotics trafficking case. PSP has arrested and charged 39-year-old Jose Martinez Jr., 33-year-old Christopher Wozniak, and 53-year-old Luis Burgos in the case. The men are all listed as Erie residents. Police said the trio, and others known to […]
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Erie man charged for allegedly assaulting mother, binding her to chair
An Erie man is facing several charges, including attempted homicide and strangulation, after allegedly assaulting his mother. Keith Nieves, 57, was arrested on Saturday after a concerned neighbor called Erie police. The incident happened around 1:15 am in the 700 block of East 25th Street. When officers arrived, they found the woman victim, who stated […]
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Corry man faces court date in abuse, neglect case involving sons
A Corry man is scheduled to appear in court later this month to face charges of abusing and neglecting his two young sons in an investigation launched by Corry police in October. Lenwood Jones, 34, has been in the Erie County Prison on $100,000 bond since his arraignment Nov. 1 on first-degree felony counts of aggravated assault, second-degree felony counts of endangering the welfare of children, and misdemeanor counts of simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. A lawyer for Jones was not listed on his criminal docket sheet Nov. 10. Corry police filed the charges Oct. 28 in an investigation into suspected child abuse, which was launched after police on Oct. 5 assisted the Erie County Office of Children and Youth with the removal of four children from an East Airport Road apartment where Jones lived, according to information in the criminal complaint against Jones. The next day, according to information in the complaint's affidavit, police learned that an 8-year-old boy arrived at school with bruising on his cheek under his right eye, and were told the boy had come to school two other times with swelling around the eye. When the boy was later interviewed, he stated his
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Another faces charges for Halloween weekend shooting in Erie
Another man has been arrested in connection with one of the shootings that happened in the City of Erie Halloween weekend. 24-year-old Chad Everett Duck Jr. has been arrested and is facing several charges including attempted homicide and firearms not to be carried without a license. This incident happened October 31, early in the morning […]
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One man dead following West 6th Street fire
A fire in Erie’s West Bayfront neighborhood Tuesday morning has left one man dead. Crews were called to the 900 block of West 6th Street just before 7:30 Tuesday morning after a person passing by noticed light smoke coming from the home. When first responders arrived, they observed the same smoke and made entry into […]
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His Erie-based biofuels empire is being sold. His debt keeps growing
Erie entrepreneur Samuel P. "Pat" Black III broke ground in 2006 for the Hero BX plant on East Lake Road, which became the center of his biofuels empire . The phrase "fuel for humanity" was incorporated into the Hero BX logo. Twenty years later, Black is selling his biofuels facilities to fuel a court-approved financial plan to help pay off a personally guaranteed loan of about $13.5 million. But even as Black's Lake Erie Biofuels, which does business as Hero BX, unloads more of the facilities, the debt has continued to grow, according to the latest court filing related to the collapse of the 84-year-old Black's financial holdings. A failure to satisfy the $13.5 million debt would put Black's personal assets at risk. Black has blamed much of his financial decline on his daughter, Sumi James-Black, 51, whom he adopted in 2019, when he was 77 and she was 44 . But Black's $200 million federal lawsuit against her has stalled as he awaits a ruling from a federal appeals court. Black's forced sale of his Hero BX facilities is the result of another federal lawsuit. Connecticut-based Siena Lending Group sued in federal court in Erie in May 2025 after