Burghill’s Holiday in the Pines event returns for third year

3,000 people are expected to converge this weekend on the small Trumbull County community of Burghill to be part of what's becoming an annual holiday event.

View recent birth announcements in Erie County, Pa.

Birth announcements as reported by UPMC Hamot and AHN St. Vincent. UPMC Hamot Oct. 25 A boy to Abigail and Christopher Klebanski of Erie Oct. 26 A girl to Rikki Triana of Erie Oct. 27 A boy to Holly and Chris Petri of Conneaut, Ohio Oct. 28 A boy to Seirra Johnson and Joshua Flores of Erie Oct. 29 A girl to Celeste Holl and Adam Pieper of Franklin Township Oct. 30 Two girls to Cassie Perrin and Tyler Whipple of Warren St. Vincent Oct. 30 A boy to Lenora Lorder and Nesean Green of Millcreek Township Nov. 3 A boy to Cheyanne Brown and Ryan McBride of St. Marys Previous vitals Oct. 17-26 Oct. 19-23 Births: Oct. 11-20 Oct. 12-16 This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: View recent birth announcements in Erie County, Pa.

Thousands lose power on Erie’s east side Sunday

UPDATE 2:32 pm: Erie County has three reported outages. Crews are working to restore power after over 4,000 people lost power Sunday afternoon. According to Penelec’s live outage map, 4,367 outages were reported in Erie County as of 1:32 pm, mostly affecting customers on the city’s east side The map indicates customers from the Bayfront […]

Hydetown swears in new council member, discusses many topics

Hydetown Borough Council welcomed new council member, Chris Sterling during the Monday, Nov. 2, meeting. Sterling will be fulfilling a one-year term through Dec. 2027. Council will be appointing one more member to fill a vacant seat after reviewing applications. The council discussed merging with Oil Creek Township. A merger...

Erie VA holds groundbreaking ceremony for Ashtabula location

A new veterans’ affairs clinic is one step closer to becoming a reality in Ashtabula, Ohio. The Erie VA Healthcare System held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday morning for the new Ashtabula County outpatient clinic. The new facility will replace the existing clinic on Lambros Lane, providing a new location for veterans to receive health care […]

Fourteen Mahoning Valley regions marked for investment potential

OHIO - Governor Mike DeWine has announced 14 areas in the Mahoning Valley as federal Opportunity Zones to spur long-term investment and growth. DeWine announced the Opportunity Zones 2.0 with Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik, naming 260 census tracts—small subdivisions of a county used for national population data—across the state to encourage outside investment.

Over $317,000 awarded for Liberty Township sewer improvements

LIBERTY - Trumbull County has received more than $317,000 for sewer system improvements in Liberty Township. The county received a $317,645 critical infrastructure grant from the Ohio Department of Development. The funding will be used to help Liberty Township with the installation of catch basins, manholes and drainage pipes to...

Veterans Day parade recognizes service members in Erie

Veterans across the Erie community gathered Saturday for the annual Veterans Day parade and ceremony, recognizing those who have served our country. The parade stepped off on State Street with groups like JROTCs, a marching band, local veterans and organizations, and made its way through the city for a Jeep show at the VA Medical […]

Governor announces new Opportunity Zones across Ohio, including Mahoning Valley

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Development announced 14 regions in the Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana area are officially part of the federal Opportunity Zones program. The governor’s office announced that 260 census tracts across Ohio are now federal Opportunity Zones, a designation encouraging economic development by...

Gifts With a Story: A Crawford County Holiday Guide

The holiday season has a way of sneaking up on us. One minute we’re enjoying the last of the fall colors, and the next we’re making lists and wondering what to get the people who seem to have everything. Some of the most thoughtful gifts are closer than...

City Considers Amusement Tax Increase

AHN Grove City hiring event supports former Sharon Regional employees

GROVE CITY - After they heard about Sharon Regional’s closure, Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Grove City planned a career fair, on Friday prospective employees were able to speak with recruiters and potentially receive a same-day offer. The hospital shared they saw the impact and wanted the community to know...

City Looking to Replace Damaged Trees

Wesleyville and Union City Join Erie County Opportunity Zones

Erie County has received federal approval for an expanded Qualified Opportunity Zones map that covers nine census tracts across the county. County Executive Christina Vogel announced today that the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service approved Pennsylvania’s expanded map for the second round of the program. Erie County’s approved tracts include communities in the City of Erie, Wesleyville, Union City and rural areas.

Ashtabula County Backs Republicans at Home as Results Head Toward Certification

JEFFERSON, Ohio — Ashtabula County voters backed Republicans in the statewide races on their home turf in the Nov. 3 general election, even as Democrats won Ohio’s top offices statewide, according to the unofficial summary results posted by the Ashtabula County Board of Elections. The board reported 33,439 ballots cast from 59,015 registered voters — […]

Built to Last: The Architecture & Engineering of Crawford County

250 Years. 12 Stories. One County. A county’s history isn’t found only in books, archives, or museum collections. Sometimes, it’s standing right in front of us. It’s in the brick walls of a market house that has welcomed generations of shoppers. In the iron framework of a bridge built when horses and wagons traveled the roads. And in the winding paths of a cemetery designed as carefully as any public park.

GECAC Celebrates 61 Years of Service with Keynote Speaker Nikole Hannah-Jones

The Greater Erie Community Action Committee (GECAC) is celebrating more than 60 years of making a difference in Erie County. The organization hosted its 61st Annual Meeting this evening at the Bayfront Convention Center, bringing together community leaders, partners and supporters to recognize its impact and continued commitment to local families.

Sharon Regional Medical Center suspends all hospital services after state revokes license

Effective immediately, Sharon Regional Medical Center is beginning the process of suspending hospital services.

New $21 million movie theater planned for Grove City

Something new is coming to Grove City, where the Guthrie Theatre now stands.

Trumbull County will have no hospital labor and delivery unit after St. Joseph move

Mercy Health is closing the labor and delivery unit at St. Joseph Hospital in Warren, moving deliveries to St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital in Youngstown. Labor and delivery will move out of St. Joseph by early December and will be replaced by a 25-bed inpatient unit. The move leaves Trumbull County without a labor and delivery unit.