Stephanie Logue  Staff Writer  szl414@psu.edu  Thanks to $221,836 in grant funds, the city of Erie will have new resources to combat crime, reduce gun violence, and lead ex-offenders toward productive lives, state Senators announced Wednesday. “Reducing crime is always the goal, but this money is enabling police and others to try and prevent some of…

Alanna Gillis  Opinions editor  Amg7393@psu.edu Brittney Griner, has been detained in Russia due to supposed drug charges. Russian authorities detained her earlier this month, citing cannabis oil in the athlete’s luggage to be the cause. Griner plays for the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg, and has been with this team since 2015. She is a two-time…

Matt Mathias Sports Editor mcm5909@psu.edu It’s official, Tom Brady will be returning to play his 23rd season in the National Football League with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady’s retirement lasted all but 40 days. Brady took to Twitter to explain his decision to return to the field once more. “These past two months I’ve realized…

Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu At 5:00 Monday evening, many NHL teams looked substantially different than they were the night before. The trade deadline had come to a close, and teams were gearing up for the playoffs or looking ahead to the draft, depending on their return. For the Pittsburgh Penguins, they are left in…

Stephanie Logue  Staff Writer  szl414@psu.edu Players who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus will not be allowed to fly to Canada to face the Blue Jays and will not be compensated for those games. A person must have had a second vaccine shot — or one dose of Johnson & Johnson — at least…

Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu It has been an eventful week for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns organizations. And both have picked up their new leaders to their offenses. The Steelers signed Mitchell Trubisky, a former second-overall draft pick in 2017, to a two-year contract worth $14.25 million Thursday. Trubisky arrives in Pittsburgh after…

Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mv5945@psu.edu  Ukrainians have been fighting a noble, heroic fight to defend their homeland from Russian invaders for weeks now. Russia believed they would capture Kiev, Ukraine capital, within two days of beginning the war that has now been ongoing for over a month. Ukrainian citizens are fighting against invaders who entered…

Amy Love Opinions Editor aml7458@psu.edu At the beginning of March, Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis attended an event that was a conference with a photo op. This happened at the University of South Florida in Tampa, where DeSantis was announcing the $20 million in funding that was dedicated to cyber security and IT training opportunities.  At…