Stephanie Logue  Staff Writer    Gregory S. Mancini, a then 29-year-old coach and teacher from Erie, had his scheme disrupted by investigators from a Georgia sheriff’s office in November 2018. He had flown to the Atlanta area to meet a 13-year-old boy with whom he had previously had sexually explicit internet discussions. Mancini told Georgia…

Lydia Glenn News Editor  lmg5921@psu.edu On Tuesday afternoon, January 11, Erie High School was placed on lockdown. The Erie School District decided to shut it down after they believed they uncovered an unfounded threat aimed at the school.  There was said to be an anonymous report of a gun at the school. Investigators were called…

Chantel Rodriguez  Staff Writer Cvr5570@psu.edu Sunday morning, a fire broke out at a Bronx apartment building due to a failing electric space heater, and quick-fire spread with smoke inhalation claiming the lives of 17 people, including eight children.  New York Mayor Eric Adams said Monday, “it is one of the worst fires in the city’s…

Alanna Gillis Opinion Editor amg7393@psu.edu The Erie County Department of Health created a free COVID-19 testing site at the Bayfront Convention Center on Monday January 10, and hundreds of people came out to be tested. Interim director of the Erie County Department of Health, Erin Mrenak, did not think it would end there:  “I think…

Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  On Friday, January 2, 2022 the Supreme Court ruled on one of the most contentious issues facing our current society: vaccine mandates. After two years of an ongoing global epidemic, the Supreme Court has finally had to address whether the Biden administration holds the proper authority to issue vaccine mandate…