From The Newsroom: Go Erie

Erie Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister discusses her personal experience with abuse and the 2019 Joan D. Chittister Lecture Series at Mercyhurst University featuring Teri Bays' one-woman play "Joan Chittister: Her Story, My Story, Our Story."

Listen to Lisa Thompson's Q&A with Tish Bartlett, executive director of the Autism Society-Northwestern Pennsylvania. read the published article at http://bit.ly/2TP1yBP

Listen to Lisa Thompson's Q&A with George Morgan III, treasurer of the Erie chapter of the NAACP.

Audio from a Feb. 7 press conference held by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro who announced he negotiated with UPMC and Highmark so the Pittsburgh-based health systems would continue accepting each other’s insurance subscribers at their hospitals and physician offices.

Hear assistant curator and veteran Erie zookeeper Lisa Rekitt explain how she feeds the zoo's four spider monkeys on March 16 at the zoo. 

Listen to Lisa Thompson's Q&A with Patrick Fisher, executive director of Erie Arts & Culture. Read the condensed interview at https://www.goerie.com/news/20190120/art-as-change-agent

Patrick Saunders, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Cleveland, shared the forecast with snow as of 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 9 for the city of Erie and inland Erie County. 

Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook arrived at the scene of a shooting on Erie’s west side around 11:05 p.m. on Jan. 7 after being called by EmergyCare paramedics.

Pennsylvania State Police and the Erie County District Attorney’s Office are investigating an officer-involved shooting around 4 p.m. Wednesday that left one man dead outside the Dollar General at 16329 State Route 8 in Union City.

Take a listen to a podcast centered on how the Spanish Flu of 1918 affected Erie. Find more material from this special project at http://gatehousenews.com/erieandthe1918flu/home/site/goerie.com

Emily Walsh, director of communications for the Erie Zoo, shares what happens when the zoo will close its doors for the season on Nov. 30. 

Listen to Lisa Thompson's Q & A with Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority Executive Director Perry Wood.

A 32-year-old woman who was shot multiple times inside an east Erie apartment early Sunday morning has died.

PlayPort Erie introduced the first virtual reality arcade in the area, Lead designer Brian Chase discusses what the experience is like. 

Listen to Lisa Thompson's Q & A with Erie County Poet Laureate Chuck Joy.

Listen to Erie Times-News writer Lisa Thompson's conversation with Bishop Dwane Brock, pastor of Victory Christian Centter and CEO of the Eagle's Nest Leadership Corp.

Hear two 9-1-1 calls from the Aug. 23 Matthew Orrenmaa fatal shooting by a Pennsylvania State Police trooper in Girard Township.

On Aug. 28, 2003, pizza deliveryman Brian Wells walked into what was then the PNC Bank at 7200 Peach Street with a strange cane in his hand — and a bomb locked around his neck. We take a look back on how the day unfolded in Erie and who was involved in the investigation following. More information at http://www.goerie.com/topics/pizza-bomber. Find episode 2 at https://omny.fm/shows/from-the-newsroom-go-erie/episode-2-pizza-bomber

Erie’s pizza bomber story received national attention once again when the Netflix documentary “Evil Genius” was released in May. But it undoubtedly left questions. We sit down with Erie Times-News reporter Ed Palattella and retired FBI agent Jerry Clark to fill in gaps and spaces in Erie's pizza bomber case. More information at http://www.goerie.com/topics/pizza-bomber. Listen to episode 1 first at https://omny.fm/shows/from-the-newsroom-go-erie/episode-1-pizza-bomber

It’s been 15 years since one of Erie’s most unusual crimes unfolded - the pizza bomber case. In a special two-part series podcast of “That Thing We Do,” we’ll walk you through what happened when pizza deliveryman Brian Wells robbed a PNC Bank with a bomb strapped to him and we will address unanswered questions surrounding this bizarre case. Was Brian Wells innocent? The podcast will drop August 28, 2018 on GoErie.com and we hope you’ll join us.