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September 17, 2010, Meadville, Pa. — A Meadville man was arrested for burning a home at 751 Terrace Street in Meadville today. Police say he was arrested when he returned to watch the home burn. Marcus Stout, 26, was charged with arson, risking a catastrophe and criminal mischief. He is jailed on $100,000 bond. Police say Mr. Stout had a…

September 17, 2010, Edinboro, PA — Three Meadville teenagers were injured in an early morning Erie County rollover accident today near Edinboro. Sammy Kircher, 19, was reportedly driving a Volvo S40 on Route 6N in Washington Township when he lost control of the vehicle; hit a guardrail; traveled off the road; hit two pine trees at 3180 Route 6N; traveled…

September 15, 2010, ERIE – The young woman injured by a hit and run driver while riding her bicycle is reportedly improving. While she is still in the ICU at Hamot Medical Center, hospital officials have upgraded her condition from critical to serious. Kristen Cameron, 25, is a graduate student and assistant hockey coach at Mercyhurst College. She was injured…

September 14, 2010, Erie — New details have emerged on the developing story of the young woman who was seriously injured when riding her bicycle on the berm of Route 19 in Summit Township early Sunday evening. Kristen Cameron, 25, is a graduate student and assistant hockey coach at Mercyhurst College. She was injured when Allen F. Peters, 49, struck…

September 14, 2010 – A Penn football player was in the early stages of a disease caused by brain trauma when he committed suicide, doctors revealed. The doctors aren’t able to make a definitive connection between the brain injuries and the suicide but the full extent of the impact of such injuries is only now being understood as researchers study…

September 13, 2010 — People with a history of brain trauma like concussions are being mis-diagnosed as suffering from A.L.S., a new study has found. The long term effects of brain injury can mimic the appearance of the disease known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The study suggests the developing complexity and body of knowledge that should be considered in the…

September 14, 2010, Erie — A recent Erie Times article laid out the facts about motorcycle accidents in Erie County this year. So far, there have been nine fatal accidents, one short of a record for Erie County (and this number doesn’t include three motorcycle accident victims who were in accidents outside the County but died at an Erie trauma…