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May 30, 2022

PHOTOS: Ellwood City Memorial Day Parade

Warm temperatures met the onlookers at the annual Ellwood City Memorial Day Parade held Monday, March 30, 2022. After a wreath was placed into Connoquenessing Creek to start the Memorial Day observance, the parade trailed south across the Veterans Memorial Bridge (5th Street bridge) to the steps of the Lincoln High School Auditorium where it headed west on Crescent Avenue before returning down Lawrence Avenue and ending at the Legion Memorial Park near Circle Playground.  

May 28, 2022

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week of May 30

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities. Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. PLEASE NOTE The Library has partnered with Seneca Library District, Oil Creek Library District, Erie County Public Library and Crawford County Federated Library System for e-books. You can now use the Overdrive or Libby App. to borrow books from the above Libraries. Please call the library with any questions. WE’RE OPEN! The Library is open. Newspapers, magazines and toys will not be available for the time being. We will continue doing curbside pick-up. Please call us with the book(s),…

May 27, 2022

POLICE: Weekly Police Blotter

THEFT: Joseph Taylor, 45, of Wampum, is charged with Theft by Unlawful Taking after an incident in March. According to a criminal complaint, police were dispatched to a residence in Wampum Borough for a reported theft and found the victim whom related his neighbor, Taylor, was at his residence preapring his dinner on March 27th at approximately 5:30 p.m. The victim related that upon making dinner that Taylor proceeded to take two cans of vegtables and a pack of prescription medication off the counter. The victim yelled for Taylor to return the items but Taylor had fled the residence. Police…

May 27, 2022

Wander Ellwood Night Planned for June 1

The Wander Ellwood Committee is counting down the days to their first big Wander Ellwood night on June 1. The event will be held from 5 to 8 and will feature music by Steel Mill Rising, vendors on the streets, and local businesses that will be open a little later than normal and offering specials. In addition open containers will be allowed on the streets during the event. The Facebook page for Wander Ellwood urged the community, “If you already have plans break them and come join us!” Brad Ovial, Ellwood City Borough councilman and president of Ellwood City Revitilization…

May 27, 2022

Sesti, Roth Each Will Continue Athletics Careers at Collegiate Level

Two Ellwood City student athletes have signed letters of intent this week. Lincoln High School seniors Milo Sesti and Alexander Roth have each signed letters of intent this week to continue their respective athletic careers at the collegiate level. Sesti has signed his athletic letter of intent to continue his golfing career at California State University, according to Curtis Agostinelli, Ellwood City athletic director, while Roth has decided to continue his athletic and academic career at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Sesti, a four-year letterman in golf and basketball, is the son of Rocco and Suzie Sesti. Milo plans to study professional…

May 26, 2022

VIDEO: Rescue Crews Respond To Man Over Hillside In Ellwood City

Rescue crews spent hours overnight searching for a man who reportedly went over a hillside in Lawrence County. A KDKA news video says 34-year-old victim was shot in the chest and was found by first responders. Rescue crews spent hours overnight searching for the man who reportedly went over a hillside on Wampum Avenue.

May 26, 2022

Seven Panthers, Two Wolverines Set To Compete In PIAA Track & Field Championships

Seven Riverside Panthers and two Ellwood City Wolverines will compete in the 2022 PIAA Track & Field Championships scheduled for Friday, May 27 and Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Seth Grove Stadium on the campus of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Alden Wetzel, a WPIAL Champion in the 400m dash (49.94) is among the five Panther boys competing in individual championships. Wetzel joins fellow Panthers Ty Fluharty, Teddy McHale, and Joe Reed. Riverside also will have two relay teams participating in both the 4×800 and 4×400 Meter Relays. For the Riverside girls, Callie Wetzell, Lexi Fluharty, and Syndey Hale are all…

May 26, 2022

PHOTO: Ellwood Area Education Association Awards Two Scholarships

The Ellwood Area Education Association recently awarded two scholarships to Lincoln High School seniors Emma Wise and Kyla Servick The scholarships are to be used toward their post-secondary expenses. Emma is the daughter of Gina and Ray Wise and will be attending Penn State University, University Park. Kyla is the daughter of Jolene Krupa and Sam Servick and will be attending Westminster College. Presenting the scholarships to the young ladies is Mrs. Heather Brest, a math teacher at Lincoln and the chair of the EAEA Scholarship Committee.

May 25, 2022

Ellwood City Italian American Heritage Foundation To Meet Friday

The Ellwood City Italian American Heritage Foundation (ECIAHF) will meet this Friday, May 27th at 10:00 a.m. Elwood City Italian American Heritage Foundation is a non-profit special community-based initiative involving Italian ethnic research and genealogy. The focus of the group is on sharing Ellwood City Area Italian Family heritage information. The emphasis is on just how the Italian immigrants and their families contributed to the growth of our Ellwood City Area according to ECIAHF member, Barbara Mastropietro. ECIAHF meets the fourth Friday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at the Ellwood City Area Historical Society located at 310 Fifth Street…

May 24, 2022

Walk-Off Seals Win For Serra Catholic Against Riverside

It came down to the last play, but Riverside was on the wrong end of a 6-5 defeat to top-seeded Serra Catholic on Monday in the WPIAL Class-2A semifinals at Plum High School. Serra Catholic advances to play Neshannock in the WPIAL Class-2A Championship Game next week. The game was tied at five with Serra Catholic batting in the bottom of the seventh when Max Rocco singled on a 1-1 count, scoring one run. FINAL SCORE: Serra Catholic 6, Riverside 5. Max Rocco is the hero as he walks it off with an RBI single in the bottom of the…