{"id":193580,"date":"2026-05-15T19:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/193580\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:21:07","slug":"erie-county-sheriffs-office-to-offer-license-to-carry-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/193580\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie County Sheriff\u2019s Office to offer License to Carry event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:WJET\/WFXP;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WJET\/WFXP&quot;}\" class=\"link \">WJET\/WFXP<\/a>) \u2014 A local sheriff\u2019s office is offering a chance to open and renew applications for firearm carry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Erie County Sheriff\u2019s Office will host a License to Carry event on Wednesday, May 20 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Mellon Heritage Foundation Veteran\u2019s Outreach and Wellness Campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/state-police-fatally-shoot-man-in-crawford-county\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:State police fatally shoot man in Crawford County;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;State police fatally shoot man in Crawford County&quot;}\"> State police fatally shoot man in Crawford County <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event is open to Erie County residents, both new applicants and those renewing applications that would expire within 60 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition to being a resident of Erie County, applicants must also have a valid PA driver\u2019s license or PennDOT-issued photo ID with a current address.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/psp-to-conduct-sobriety-checkpoint-in-erie-county\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PSP to conduct sobriety checkpoint in Erie County;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PSP to conduct sobriety checkpoint in Erie County&quot;}\"> PSP to conduct sobriety checkpoint in Erie County <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Applications will take place on-site and will cost $20, cash only.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While this event is focused on residents of northeastern Erie County, additional mobile events are planned throughout the county in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WJET\/WFXP) \u2014 A local sheriff\u2019s office is offering a chance to open and renew applications for firearm carry.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[56484,136,142,10732,38353,138,137,30004,86184],"class_list":["post-193580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-applications","tag-erie","tag-erie-county","tag-erie-county-residents","tag-erie-county-sheriffs-office","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-license-to-carry","tag-mellon-heritage-foundation-veterans-outreach-and-wellness-campus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}