{"id":199526,"date":"2026-05-22T03:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/199526\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T03:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:39:15","slug":"todays-top-stories-may-21-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/199526\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s Top Stories: May 21, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJET Erie;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJET Erie\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Thu, May 21, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wjet_erie_articles_147\/5184580dbc8ecb9fcd1e46944ccfe8a6.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Each night, JET24\/FOX66 will be bringing you the top stories of the day from around northwest Pennsylvania for you to catch up on what\u2019s going on in your community! Click the links below to learn more!<\/p>\n<p>Two charges dropped against PA parole agent accused of murder<\/p>\n<p>The Erie County District Attorney\u2019s Office has dropped two charges, one misdemeanor and one summary, following the most recent court hearing for the Pennsylvania parole agent accused of murdering Marchello Woodard. <a data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/two-charges-dropped-against-pa-201708115.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the charges dropped and why.<\/p>\n<p>Erie Port Authority launches new master plan for former Erie Coke site<\/p>\n<p>When the Erie Western PA Port Authority bought the former Erie Coke property in 2024, they started developing a vision for the future of the contaminated site off of East Avenue. Hear what that plan entails <a data-ylk=\"slk:right here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/erie-port-authority-launches-master-222628625.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rejected Bayfront Market House request highlights divisions in city council<\/p>\n<p>Erie Events\u2019 multi-million dollar project to construct an indoor market on Erie\u2019s Bayfront has been unexpectedly halted. The Erie City Council rejected the project\u2019s zoning request in a four-to-two vote. <a data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/rejected-bayfront-market-house-request-highlights-divions-in-city-council\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to see what Erie City Council members had to say.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thu, May 21, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTC Each night, JET24\/FOX66 will be bringing you the top stories&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[88397,136,4641,138,137,12114],"class_list":["post-199526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-charges-dropped","tag-erie","tag-erie-county-district-attorneys-office","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-erie-western-pa-port-authority"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199526","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=199526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}