Dean Cousino

MONROE — "Every Woman, Every Child, Love Them Both" is the theme for the annual Monroe Walk for Life, to be held May 25 in downtown Monroe.

ERIE — Members of St. Joseph Council 7413, Knights of Columbus, and Erie Post 3925, Veterans of Foreign Wars, paid separate tributes Thursday at Merkle Funeral Service, to veteran Floyd G. Martin of Erie, who died in his home March 18.

LaSALLE — Rachel Campos-Duffy, a New York Times best-selling author, television personality and host of cable news morning show "Fox & Friends Weekend," will be the guest speaker at the 2024 Focus on Life Benefit Gala Oct. 22. The gala is hosted by Monroe County Right to Life.

MONROE — About 45 people came to an American Red Cross blood drive Thursday at Monroe Church of the Nazarene that honored Elyse (Elly) Wickenheiser of Carleton, a two-time leukemia survivor who turned 16 on Saturday.

Feedback from pastors, parish leaders and the public has led to a change in the local parish restructuring plan announced by the Catholic Diocese of Erie.

ERIE — Current office holders Ben Roelant and Joel Spotts were nominated again as grand knight and deputy grand knight, respectively, for St. Joseph Council 7413, Knights of Columbus. New posts begin in the new fiscal year that starts July 1.

MONROE — Rebecca Kiessling, an international speaker and advocate for victims of rape, and Kaye Lani Rae Rafko-Wilson, a former Miss America and

Many attended Saturday's Relay for Life of Monroe County at the fairgrounds. Last year's event raised $150K for the American Cancer Society.

MONROE — Rebecca Kiessling, who was conceived in rape and nearly aborted in 1969, remembers how crushed she was when she first met her birth mother at age 18.

Monday was Veterans Day at the Monroe County Fair. Several local veterans were honored, including Mary Pinchoff, 76, the oldest female veteran there.