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KNOX - On Jan. 18, 2015, Brandon Bostick's dreams came to embarrassing end. On that day the Green Bay Packers tight end was playing on the "Hands team." With slightly over two minutes remaining and the Packers leading 1914, Bostick, misplayed a Seahawks onside kick by ignoring his blocking a…
PAINT TWP. - The Clarion Bobcats scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to edge visiting Clarion-Limestone 7-6 at Clarion County Park on Monday (May 13).
CLARION - Prakhar Singh, son of Nripendra and Tanuj Singh, is this year's valedictorian of Clarion Area High School.
PAINT TWP. The Clarion Forest VNA and Hospice is hosting its 12th annual Wings of Hope butterfly release June 14 at 3 p.m. at the Clarion County Park in Paint Township.
KNOX - The issue of stormwater run-off along South Main Street in Knox surfaced again May 6 as Knox Borough Mayor Rich Cochran resigned from that position, citing recent water damage at his home. Council then opted to appoint Kirsten Wolfe to the position of mayor.
PAINT TWP. - The Clarion Bobcats scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to edge visiting Clarion-Limestone 7-6 at Clarion County Park on Monday (May 13).
KNOX - On Jan. 18, 2015, Brandon Bostick's dreams came to embarrassing end. On that day the Green Bay Packers tight end was playing on the "Hands team." With slightly over two minutes remaining and the Packers leading 1914, Bostick, misplayed a Seahawks onside kick by ignoring his blocking a…
PAINT TWP. The Clarion Forest VNA and Hospice is hosting its 12th annual Wings of Hope butterfly release June 14 at 3 p.m. at the Clarion County Park in Paint Township.
INDIANA, Pa. - Motorists are advised that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and Bridging Pennsylvania Constructors (BPC) is announcing right lane closures in support of the Interstate 80 (I-80) Canoe Creek Bridges project in Clarion County.
FOXBURG - Contraband items especially nicotine pouches -- are a cause for concern for A-C Valley High School Principal Dr. William Jordan and he wants to do whatever he can to stop the proliferation of the illegal items.
CLARION -- The Pennsylvania Western University Department of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics will continue the popular Stars Over Clarion program in June, July and August on the Clarion campus.
CLARION - Prakhar Singh, son of Nripendra and Tanuj Singh, is this year's valedictorian of Clarion Area High School.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State Extension has launched a program that offers participants a fast track to a potential career in animal agriculture.
CLARION Area fire companies responded to the following calls. The information might not include all incidents to which volunteers responded.
Greetings Word of the Week fans and welcome to the May 16 edition of Clarion County's favorite word game.
In October, 2020, I was told a tragic personal story by an insurance company risk analyst. He said that people are generally very poor at assessing risk, even against strong evidence. If they don't want to believe something, they often will deny it. We also discussed the upcoming presidentia…
MONROE TWP. The Clarion Forest VNA is hosting Kids' Camp Hope grief camp June 15 at the Clarion Forest VNA office located at 271 Perkins Road, Clarion, PA 16214.
Month after month, Representative Glenn Thompson's "newsletter" parrots false and misleading claims propagated by today's Republican Party. Thompson, who betrayed his oath of office when he voted to overturn Pennsylvania's results in the 2020 election, now employs a kind of empty, circular r…
Presented on April 24, 1954, China declared "Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence" that forbids interference in other countries affairs (note: Tibet, Hong Kong and Taiwan are not considered "other countries"). It details 1) mutual respect for each other's territorial sovereignty, 2) mutua…
SLIGO On Sunday, May 26, the Bethel Baptist Church will celebrate the 26th anniversary of their church with its ‘Big Day' event and will be hosting tent meetings in the week leading up to the Big Day.
CLARION-- Independence Health System Clarion Hospital is hosting a blood drive in partnership with Community Blood Bank on Friday, May 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Clarion Hospital Administrative Board Room, One Hospital Drive. Donors can sign up by calling 1-877-842-0631 or register on…
Editor's Note: Items for inclusion in the Church section of the CLARION NEWS are a paid service.
As a candidate for State Representative, I hereby condemn those universities using physical and unnecessary force in an attempt to remove protestors from their campuses. I especially condemn those who are arresting protestors for simply being present on campus.
Hello race fans and readers of the CLARION NEWS. I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day weekend. Mother Nature didn't cooperate with the local speedways and Lernerville, Mercer, Sharon, Hummingbird and Marion Center were all canceled due to the weather.
RIMERSBURG State Police Trooper Vaughn Norbert has been selected to be the Commencement speaker at the Union High School graduation ceremony to be held May 23 at 7 p.m. in the High School gymnasium.
Her mother died when she was eleven. Her second daughter died at eighteen. Her first son died when he was thirty-five. She lived to be eighty-nine, and loved Jesus to her very last breath. Ruth Friedlund was my mother. I was her baby-number-six. This past Sunday was Mother's Day and it was a…
SIGEL--At the Tri-County Envirothon, teams of five students rotated through testing stations covering environmental topics such as Wildlife, Soils, Forestry, Aquatics, and the Current Issue: Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future. The station tests were proc-tored by Sean Lauer and others…
LEEPER - Road maintenance on the tar-and-chip roads in Farmington Township has been an issue for years so the township supervisors made a move to hopefully assuage the issue.
PITTSBURGH -- The Clarion County Special Olympics Basketball team had a great showing at the 2024 Western Team Sectional at Carnegie Mellon University on Saturday, April 20.
SHIPPENVILLE -- Forty-five Pennsylvania women died in the line of duty during World War II. Volunteers with the non-profit Stories Behind the Stars (http://www.storiesbehindthestars.org) have written memorials to honor the sacrifice of each. Clarion County was home to one of them: Staff Sgt.…
BROOKVILLE - Polish astronomer Felicia Salber is usually looking at the stars but recently she has been looking into the "The cricks of Brookville," her upcoming historical fiction romance.
RIMERSBURG -- Pennsylvania Parks Fund (PPF) is excited to announce the launch of their new grant program. Through this program, 1 park located in Clarion County will receive a grant with a value of $12,000. The participating park submitted a grant proposal. This proposal shows what the park …
CLARION- The monthly meeting of the SPC Ross A. McGinnis VFW Post 2145 Auxiliary was held May 5 with 13 members present. Prior to the meeting, newly-elected officers were officially installed by Past VFW Post 2145 Commander Richard Kindel. Two new memberships were approved. Committee reports…
COOK FOREST - Forty years ago, a small woman had a big dream. The result was the Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts and the Verna Leith Theatre in Cook Forest State Park.
When I first heard of pairing peanut butter and chicken, it just sounded wrong. Peanut butter and jelly? Of course. Celery and peanut butter? Certainly.
HARRISBURG -- The Pennsylvania Game Commission has a new executive director.
CLARION Area fire companies responded to the following calls. The information might not include all incidents to which volunteers responded.
Pennsylvania becomes fifth state to join Notarize Network, allowing Pennsylvania notaries to work for the leading online notarization platform
ERIE -- On April 23, more than 70 academics, public officials, economic development, and agriculture stakeholders met at Pennsylvania State University's Behrend Campus in Erie. The roundtable discussion - Investing in America Rural Prosperity Roundtable highlighted the U.S. Department of Agr…
BUTLER - Butler VA Health Care System will be hosting the 14th Annual VA 2K Walk & Roll and Event May 14 to May 16 at VA locations in Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer counties.
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