PSU’s THON raises nearly $10M to fight childhood cancer
The Associated Press Penn State University’s annual dance marathon raised $9.8 million to fight childhood cancer, its organizers announced Sunday. The 700-plus volunteers on the…
February 2016
All About Animals is coming soon!
All About Animals is a new blog starting Monday, March 7, on ClarionExtra.com. It will feature national and local articles and photos of critters wild…
Cops: Worker threatens to use oxygen tank to blow up school
CHICORA, Pa. (AP) — A cafeteria worker has been charged with threatening to use her oxygen tank to blow up the Pennsylvania public school where…
Clarion man arrested on more charges
From staff reports A Clarion man who had already been jailed in connection with the theft of a pickup truck in Beaver Township earlier this…
Bluegress festival draws big crowds
The ninth annual Oil Country Bluegrass Festival in Oil City continued to draw lots of people to the Days Inn on Saturday and Sunday. Bands…
‘Deadpool’ reigns again with $55M
NEW YORK (AP) – Marvel’s R-rated antihero smash “Deadpool” continued to dominate movie theaters over the weekend, earning an estimated $55 million and trouncing a…
Stamkos nets 300th goal as Lightning down Pens
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Steven Stamkos isn’t going anywhere. Not this season at least. If the Tampa Bay Lightning star is concerned about his long-term future,…
Fallen U.S. WWII hero’s Army dog tag found on battleground
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Dorothy Hollingsworth was just 7 when her brother Tom left the family farm in Indiana to join the Army a few…
US Air Force test-launches Minuteman missile from Calif.
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force says an unarmed Minuteman 3 missile has been launched from California’s central coast in…
Toby Twp. burglary
Theft from vehicle
CUP faculty, students rally at capitol
By Tom DiStefano Staff writer HARRISBURG – “Quite a sight to see,” said Elizabeth MacDaniel, president of Clarion University’s faculty union, of last week’s rally in…
Keystone forced to consider max tax hike
By Rodney L. Sherman Staff writer KNOX – “We are paying for the sins of the governor and the legislature,” Keystone School District Superintendent Shawn Algoe…
3rd egg spotted in Pittsburgh nest of bald eagle pair
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A third egg has been spotted in the Pittsburgh nest of a pair of bald eagles. The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania…
7 killed in Michigan parking lot shootings; suspect arrested
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A gunman who authorities believe chose victims at random shot people in the parking lots of a western Michigan apartment complex,…
Harper Lee leaves behind questions about her life, work
NEW YORK (AP) — Harper Lee has died, but the conversation about her life and work has only begun. “I think the retrospective will be more…
Marienville rape
Sandy lake man facing rape charge
From staff reports A Sandy Lake man is facing numerous charges after he was accused of raping a woman at a bar in Jenks Township,…
Academic gold
Clarion-Limestone’s Academic Sports League team is on its way to the state Decathlon finals after winning gold in the small school division and third overall…
Stolen antique guns were from NRA exhibit that drew protests
HARRISBURG (AP) – Three antique guns stolen from a Pennsylvania Civil War museum were part of a National Rifle Association-sponsored exhibit that had drawn protests….
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