Protesters remind Clarion racial justice movement continues
By RODNEY L. SHERMAN Clarion News editor Two groups of people gathered at opposite ends of Main Street Tuesday one group of about six people…
July 2020
Red Cross launches virtual COVID assistance center
From staff reports The American Red Cross Greater Pennsylvania Region is launching a Virtual Family Assistance Center to support families struggling with loss and grief…
US labs buckle amid testing surge; world virus cases top 15M
WASHINGTON (AP) — Laboratories across the U.S. are buckling under a surge of coronavirus tests, creating long processing delays that experts say are undercutting the…
Pennsylvania won’t allow Blue Jays to play in Pittsburgh
TORONTO (AP) — The state of Pennsylvania won’t allow the Toronto Blue Jays to play at PNC Park in Pittsburgh amid the coronavirus pandemic, health…
Review: A Marie Curie biopic in ‘Radioactive’
The Associated Press It was dirty work, Marie and Pierre Curie’s discovery of radium and polonium. To investigate uranium at their Paris laboratory, Marie acquired…
Clarion commissioners likely to extend disaster declaration
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Clarion County commissioners on Tuesday discussed extending the declaration of disaster emergency for the second time due to the COVID-19…
Tionesta Indian Festival canceled
From staff reports The Tionesta Indian Festival has been canceled this year. “We could not keep everybody safe. We couldn’t sanitize everything after each use…
Powerful quake jolts Alaska towns, produces small tsunami
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A powerful earthquake off Alaska’s southern coast jolted coastal communities late Tuesday, and some residents briefly scrambled for higher ground over…
A whole new look, for a whole new NBA game experience
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — There’s no bench. The courtside broadcasters will not be courtside. And the stat crew will be doing their work…
New Orleans musician offers kids trumpets for guns
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader is offering kids trumpets in exchange for guns. Shamarr Allen started the project last…
Plan integrates Clarion and California (Pa.) universities
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff Writer The Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s financially troubled State System of Higher Education voted July 16 to take the next…
Clarion County Fair opens July 29
From staff reports The Clarion County Fair will kick of its four-day event Wednesday, July 29 and the excitement continues through Saturday, Aug. 1. Daily…
Federal agents, local streets: A ‘red flag’ in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal officers’ actions at protests in Oregon’s largest city, hailed by President Donald Trump but done without local consent, are raising…
‘I always think about Cups’ – Rejuvenated Malkin leads Pens
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin is already thinking about the future, the one where the hockey star in the family isn’t the four-time All-Star forward…
Review: ‘Jeopardy!’ host Trebek searches for answers in book
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Answer Is … Reflections on My Life,” Alex Trebek (Simon & Schuster) Alex Trebek is the one providing the answers…
Recent Deaths 7/21/20
Michele Eileen Bills, of Clarion, died July 17, 2020. Dr. Sarjit Singh, 95, died July 16, 2020. Thomas J. Bolents, 71, of Clarion, died July…
Clarion, Venango counties see virus cases subtracted
From staff reports The state Department of Health announced Clarion and Venango counties each had a confirmed case of COVID-19 subtracted from their respective cases…
GOP leaders head to White House as virus crisis deepens
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Republicans in Congress are expected to meet Monday with President Donald Trump at the White House on the next COVID-19 aid…
Penguins star Crosby misses practice with undisclosed issue
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby did not practice on Sunday, a day after leaving a team scrimmage with an undisclosed health issue….
Floating boat cinema coming to Pittsburgh, other cities
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, drive-in movies have been making a comeback — now a company says a floating cinema allowing people to…