Congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of shadowboxing amid a tense and toxic campaign, Capitol Hill’s main players are returning for one final, perhaps futile, attempt…
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Steelers optimistic but wary as COVID-19 rearranges schedule
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t add any players to the team’s expanding reserve/COVID-19 list on Sunday, but coach Mike Tomlin isn’t exactly ready…
Testing new release strategy, ‘The Croods’ opens to $14.2M
NEW YORK (AP) — Testing a novel release strategy, Universal Pictures’ animated sequel “The Croods: A New Age” had one of the best opening weekends…
Taxes will remain same in Clarion budget
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Clarion County commissioners on Wednesday adopted a “flat” preliminary budget for 2021. The spending plan doesn’t call for a tax…
Pennsylvania high court rejects lawsuit challenging election
HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court on Saturday night threw out a lower court’s order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its…
Ravaged by COVID-19, Ravens face issues beyond new schedule
The Associated Press With reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson under quarantine as part of an outbreak of COVID-19 that has ravaged the Baltimore Ravens, the…
Dave Prowse, actor who played Darth Vader, dies at 85
LONDON (AP) — Dave Prowse, the British weightlifter-turned-actor who was the body, though not the voice, of arch-villain Darth Vader in the original “Star Wars”…
72 tri-county virus cases reported
From staff reports The state Department of Health on Friday announced Clarion County reported 38 new cases of COVID-19 (10 confirmed and 28 probable), Venango…
Virus keeps Black Friday crowds thin, shoppers shift online
NEW YORK (AP) — The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in…
COVID-19 outbreak pushes Steelers-Ravens to Tuesday
NEW YORK (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens’ bout with a COVID-19 outbreak has forced the NFL to postpone the team’s trip to Pittsburgh for a…
A new doc peeks inside the USPS’s Operation Santa program
The Associated Press Filmmaker Dana Nachman wanted to make a documentary about the United States Postal Service’s Operation Santa program for years, but it never seemed like…
US colleges mull new virus protocols for students’ return
COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — St. Michael’s College managed to keep coronavirus cases at bay for almost two months this fall with students tested upon arrival…
Ravens-Steelers game moved from Thursday night to Sunday
The Thanksgiving night game between the Ravens and Steelers has been switched to Sunday afternoon because of coronavirus issues with Baltimore. The NFL announced the…
Biden seeks unity as Trump stokes fading embers of campaign
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — On a day of grace and grievance, President-elect Joe Biden summoned Americans on Wednesday to join in common purpose against the…
Keystone extends remote learning to Dec. 11
From staff reports Keystone School District has announced it is extending remote learning in the district through Friday, Dec. 11. Superintendent Shawn Algoe said Tuesday…
Clarion church to distribute food boxes on Saturday
From staff reports The Clarion First Presbyterian Church will distribute food boxes from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., or while supplies last, on Saturday at…
Biden transition OK’d to start as Trump runs out of options
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election, formally starting the transition of power…
Steelers have found ways to slow down Ravens’ Jackson
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Lamar Jackson’s energy is palpable. It pulses every time the NFL’s reigning Most Valuable Player has the ball in his hands, a…
Review: ‘Ma Rainey’ is Boseman’s final, perhaps finest gift
The Associated Press Chadwick Boseman surges onto the screen as fast-talking trumpeter Levee in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” like a man on an electrified tightrope — balancing…
Man sentenced in case related to Clarion overdose death
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer A Ridgway man who had pleaded guilty to a charge of drug delivery resulting in death was sentenced Monday in…