CU hosts open learning events
From staff reports Clarion University will host various learning activities as a partner organization in Remake Learning Days Across America as the festival of learning…
April 2022
Civic Club offers blood screening
From staff reports This year will mark the 45th year the New Bethlehem Civic Club has sponsored the AMBA Blood Screening program as a community…
European nations accuse Russia of natural gas ‘blackmail’
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish and Bulgarian leaders accused Moscow of using natural gas to blackmail their countries after Russia’s state-controlled energy company stopped supplying…
McDavid outshines Crosby as Oilers surge past Penguins 5-1
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Five strides. That’s all it took for Connor McDavid to race by two Pittsburgh Penguins and deliver a magnificent goal in what…
Adames 2 homers, career-best 7 RBIs as Brewers beat Pirates
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Willy Adames homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-8 on Tuesday…
Boxer’s Holocaust ordeal, aftermath told in ‘The Survivor’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In “The Survivor,” filmmaker Barry Levinson reaches back 80 years to tell the grueling story of a boxer who put the…
Chamber selects Autumn Leaf theme, logo
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer The Clarion Area Chamber of Business and Industry announced the winning theme and logo for the 2022 Autumn Leaf Festival…
Clarion Borough clean-up day set for May 14
By RODNEY L. SHERMAN Clarion News editor Clarion Borough will conduct a borough-wide “clean-up day” Saturday, May 14. Collection will begin at 6:30 a.m. and…
White House: Without funding US will lose COVID treatments
WASHINGTON (AP) — For much of the past two years, America has been first in line for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Now, as drugmakers develop…
Russia pounds eastern Ukraine as West promises Kyiv new arms
TORETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as the U.S. defense secretary promised to “keep moving heaven and earth” to get Kyiv…
‘The Offer’ recreates wild drama behind ‘The Godfather’
NEW YORK (AP) — On a trip to New York in the early 1970s, Robert Evans, the former head of Paramount, discovered a dead rat…
Recent Deaths 4/26/22
William H. “Bud” “Bill” Curran, 79, of Emlenton, Richland Township, died April 23, 2022. Randolph “Randy” E. Hopper died April 16, 2022. Sherry C. Levy,…
Jurors reject array of defenses at Capitol riot trials
The Associated Press Jurors have heard — and rejected — an array of excuses and arguments from the first rioters to be tried for storming…
US promises more Ukraine aid, Biden announces veteran envoy
NEAR THE POLISH-UKRAINIAN BORDER (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday after a secrecy-shrouded visit to Kyiv that…
Cates, Jones lead Flyers over Penguins
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Noah Cates had two goals and an assist, Martin Jones made 37 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1…
Peters shines as Pirates beat Cubs 4-3
CHICAGO (AP) — Loud music poured out of the visiting clubhouse at Wrigley Field, accompanied by a multicolor light show. A day after an ugly…
‘Bad Guys’ bests ‘The Northman,’ Nick Cage at box office
NEW YORK (AP) — On an unusually crowded weekend at movie theaters that featured a pricey Viking epic and Nicolas Cage playing himself, DreamWorks Animation’s…
Stormwater authority considers tightening procedures
By RODNEY L. SHERMAN Clarion News editor The jurisdiction dispute between Clarion Borough Council and the Clarion Borough Stormwater Authority appears to be ongoing as…
‘Fragrant Cow’ compost resolves 3 disposal issues
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer “‘The Fragrant Cow’ is an extension of my own interest,” said John-Scott Port, a partner in the family farm. “I…
Ukraine leader pushes for more arms; US officials to visit
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s leader petitioned for more powerful Western weapons as he prepared to meet with top U.S. officials in the war-torn country’s…