Commissioners allocate opioid case settlement funds
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer At their Nov. 28 meeting, the Clarion County commissioners signed a contract with the Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion Drug and…
December 2023
CCEDC Tourism seeks public input
From staff reports The Clarion County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) is excited to announce the commencement of the community engagement phase, a critical early step…
Heavy fighting across Gaza as Israel presses ahead with renewed US military, diplomatic support
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Heavy fighting raged overnight and into Sunday across Gaza, including in the devastated north, as Israel pressed ahead with its…
6 dead, nearly 2 dozen injured after severe storms tear through central Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Severe storms that tore through central Tennessee killed six people Saturday and sent about two dozen to the hospital as homes…
I-80 bridge lane closure scheduled in Clarion County
From staff reports The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Bridging Pennsylvania Constructors announced there will be a two-day, short-term, right-lane closure on Interstate 80 in…
St. Michael Parish to hold Christmas Day dinner
From staff reports A Christmas dinner will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, at the St. Michael Parish hall…
US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution Friday backed by almost all other Security Council members and dozens of other…
Europe reaches a deal on the world’s first comprehensive AI rules
LONDON (AP) — European Union negotiators clinched a deal Friday on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, paving the way for legal oversight of…
Panthers top Penguins 3-1 for Pittsburgh’s 4th straight loss
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots, Eetu Luostarinen got the go-ahead goal in the third period and the Florida Panthers beat the…
Keystone board members sworn in, leaders elected
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Keystone School Board President John Slagle, during the board’s re-organizational meeting earlier this week, administered the oath of office to…
House decorating contest returns
From staff reports The Annual Clarion County Holiday House Decorating Contest returns again for its third year. The contest once again will be for exterior…
Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack are returning to honor those who perished 82 years ago
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Ira “Ike” Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor’s uniform and closed his locker aboard the USS Dobbin…
Vasilevskiy has 24 saves as Lightning beat Penguins 3-1
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 shots, NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning…
Review: In ‘Poor Things,’ Emma Stone takes an unusual path to enlightenment
The Associated Press It is sickly hilarious to make a movie in which so much consensual sex is had, often so gleefully, that is not…
Recent Deaths 12/7/23
Robert Thomas VanEpps, 74 of Knox, died Dec. 4, 2023. Mary Lee (Brooks) Stoops, formerly of Clarion, died Nov. 22, 2023. Kenneth Dean Fowler, 73,…
Seneca Rocks Clarion Christmas bird count set Dec. 23
From staff reports Members of Seneca Rocks Audubon, a local chapter of the National Audubon Society, are conducting their 37th annual Clarion Christmas bird count…
Trump declines to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to White House
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump declined to rule out abusing power if he returns to the White House after Fox News Channel…
In rare action against Israel, US says extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department said Tuesday it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated…
Taylor Swift is named Time Magazine’s person of the year
NEW YORK (AP) — Is the year of Taylor Swift over now? Not yet. Time Magazine named Swift its person of the year on Wednesday,…
Clarion Community Choir choral concert set Dec. 10
From staff reports The Clarion Community Choir will present its annual holiday choral concert —this year titled “A Family Christmas” — at 7 p.m. Sunday,…