Clarion County 2021 budget draft holds the line on taxes
CLARION – There is some good news for Clarion County taxpayers in the 2021 budget. “The current (budget) draft does not include a tax increase,”…
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A-C Valley goes to remote learning
Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District is going from face-to-face learning to fully remote learning beginning Friday. District officials announced Thursday evening they reviewed the district’s current…
‘Haunted Barn continues to aid VFD
ROSEVILLE – For the past 20 years the Hughes family has been scaring people in their haunted barn but this year things are different. “We…
Search for survivor in Beirut rubble grips grieving nation
BEIRUT (AP) — Rescue workers used cranes, shovels and their bare hands in search operations that resumed early Friday in the rubble of a building…
Boseman honored as hometown hero in native South Carolina
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Chadwick Boseman was remembered as a hometown hero who brought a sense of pride to his native Anderson, South Carolina. The…
Brault expected to start for Pittsburgh against Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds (16-21, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (11-24, fifth in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Friday, 4:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cincinnati:…
US unemployment rate falls to 8.4% even as hiring slows
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell sharply in August to 8.4% from 10.2% even as hiring slowed, with employers adding the fewest jobs…
Free nurse’s aide classes scheduled
BROCKWAY – The Brockway Center for Arts and Technology (BCAT) and Guardian Healthcare will offer free nurse’s aide training classes for area caregivers this autumn….
Mark Bradley: For better or worse, college football has begun
There already has been more college football than I figured there would be. (Doesn’t say much for me as a seer, huh?) It involved Austin…
Mary McNamara: For families isolating together, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ is the perfect pandemic sitcom
It is impossible for me to overstate how deeply attached I have become to “Schitt’s Creek” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shamefully, I am one of…
Facebook moves to target misinformation before election
With just two months left until the U.S. presidential election, Facebook says it is taking more steps to encourage voting, minimize misinformation and reduce the…
Venango, Clarion unemployment rates below statewide average
HARRISBURG – The state Department of Labor & Industry on Tuesday announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for Venango and Clarion counties were below July’s…
State residents should be aware of phone scam
HARRISBURG – The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) is advising the public to stay vigilant against a recently reported phone scam. The scam involves…
Fun comes with frequency via radio-controlled racing
BROOKVILLE – Stock cars raced around an oval track in downtown Brookville on Saturday night, and the only sound was an electronic whirl. The radio-controlled…
Takuma Sato wins his second Indianapolis 500 at empty track
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — At an eerily empty Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Takuma Sato snatched a second Indianapolis 500 victory in an odd and unsatisfying finish to…
Big California wildfires burn on as death toll reaches 7
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Three massive wildfires chewed through parched Northern California landscape as firefighters raced to dig breaks and make other preparations ahead…
Clarion County has 3 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
HARRISBURG – The state Department of Health on Thursday reported three additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Clarion County, giving it 95 total cases (86…
Tony Awards for shortened Broadway season will go digital
NEW YORK (AP) — Despite being interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the shortened Broadway season will nonetheless have a Tony Awards. Tony Award Productions said…
Lebanon begins partial lockdown amid spike in virus cases
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon on Friday began a two-week partial lockdown and nighttime curfew after coronavirus cases increased sharply following an explosion in Beirut that…
Indy 500 does its best to shine as show goes on in pandemic
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis 500 has been stripped almost to the bone for the 104th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” The iconic…