Clarion planning panel will address Walmart, Dollar General requests
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer The Clarion County Planning Commission has been asked to grant final approval for a 9,100-square-foot Dollar General in Limestone Township….
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Travel restrictions issued ahead of winter storm
From staff reports PennDOT and the Pennsylvania Turnpike are implementing phased restrictions as today’s winter storm is expected to bring mixed precipitation statewide. At 6…
State grant benefits local school districts
From staff reports School districts in Venango, Clarion and Crawford counties were among the various districts across the commonwealth that will benefit from more than…
Clarion Co. commissioners OK pact with CYS workers
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Clarion County commissioners on Tuesday approved a contract with the county’s Children and Youth Services employees. The four-year contract went…
County political parties host petition events
From staff reports Democrats Democratic Party of Clarion County will host a petition signing event from 9 to 11 a.m. on Feb. 23, at the…
Wanted Clarion County man captured in Florida
From staff reports A Shippenville man accused of 865 counts involving rape and related charges was taken into custody Thursday morning in Florida. Clarion state…
New ‘voting’ machine will save lives in Clarion County
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer There is a new voting machine in Clarion County but it has nothing to do with an election. This voting…
2 get state prison terms in Clarion drug case
From staff reports Two Clarion residents arrested in a July drug bust were sentenced Wednesday in Clarion County. Rebecca Dawn McAninch, 28, and Jeremy David…
State police continue to search for man wanted on 865 charges
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Clarion state police are continuing their search for a Shippenville man accused of 865 counts involving rape and associated charges….
Most row offices will be on Forest County ballot
By JUDITH O. ETZEL Contributing writer Forest County voters will cast ballots in the May 21 primary election for all but one of the county…
New Clarion YMCA opens
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer The new $12 million Clarion County YMCA opened Thursday. “We did it,” YMCA director Jesse Kelley said during the ribbon-cutting…
Knox man accused of raping 2 children
From staff reports A Knox man is facing multiple felony charges for the repeated rape of two children. Timothy Ray Bell, 43, is accused of…
State awards $3.1 million for Lucinda sewer project
From staff reports More than $3.1 million in state funding has been awarded to the Knox Township Sewer Authority to help finance a sanitary sewer…
Brookville police charge man for trying to buy girl
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer A Luzerne County man has been charged with trying to buy a 15 year-old girl in Brookville. Brookville police have…
Police seek man facing 856 sexual assault charges
By SAMANTHA BEAL Clarion News writer State police are asking for the public’s help in location Garrick Landon Bloom, 46, Shippenville, after he was charged…
Property purchased for veterans memorial park in Redbank Valley
From staff reports Building on the success of the “Hometown Heroes” banner project launched two years ago, a core of American Legion members and others…
Clarion County working on contracts with unions
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer One by one, Clarion County is working on contracts with the labor unions representing its employees. Children and Youth Services…
Winter storm doesn’t deter marchers
About 60 to 75 people took part in the Jan. 19 women’s march: “A Celebration of Community” at Veterans Memorial Park along Main Street in…
Clarion Elementary renovations nearly finished
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer It is difficult to make something 50 years old look new again, especially if that thing is a school building…
Wolf issues emergency declaration ahead of storm
From staff reports With a winter storm expected to bring heavy snow, high winds, sleet and freezing rain across the state through this weekend, Gov….