Clarion News

The Montana Highway Patrol has released the name of a 65-year-old Pennsylvania woman who was killed when the motorcycle she was riding was struck by a semi tractor-trailer on a frontage road in Billings.

Republican leaders will be permitted to name a candidate for township supervisor for the general election ballot following the June 30 death of Melvin Leadbetter.

Five members of an Amish family were injured in Clarion, and the horse drawing their buggy was killed by a suspected drunken driver last night, state police said.

A western Pennsylvania man is jailed on charges that he was driving drunk when his vehicle hit a buggy, killing the horse that was pulling it and injuring five people in the carriage.

Council member Sue Leonard made a motion to change the late-month meeting to 7 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month 'to make it possible for all council members to attend.' Leonard said council member Ed Hopkins is required to work and cannot attend meetings held at 5 p.m. Council member Rich Herman said council members should be surveyed ...

A northwestern Pennsylvania firefighter has died fighting a fire. Strattanville Volunteer Fire Co.

At least two people were flown to Pittsburgh hospitals after a car crashed into a horse-drawn carriage that was carrying a family in Clarion County on Sunday.

Rep. Donna Oberlander announces her upcoming satellite constituent office hours at the Parker City Fire Department, 204 S. Wayne Ave.

Children gathered Monday, June 29, at the Clarion Free Library to see puppeteer Steve Abrams perform a variety of acts, including Aesop's Fables.

Photo by Natasha Mattis Melaine Lowrie, a high school student, Athena Pack, Christy Weaver, John Valimont and Sam Sears are immersed in the pit searching for artifacts.

The funding from the Neighborhood Stabilization and Low Income Housing Tax programs is one of 99 projects across the state intended to provide more affordable housing.

The Clarion County Sewage Association has distributed a notice to member municipalities saying 'Local agencies were never informed of a deficit and since DEP has not paid grant reimbursement monies due for 2008, we have no operating funds.' The document urges the reader to contact Governor Ed Rendell, state Rep.

By votes of 6-2, the Clarion-Limestone school board June 17 gave final approval to a $12.5 million budget and a 6.2 percent tax increase.

Federal money that was to have been allocated for work on the Beaver Creek ponds and wetlands in Salem Township might not be there after all, according to a discussion at the June 16 meeting of the Clarion County Conservation District.

Office of Emergency Services Director Mike Rearick was at the county commissioners' June 16 work session to discuss the county's impending contract with MCM, a firm from McMurray.

A Clarion County man's lack of a federal firearms dealer license concerned federal prosecutors more than his ties to militia groups in Western Pennsylvania, testimony revealed Monday in U.S. District Court, Downtown.

A Clarion County man known for hosting parties where he demonstrated homemade weapons pleaded guilty in federal court this morning to illegally selling firearms.

U.S. Representative Glenn `GT' Thompson, R-Howard, announced he requested the $500,000 for the Clarion Northwest Central Regional Interoperability Strategic Telecommunications Plan that has been included in a House funding bill.

The biggest educational opportunity for military veterans since World War II is now available to those who served their country and Clarion University is one of the participants.

With no discussion, and not even mentioning the fact, the North Clarion school board June 15 voted to hold property taxes for 2009-10 at the same level as 2008-09. District superintendent David Stake simply asked the board to 'approve the millage rate for 2009-2010.' And board members did -- unanimously.