Clarion News Archives

22 approved an option agreement with Cornerstone Development for lease to purchase the Haskell Building on the corner of Fifth and Main streets in Clarion.

The Clarion Borough Zoning Hearing Board granted a variance Sept. 15 to Northwest Savings Bank for its new facility proposed for the 700 block of Main Street .

Both entities plan a pro-active approach. CUP has launched its 'Good Neighbors' program and will send university officials and student leaders to contact the students of the South Fifth Avenue area in person.

Dave Mackall can be reached via e-mail or at 412-380-5617. Ron Galbreath, who won 634 games during a college basketball coaching career that spanned nearly 45 years, announced his retirement today.

Glenn Thompson said both Republicans and Democrats oppose tolling Interstate highways.

There will be no more consideration of consolidation at Clarion-Limestone - at least not in the near future.

The organization: the Education Consortium of the Upper Alleghenies. A skilled work force requires advanced training, but Northwestern and Northcentral Pennsylvania lack the educational resources to provide such training, according to ECUA president Duane Vicini of Russell in Warren County .

Marine veteran Terry Custer of Rimersburg American Legion Post 454 is in present arms after helping deliver the salute to the victims of the Sept.

Clarion University is developing a "Good Neighbor Program" designed to promote positive community relations between students living off-campus and the community.

The Strattanville Volunteer Fire Department recently became certified in the use of the 'Jaws of Life' equipment, allowing the department to be certified in heavy rescue.

5. Unfortunately for Ward, the ball glanced off his fingertips and fell incomplete.

President Barrack Obama's Sept. 8 address to school students turned out to be a hot potato for Clarion County schools districts.

The park lot has been at the center of a dispute between borough council, its zoning hearing board and the legion.

A 20-year-old man is being held in the Clarion County Jail on charges he attempted to take a 14-year-old New Bethlehem girl he met on the Internet to his California Juan Fernando Bernal Jr.

The Center for Education Policy, a leading national education research organization, identified Pennsylvania as the only state to see increased student achievement in elementary, middle and high school between 2002 and 2008.

State police honor Clarion officer for drugged driving recognition By Rodney L. Sherman, Clarion News Editor Clarion News photo by Rodney L. Sherman Clarion Borough Police Officer William Scheckler Sr.

Prosecutors warned Penn State student Collin Rowe about defense attorney Karen Muir.

One of the first things contractors working on the new Climax Bridge will have to do is save part of one of the piers left from the demolition of the old bridge.

Projects involving ice cream and wine - though not together, of course - in Paint and Elk townships were approved recently by the Clarion County Planning Commission.

It's been some tough economic times for some of the major sponsors of the Autumn Leaf Festival, but so far, none of the sponsors has been forced to eliminate or reduce their contributions.

Excavators, bulldozers and off-road dump trucks were hard at work Aug. 25 leveling sites for two Marcellus gas wells along Knight Town Road in Elk Township .

Clarion University has partnered with the Clarion Borough and Clarion Township to organize a community clean-up day, Extreme Community Makeover: Clarion University Service Day," on Saturday, Sept.