Sligo News

More than a dozen children gathered Sunday for a sermon geared toward a young crowd during worship at a Kittanning church.

Jamie Moore, Eat'n Park's director of sourcing and sustainability, demonstrates canning tomatoes at the Braddock Community Garden last month.

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Thursday, according to jail records: * Sonny Dale Early, 24, of 695 Cemetery Road, Hilliards, by the court, held for court.

It seems the state budget impasse is affecting many facets of local life, including a leisurely dip in the community pool.

But then, lots of places are dumps. In fact, Clarion County has more than 100 places that are dumps.

A man who escaped from police custody in Clarion County has been found, state police said.

A man who escaped from police custody Thursday in Clarion County, precipitating a large-scale manhunt, was taken into custody yesterday.

An addition to the fire hall in Shippenville, a small addition to the sewage plant in Sligo, a bar in East Brady and a 12-lot subdivision in Farmington Township were recently approved by the Clarion County Planning Commission.

Clarion County Sheriff William H. Peck III appears to have lost his re-election bid to retired state police Cpl.

SLIGO struggled for years to attract major conferences because of the limited conference facilities on offer.

May 13, 2009 7:51 pm US/Eastern Reporting Dave Crawley SLIGO Over the hill on Route 68, just north of Rimersburg, you'll enter Sligo.

'Walter, I ought to hug you,' Monroe Township Board of Supervisors Chair Gerry Borovick quipped to fellow supervisor Walter Shook at the township's May 5 business meeting.

April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month, and Community Action Inc. will be holding its annual Fun in the Sun event April 18 to kick off Clarion's Week of the Young Child April 19 through 25.

At their April 7 business meeting, council members reviewed the estimates and decided to go ahead with the following projects.

A PLAN to build a new shopping centre in Sligo has been revealed. Glenman Ltd, one of the country's biggest building and civil engineering contractors, have given notice that they are to apply to Sligo Borough Council for a large development at Cranmore, which will have 12 shop units.