Clarion Borough declares pool 'obsolete'

State police in Clarion filed charges against Knox resident Levi Michael Barrett, 28, in relation to an early morning incident on Aug. 8 in Beaver Township, which forced the closure of Route 338 and various side roads while police searched for the male victim in the case.

Butler state police said three people died in a two-vehicle crash late Monday afternoon in which a Clarion County man was involved.

CLARION - The reassessment of all properties in Clarion County has begun starting in Clarion Borough and Clarion Township.

ELK TWP. - The Elk Township Board of Supervisors Aug. 8 canceled the Oak Grove Road culvert bridge project.

FRILLS CORNERS - Equipment failure has the North Clarion school board weighing its options heading into the 2022-23 school year.

FOXBURG - Union/A-C Valley football coaches Aug. 8 requested A-C Valley move all of the 2022 football games to the football field at Union High School.

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BEAVER TWP. — Clarion state police have released information concerning Monday’s incident near Knox that involved gunfire and had Route 338 closed for several hours.

CLARION - Clarion Borough Council Aug. 3 agreed to partner with Clarion Area School District and contract with Amos E. Rudolph Architecture of Seneca to develop a plan for the demolition of the swimming pool in front of the high school.

CLARION - Striving to make Clarion "the most inclusive" community, an informal group of area residents will launch an effort toward that reality from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Main Street Center in Clarion.

FOXBURG - A-C Valley's administrative team wants to go in a different direction when it comes to evaluating the district's teaching staff.

HARRISBURG - Building on a fourth consecutive year of freezing tuition and fueled by a historic funding increase in state-owned universities, the Board of Governors for Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education recently announced the launch of the next and most impactful phase of its s…

CLARION TWP. - Former Clarion-Limestone School Board President Molly Greenawalt has questions about the way current C-L board president Nathaniel Parker is conducting business and she made her feelings known at the board's Aug. 2 special meeting.

WASHINGTON TWP. - A Santa Monica, Cal., firm is proposing a solar power collection farm in Washington Township.

KNOX - The Keystone School Board handled several matters at its July 18 session as the new school year approaches.

Clarion state police said a New Bethlehem man suffered fatal injuries in an ATV accident on Southern Avenue in Strattanville Borough early Saturday morning.

FOXBURG - Finding ways to increase revenue is paramount for school districts in the current economic climate and the A-C Valley School board is hoping investments can boost the district's income.

CLARION - "National Night Out," an annual nationwide effort aimed at promoting police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer and more caring places to live, will be celebrated from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 2 in both Knox and Clarion boroughs.

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CLARION - Clarion Area's plans to create a middle school recently moved another step forward.

ALCOLA - The Clarion County Fair began on July 24, and there are many activities to be enjoyed by all throughout the remainder of the week.

Shippenville man faces more than 1,000 child pornography charges

ELK TWP. - The Elk Township Board of Supervisors recently opened bids for a bridge project along Oak Grove Road, but delayed awarding a contract for the work.

ELK TWP. - A 39-year-old Shippenville man faces more than 1,000 counts of child pornography-related charges after an investigation that began in Texas.

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HARRISBURG - More than a week after a state constitutional deadline to do so, the Pennsylvania legislature and Gov. Tom Wolf agreed to a 2022-23 budget that will send $51,925,317 to Clarion County's public schools.

CLARION - The Clarion Borough Police Department will host its first "National Night Out" from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 2 along Main Street in Clarion.

CLARION - The Clarion Area School board had a surprise guest at its July 5 work session -- Clarion-Limestone School Board President Nathaniel Parker made an impromptu presentation to the board regarding the possibility of the respective districts sharing services.

CLARION - The "No P3 Bridge Tolls Coalition" last week issued a statement praising the Commonwealth Court's decision in the South Fayette Township case that voids PennDOT's P3 Major Bridge Tolling Initiative.

CLARION - The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission recently released the Act 13 Impact Fee payments to Clarion County municipalities and the overall totals are up by about 40 percent.

CLARION - Special courts and programs in Clarion County are paying dividends at the county Jail.

FOXBURG - The A-C Valley School Board approved its 2022-23 final budget with two of the four counties in the district's property owners seeing a tax increase.

CLARION - Clarion County is preparing for a tax sale at 9 a.m. Sept. 19. Clarion County Tax Claim Bureau Director Megan Kerr said there are currently 298 properties on the list as of Tuesday.

FRILLS CORNERS - The North Clarion School Board recently approved an $11,187,717 budget for the upcoming school year, balancing the spending plan without a tax increase.

KNOX - Keystone School District administrators weren't necessarily planning on asking the school board to purchase some needed new furniture, but with prices set to go up at least 10 percent on July 1, both sides agreed to the move.

PAINT TWP. - The Paint Township Board of Supervisors last week accepted written apologies from three teenagers involved in taking road closure signs from a storm-damaged road.

CLARION TWP. - Finding a superintendent can be a challenging exercise for a school district so Clarion-Limestone School Board President Nathaniel Parker suggested going to go a different way in filling his district's superintendent position.

SHIPPENVILLE - A few months ago, Shippenville Borough Council discussed and debated creating a website for the town but the issue seemed to fade away.

FRILLS CORNERS - The sewage line extension project in Washington Township is incurring costs even though it is far from finished and the Washington Township Municipal Authority had to address those costs at its recent meeting.

KNOX - The Keystone School Board June 20 approved a one-mill real estate tax increase, looking to keep ahead of underway projects and pending heating repairs.