Knox News

Threatening skies didn't diminish attendance at the annual Knox Baseball and Softball Strawberry Festival.

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.

An assistant superintendent with the Shaler Area School District is now Highlands superintendent-in-waiting. Joseph Latess, 52, of Cranberry was hired as Highlands' assistant superintendent Monday night, which means he will become the superintendent when acting Superintendent Louis Baldassare's contract is up next June.

Medal of Honor recipient Spc. Ross McGinnis, who was killed Dec. 4, 2006, in Iraq, when he covered a grenade with his body to save the lives of four others, will be honored at a ceremony at 5 p.m. June 12 at the National Infantry Museum here.

The Clarion County Commissioners May 26 approved $354,535 in federal Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant funding for four local projects.

David D. Wigley, president of the United Postal Worker Union Local 227 in New Castle and many of the employees at the post office believe the study is the first step in closing the processing center.

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

Shirley Maxine Hepler, age 82, of Sun City Center, Fla., formerly of Knox and Warren, died Tuesday evening, May 12, 2009 at her home, following a short illness.

The information comes from campaign expense reports filed May 8 by the candidates and any supporting committees.

Supervisors April 13 approved repainting the roof of the township building and the frame on a truck used to spread anti-skid. Supervisors also noted that Clarion businessman Rollie Burns has volunteered to paint markings on an emergency medical helicopter landing pad at the township park at no cost to the township.

Knox Borough Council March 5 submitted its Act 537 sewage management plan to the state Department of Environmental Protection for its final approval to move ahead with plans to build a new sewage plant and collection system to serve the borough and Beaver Township.

The Clarion County commissioners will likely approve a letter today to support a joint effort between the county and Elk, Forest, and McKean counties to go ahead with a feasibility study to see if the counties could benefit from tourism and economic development boosts from a proposed rails-to-trails designation of the old Kane and Knox Railroad.

Photo by Ted Lutz A feasibility study is planned for the proposed conversion of the Knox and Kane Railroad right-of-way to a trail system.

A 14-year-old male and a 13-year-old male, both of Apollo, face charges of terroristic threats, disorderly conduct and making false reports to police after it was determined that they called in a bomb threat to the Apollo-Ridge Middle School on Sunday, April 5. Police said the call began as a teen trying to disguise his voice and order food and ...

Various law enforcement officials addressed the recent meeting of the Knox Area Revitalization Committee, warning of the growing heroin problem in Clarion County.

The Clarion County Conservation District put out a call for new associate board members and it worked.

'Ten years ago I would have never believed it, but I'm telling parents to test their kids' Clarion County District Attorney Mark Aaron told the audience gathered at a recent Knox Revitalization Committee meeting.

A 1-year-old boy survived a full-speed, head-on car crash that killed his great-grandmother and her 13-year-old granddaughter Thursday night in Beaver Township, Clarion County.

Three people were killed in a two-car crash in Beaver Township in Clarion County on Thursday night.

Three people were killed in a two-car head-on crash on Route 208 in Beaver Township just before 11 p.m. Thursday.