Kenn Staub

2 weeks ago | thecourierexpress.com | Kenn Staub

CLARION – Riverview Intermediate Unit 6 (RIU6), in conjunction with three other northwestern Pennsylvania intermediate units, hosted its fourth annual Innovation Playground at the Clarion County YMCA last Friday, May 16. The event gave children and their families the opportunity to participate in a variety of hands-on learning activities emphasizing art, “making” (taking things apart and putting them back together), the outdoors, science, technology and advocacy.

2 weeks ago | theclarionnews.com | Kenn Staub

The Raiders hold off a late Central Clarion rally to secure a 2-1 win in the District 9 Class 2A softball quarterfinalsCLARION TWP. -- Central Clarion battled for seven innings but ultimately fell to Brookville 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the District 9 2A playoffs at the Clarion-Limestone Sports Complex on Tuesday (May 20).

2 weeks ago | theclarionnews.com | Kenn Staub

ELK TWP. -- Racing returns to the Knox Raceway on Sunday with a program featuring the FAST Winged 410 Sprint Car Series and RUSH Sprint Car Series (non-wing), as well as mini stocks and ATV/UTV races (May 25). Other shows are scheduled for Saturday, June 21 (a demolition derby and 100-lap enduro), as well as Sunday, July 13 and Sunday, Sept. 14 when programs similar to this weekend’s are on the books.

2 weeks ago | theclarionnews.com | Kenn Staub

PAINT TWP. -- Clarion shut out Grove City 3-0 last Wednesday (May 14) at Clarion County Park to finish the regular season with a 13-5 record. Bobcats’ pitchers Ethan Rex and Dylan Smail were stifling, combining to throw a three-hitter. Rex, the starter, worked the first three innings, giving up a hit, walking one, and striking out four. He received credit for the win. Smail came on in the fourth, finishing out the game. He allowed two hits, beaned one, and fanned nine in four innings.

3 weeks ago | thecourierexpress.com | Kenn Staub

RIMERSBURG – St. Patrick’s Day 2014 was decidedly unlucky for Linda Himes — that was the day the Korner Restaurant, the popular Sligo restaurant she co-owned with late husband Bill, was reduced to rubble by fire. Rather than throw in the towel, letting 12 years of ownership go by the wayside, Linda and Bill shook off the setback and within a matter of months reopened a new version of the Korner Restaurant on Lawsonham Road in Rimersburg, where it has since become a community fixture.