Beaver traveled to Blackhawk for tonights’ game for the opening night of high school football here in Beaver County. As the game got started Blackhawk took off quick with a 7-0 lead early on.  The rest of the the first half resulted in 4 turnovers including a fumble from the Bobcats and interceptions by the Cougars.  The half ended with a score of 16 to nothing in favor of the Cougars.  To start the second half, Beaver came out strong and managed to get the ball in the end zone during the third.  Unfortunately, for the Bobcats, Blackhawk continued to use their power to move the ball down the field to secure the win. The game ended with a final score of 22 – 7.

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Stocks seek comeback…Consumer prices up…U.K. trade deal
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are trying for another comeback on Wall Street, as a tumultuous week of big swings comes to a close. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% in morning trading, but only after an earlier gain of 0.8% vanished completely. Momentum has been lightning-quick to shift on Wall Street recently, and a similar morning gain for the S&P 500 on Thursday gave way to a 1.8% loss for its fourth drop in five days. The Nasdaq composite, which includes many of the superstar tech stocks that have been the focus of the market’s recent selling, was down 0.1%.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% in August as used car prices surged by the largest amount in 51 years. The Labor Department reports that the August increase in the consumer price index reflected some moderation following big gains of 0.6% in both June and July as the pace of energy price gains slowed. However, there were still areas which showed bigger price increases, led by a 5.4% jump in used car prices, the biggest monthly gain since March 1969. New car prices were unchanged in August but analysts predicted prices there likely to rise in coming months, reflecting supply shortages.

LONDON (A) — The U.K. has secured its first major post-Brexit trade deal after signing an agreement with Japan just as discussions with the European Union appeared to be on the verge of collapse. The agreement was reached only in principle and details are thin. The government said the pact will increase commerce with Japan by around $19 billion. Skeptics say no amount of trade deals can mitigate for the losses that may accrue if Britain does not reach a trade agreement with the EU when the current pacts expire at the end of the year.

BERLIN (AP) — Europe’s flight safety authority says the first flight tests for the Boeing 737 Max, which has been grounded worldwide after two deadly crashes, have now been completed. The test flights conducted over the past week by the European Aviation Safety Agency took place in Vancouver, Canada, because of travel restrictions due to the coronavirus and are now complete. The agency says it will now be analyzing the data from the tests.

DETROIT (AP) — For the second time this month, Hyundai is telling some SUV owners to park outdoors because an electrical short in a computer can cause vehicles to catch fire. The Korean automaker is recalling about 180,000 Tucson SUVs in the U.S. from 2019 through 2021 to fix the problem. The company says corrosion can cause a short circuit in defective anti-lock brake circuit boards that can start a fire. Hyundai says it knows of a dozen engine fires from the problem but no injuries.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AWARDS $25M GRANT TO BUTLER COUNTY GATEWAY 228 PROJECT

 (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) joined the Butler County Board of Commissioners to announce that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded Butler County a $25M grant through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grant program.  Butler County applied for the grant to support the construction of the Three Degree Road and Freedom Road segments of Route 228, a $62M initiative, known as Gateway 228.  The project is a 26.4-mile, 13-segment corridor that links Butler, Beaver and Armstrong counties.

“This $25 million grant will make sure that the Gateway 228 project is built to completion.  Then it will serve our entire community by connecting people to jobs and making all drivers safer.  This is a big win for Western Pennsylvania,” said Lamb.

“I am so proud of Butler County,” said Butler County Commissioner Leslie Osche.  “It took a great deal of determination, collaboration, negotiation, and, frankly, pure guts to put this proposal together and to win a second BUILD grant award in order to continue to advance the Route 228 corridor.”

“We’re talking about two decades of work on Route 228, mainly in the last five years,” said Butler County Commissioner Kevin Boozel.  “The awarding of the grant is due to the aptitude of our team and the bipartisan efforts with federal and state legislators.  I’m proud to work with and be part of that team.”

“The Gateway 228 project is a testament to the people at all levels of government,” said Butler County Commissioner Kimberly Geyer.  “They provided a unified voice to represent the people they serve.”

The BUILD Transportation Discretionary Grant program provides the opportunity for federal investment in road, rail, transit and port projects.  The eligibility requirements of BUILD allow project sponsors at the state and local levels to obtain funding for multi-modal, multi-jurisdictional projects that are more difficult to support through traditional DOT programs.