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PennDOT: Lovi Road Improvements Begin Today In New Sewickley Township

PENNDOT DISTRICT 11 IS ANNOUNCING IMPROVEMENTS ON LOVI ROAD IN NEW SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP, BEGINNING TODAY, WEATHER PERMITTING. LOVI ROAD BETWEEN ROUTE 989 AND BLACK WOODS ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC AROUND-THE-CLOCK STARTING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY OCTOBER. IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE FULL-DEPTH RECLAMATION AND PAVING, DRAINAGE UPGRADES, GUIDERAIL REPLACEMENTS, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. ALL TRAFFIC WILL BE DETOURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH THE CORRIDOR.

Possibility Of A Thunderstorm Today

WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 2018

 

TODAY – PARTLY CLOUDY. A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
POSSIBLE. HIGH – 83.

TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS EVENING
FOLLOWED BY THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
LOW NEAR 70.

TUESDAY – THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. A FEW STORMS MAY
BE SEVERE. HIGH – 81.

Bucs to face Cubs in 2019 Little League Classic!!

Cubs to face Pirates in 2019 Little League Classic
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The Chicago Cubs will face the Pittsburgh Pirates in next year’s Little League Classic.
The game will be held at Bowman Field on Aug. 18, 2019. The Cubs and Pirates will attend Little League World Series games earlier in the day.
The matchup was announced Sunday night during the Mets-Phillies game in Williamsport. It will once again be part of ESPN’s Sunday night schedule.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the Little League Classic “has been a fun summer highlight for baseball the past two years.”
Bowman Field, home of the Phillies’ team in the Class A New York-Penn League, is about five miles from the site of the Little League World Series. It’s the second-oldest minor league ballpark in the U.S.
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Frazier hits walk off homer in the 11th. Bucs and Cubs split series

Frazier homers as Pirates top Cubs 2-1 in 11 innings
By WES CROSBY, Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh’s pitchers delivered once again, and Adam Frazier rewarded them with one big swing.
Frazier hit a game-ending homer in the 11th inning, and the Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Sunday for a split of their four-game series.
Josh Harrison grounded out and Adeiny Hechavarria struck out before Frazier drove a 3-0 pitch from Brandon Kintzler (1-3) deep to right. It was Frazier’s fifth homer of the season.
“It’s probably the most excited I’ve ever been going around the bases,” Frazier said. “It was pretty cool.”
The Cubs had a prime scoring chance against Richard Rodriguez (3-2) in the top half of the inning, but came up empty. Addison Russell was picked off third by catcher Elias Diaz, and Albert Almora Jr. struck out looking with the bases loaded with two out.
“We tried that play because the situation dictated it,” Diaz said about the pickoff. “(Wilson Contreras) showed bunt and (Russell) was waiting for the bunt and was halfway (down the third-base line). So, that’s why we called the play, and we executed. It felt great. It saved a run. It was beautiful.”
NL Central-leading Chicago managed just one run in each game of the series, but took the first two behind strong pitching performances by Jon Lester and Cole Hamels. It was the fewest runs allowed by Pittsburgh in a four-game series since it also allowed four against St. Louis from July 30-Aug. 2, 1992.
“We have to get our offense straightened out,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “I can’t make any excuses for it. There are none. We just have to get better. But we did pitch. We played great defense. We did a lot of really good things. We just didn’t hit the baseball.”
The Cubs lost two straight for the first time since July 27-28.
Chicago jumped in front on Kyle Schwarber’s 22nd homer off Jameson Taillon in the second. Schwarber belted a ball just foul past the pole in left field before driving the next pitch into the last row beyond right field.
Schwarber also connected during Friday night’s 1-0 victory.
“That was a different series, that’s for sure,” Schwarber said. “The pitching was on all four games. You tip your hat to their side, to what they were able to do the last two days. All four days. What did we score? Four runs in four days, and won two games. Tip the hat to their team, and you obviously tip the hat to our pitchers too.”
Gregory Polanco hit a tying RBI double for Pittsburgh in the sixth. Carl Edwards Jr. then replaced Jose Quintana with runners on second and third and no outs, and wiggled out of the jam.
Quintana allowed four hits, struck out four and walked two. The veteran left-hander was just 1-3 with a 7.52 ERA in his previous four starts.
Pittsburgh had a chance to win it in the ninth after Pedro Strop walked Hechavarria and hit Frazier to load the bases. But Maddon employed a five-man infield and Corey Dickerson grounded into a 4-9-3 double play, ending the inning.
Taillon struck out eight in six innings. He allowed five hits and walked three.
“Jameson had to roll up his sleeves,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “The numbers are good. The results are really good, but there was work to be done today by him.”
DARVISH’S DAY
Cubs right-hander Yu Darvish lasted just one inning in his rehab start with Class A South Bend, casting doubt on his availability for the rest of the year. Darvish, who has been sidelined by triceps and elbow injuries, said he would ask for an MRI when he got back to Chicago.
He wasn’t sure if would miss the rest of the year.
“I can’t really tell right now,” Darvish said. “It depends how I feel tomorrow. I really want to come back this season. I am going to work hard and do my best to try and come back.”
Maddon didn’t provide any additional information following the loss.
UP NEXT
Cubs: RHP Kyle Hendricks (9-9, 4.11 ERA) gets the ball at Detroit on Tuesday. He is 3-0 with a 4.38 ERA in his last four starts.
Pirates: RHP Chris Archer (4-5, 4.49 ERA) faces visiting Atlanta on Monday. Archer is 1-0 with a 5.65 ERA in three starts since he was acquired in a trade with Tampa Bay.
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Bishop Zubik pushes back at people calling for his resignation

Bishop: Church today ‘not the church’ of grand jury report
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The bishop of Pittsburgh’s Roman Catholic diocese pushed back against a call for his resignation and said the diocese has “followed every single step” needed for responsible action after allegations of child sexual abuse.
Bishop David Zubik spoke Sunday to George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” following the Tuesday release of a landmark report detailing widespread child sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania Roman Catholic dioceses. The report accused Zubik of not reporting credible allegations.
Zubik said he can understand the rage people have reading the report and “I feel that rage too.” But he said that since he became the bishop in 2007, “we have followed every single step that we needed to follow to be responsible in our response to the victims.”
Officials have, he said, listened to victims “very carefully,” removed priests from dioceses, turned allegations over to appropriate district attorneys, let an independent review board look at whether a return to ministry is warranted and finally, informed parishioners of the diocese’s actions.
“The church of Pittsburgh today is not the church that’s described in the grand jury report,” he said.
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests called for Zubik to step down and for an end to donations “until he steps down or takes proven steps that protect kids.”
Asked about an allegation in the report that an alleged victim was told after a meeting with Zubik that the diocese would pay for college tuition and counseling in exchange for his silence, Zubik said the allegation was made after the person accused of abuse had died, and the diocese has decided since 2002 “not to do any confidentiality agreements.”
“But we needed to be able to assert whether or not the alleged behavior did in fact occur,” he said. “And that was part of the discussion that took place in that particular case.”

Dino Capistrani and Rachelle Arnold From Concordia appeared on Teleforum Friday August 17, 2018

Dino Capistrani, Marketing Director for Concordia and Rachelle Arnold, Administrator of Concordia Villa of St. Joseph were guests of Frank Sparks on Teleforum Friday August 17, 2018.

Dino talked about Concordia and the new aspect and versatility that acquiring the Villa of St. Joseph has created for Concordia. Rachelle talked about her vision for Concordia Villa St. Joseph. They also talked about the different types of services offered at the Villa from short term rehab to a full care facility. Click the play button below to hear the first segment of the interview…..

A listener called in and said he was getting ready to have a knee replacement and wanted to know how he would go about requesting the Villa. Click the play button below to hear Rachelle’s response…..

Rachelle informed the listeners of the services available at Concordia Villa of St. Joseph. Click the play button below to hear more….

Rachelle finished up the interview talking about Community days that are going to be at the Villa on Saturday August 25, 2018. Click on the play button to hear more….

In closing Dino talked about employment and other events coming up. Click the play button to hear more….

If you would like more information you can go to the Concordia Website by clicking on the logo below and you can also find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/VillaBadenPA/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confused About Taxes? We’ve Got Two Words For You. . . Tom Young.

Tune into Beaver County Radio 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA Tuesday August 21, 2018 at 9 a.m. for Tom Young from 1st Consultants Inc. in Beaver. Tom will be making his monthly appearance and the topic this month will be “Taxes, Taxes, Taxes” . Find out how to avoid one of the greatest pitfalls of all in retirement planning, taxes.   Tom will explain that and more during his appearance this month. You can also participate in the show by calling 724-843-1888 or 724-774-1888. You can also ask your questions on Facebook Live.

Click Tom’s picture below at showtime of 9:10 a.m. to be directed to the WBVP and WMBA Facebook Page where Tom’s appearance will be on Facebook Live.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the logo below to find out more about 1st Consultants Inc.

Road Rage Incident Being Blamed For Accident On Route 68 In Industry

A road rage incident is being blamed for an accident on Route 68 that ended with a car on its roof in Industry. Police believe a man in his fifties repeatedly rammed the car of a woman who had a P-F-A against him Thursday morning as she tried to flee. The man eventually lost control and flipped his car. The suspect was injured in the crash and taken to the hospital. No word on his condition. Police say he is facing charges.