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Penguins acquire Bjugstad, McCann from Panthers!!!!!

Penguins acquire Bjugstad, McCann from Panthers
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired forwards Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann from the Florida Panthers for forward Derick Brassard, Riley Sheahan and three 2019 draft picks.
The Penguins announced the trade Friday, a move that will give them an influx of youth in the 26-year-old Bjugstad and the 22-year-old McCann as they make another playoff push.
Bjugstad has five goals and seven assists in 32 games for the Panthers this season while McCann has eight goals and 10 assists in 46 contests with Florida. Bjustad is signed through 2021 and carries a contract with an average value of $4.1 million. McCann’s deal is through 2020 and pays him an average of $1.25 million per season.
The deal ends Pittsburgh’s experiment in attempting to make 31-year-old Brassard the team’s third-line center. Acquired in a deal with Ottawa last season, Brassard struggled to generate much offense during his brief time with the Penguins, collecting just 12 goals in 64 games with Pittsburgh.
Sheahan, 27, brought over in a trade with Detroit early in the 2017-18 season, had 18 goals and 23 assists in 122 games with the Penguins.
Pittsburgh also sent a second-round pick and two fourth-round picks in the 2019 draft to Panthers to complete the deal.
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Measles Outbreak Has Some Lawmakers Rethinking Vaccine Exemptions

A Pacific Northwest measles outbreak has some state lawmakers rethinking the so-called “philosophical” vaccine exemption as the number of confirmed cases of the virus grows to the dozens. Washington and Oregon are among 17 states that allow some type of non-medical exemption for childhood vaccines for “personal, moral or other beliefs.” In Washington, a bill introduced by Republican Rep. Paul Harris would remove the personal exemption for the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, or MMR.

President Trump To Deliver State Of Union Address On Tuesday With A Few Challenges

President Donald Trump is giving his State of the Union address at a sensitive time in talks to prevent another government shutdown. But the striking visual is shaping up to be the record number of women House members who will be seated in front of the president while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sits just over his shoulder on the dais. Afterward, Stacey Abrams will become the first black woman to deliver the Democratic rebuttal.

It’s Official: Cory Booker Is Running For President In 2020

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is appealing to Americans to come together from their partisan corners as he launches his 2020 presidential candidacy. The New Jersey Democrat appeared live on “The View” on Friday, telling its hosts that he is running as a counterweight to “a caustic type of politics” that threatens to divide the country. Booker, the former mayor of Newark, joins multiple other candidates of color in a diverse Democratic primary field.

Pat Catan’s Craft Store In Aliquippa’s Green Garden Plaza Set To Close

PAT CATAN’S CRAFT STORE IN GREEN GARDEN PLAZA IS SET TO CLOSE. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

High School Basketball: February 1, 2019

BOYS

6:30pm
[1A] Cornell at Union

7:00pm
[2A] Burgettstown at Sewickley Academy
[1A] Rochester at Nazareth Prep

7:30pm
[5A] Chartiers Valley at Moon (WMBA)
[5A] West Allegheny at West Mifflin
[4A] Ambridge at Blackhawk
[4A] Quaker Valley at Hopewell
[4A] Beaver at New Castle
[3A] Neshannock at Beaver Falls (WBVP)
[3A] Lincoln Park at Ellwood City
[3A] Riverside at New Brighton
[2A] Shenango at South Side Beaver
[1A] Quigley Catholic at Vincentian
[1A] Eden Christian at Western Beaver
[NC] Obama Academy at OLSH
[NC] Aliquippa at Avonworth
[NC] Central Valley at Bishop Canevin

Broadcast games begin with pregame at 7:05.

8:00pm
[3A] Keystone Oaks at Freedom

GIRLS

Thursday’s Scores
[4A] Central Valley 49, Blackhawk 46
[4A] Keystone Oaks 58, Quaker Valley 28
[2A] Laurel 53, South Side Beaver 25
[1A] Quigley Catholic 61, Eden Christian 55
[1A] Vincentian 55, Rochester 50
[NC] West Greene 58, Sewickley Academy 29
[NC] Hopewell at Freedom PPD

5:00pm
[3A] Riverside at Freedom

6:00pm
[5A] Moon at Trinity
[3A] Ellwood City at Beaver Falls
[3A] Beaver at Mohawk
[2A] OLSH at Sto-Rox

7:30pm
[4A] New Castle at Ambridge

8:00pm
[NC] Jeannette at Lincoln Park

Big Warm-Up Coming Over The Weekend

WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST, 2019

 

TODAY – SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING. BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY LATER. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
LESS THAN ONE INCH. HIGH – 21.

TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. LOW – 14.

SATURDAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 41.

SUNDAY – CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN SHOWER.
HIGH – 51.

The 2019 McGuire Memorial Car Raffle & Auction Is Approaching!

For the 29th year this year, McGuire Memorial will be holding their annual car raffle for the McGuire Memorial Foundation. The event will be on March 2 at The Fairmont in downtown Pittsburgh at 5:00pm.

Foundation Executive Director Dawn Woodfill joined Matt Drzik in studio and McGuire CEO/President Sister Thaddeus called in to talk about this year’s Car Raffle on A.M. Beaver County. The two ladies talked about the reason behind going from one car to three this year (there is still only one winner and one car), and where the proceeds are going to (including the future McGuire facility in Ellwood City).

For more information on this year’s raffle, go to mcguirecarraffle.org.

If you missed this morning’s interview or would like to listen to it again, click on the Facebook Live feed from earlier down below!

Several Republican Lawmakers Switch Their Party Affiliations To Democrat

A handful of lawmakers in three states have switched party affiliations, leaving the Republicans and joining the Democrats. That includes several lawmakers in Kansas, where the former Republicans joined the state’s minority party. The lawmakers cite various reasons for their decision, but have one thing in common: They say the GOP under President Donald Trump has become too extreme and out of touch with the concerns of their constituents.

Democrats Offer New Details Of Their Border Security Plan

Democrats are offering further details of their border security plan. They unveiled a measure Thursday that would not provide money for President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall and denying his request for additional border agents. The move ignores Trump’s warnings that they’d be wasting their time if they don’t come up with wall money.