Big Beaver Falls Area schools are getting a big grant. The 110-thousand-dollars is coming from Chevron Appalachia and their Project Lead The Way non-profit, which supports learning experiences and development in biomedical, computer, and engineering sciences. The district will split the funds between their schools to create more STEM opportunities for its students.
Crews are working to repair one of Monaca’s four water wells. The borough’s manager tells the Beaver County Times one of the wells will be down until repairs are completed next week. Some residents may notice a stronger smell of chlorine as the other wells take on the extra processing. Borough officials do say the water is safe.
PennDOT District 11 is announcing a single-lane restriction on southbound Route 65 in Baden will occur today, weather permitting. A single-lane restriction will occur from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today on southbound Route 65 between Johnson Avenue and Logan Lane. Crews will conduct inspection and cleaning activities of the sanitary sewers.
President Donald Trump has done something remarkable in the government shutdown: He’s unified House Democrats behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It’s not even about the wall anymore. Democrats are sticking together to strengthen Pelosi’s hand and set a tone in the new Congress. They say if they give in to Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion to build the border wall with Mexico, what will he ask for next? The White House believes Democrats will begin feeling pressure to give in to Trump’s demand.
Robots aren’t replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of today’s work. Among those most likely to be affected: Chefs and others in food services, short-haul truck drivers and clerical office workers. That’s according to a Brookings Institution report that says about 36 million Americans hold jobs with tasks that can be mostly performed by machines using current technology.
A full year before the first round of presidential primary voting finds diversity already a hallmark of the field of possible Democratic contenders. Four of those who have either moved toward a campaign or declared their candidacy are women, and one of them is African-American. Another White House hopeful is Latino, and one is gay. The diversity is likely to expand in the coming weeks as other Democrats enter the race.
Two bills in the Senate would reopen federal agencies and pay 800,000 federal workers who are set to miss another paycheck in the partial government shutdown, but the bills are likely to fail Thursday. Democrats are offering to open agency doors for three weeks while bargainers seek a budget agreement. Republicans are offering to end the 34-day shutdown with $5.7 billion for President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall and a revamping of immigration laws.
President Donald Trump says he’ll postpone his State of the Union address until the partial government shutdown ends. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi served notice Wednesday that Trump wouldn’t be allowed to deliver the address to a joint session of Congress next week. Later, Trump tweeted that there’s, “no venue that can compete with the history, tradition and importance of the House Chamber.”
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 24TH, 2019
TODAY – SNOW THIS MORNING WILL TAPER OFF AND GIVE
WAY TO CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH. HIGH – 34.
TONIGHT – CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS
POSSIBLE. LOW – 17.
FRIDAY – MORNING CLOUDS. AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. A
FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE.
HIGH – 21.
SATURDAY – CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS
POSSIBLE. HIGH – 26.
SUNDAY – CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS BECOMING A
STEADY ACCUMULATING SNOW LATER ON.
ABOUT ONE INCH OF SNOW EXPECTED. HIGH
NEAR 30.
Larry Fitzgerald returning to Cardinals for 16th season
By BOB BAUM, AP Sports Writer
PHOENIX (AP) — That Hall of Fame slot will have to stay vacant for a while. Larry Fitzgerald isn’t ready to hang up the cleats just yet.
The receiver, whose career statistics rank among the best ever to play the game, has signed a one-year contract to return for a 16th season with the Arizona Cardinals.
“No player has meant more to this franchise or this community than Larry Fitzgerald,” team President Michael Bidwill said Wednesday in the news release announcing the signing.
Fitzgerald explained his decision in an Instagram post.
“A fire burned inside of me my rookie year,” he wrote, “a desire, over all else, to be great. To excel on the field. To impact the lives of others off of it. I’m grateful that the fire still burns just as bright today, and that this organization has let me chase that fire for well over a decade.”
Fitzgerald continued: “Nothing excites me more than continuing to chase greatness with everyone here on and off the field.”
Fitzgerald, who will be 36 before the next season begins, may have been enticed by the hiring of Kliff Kingsbury to replace the fired Steve Wilks. Kingsbury will bring his “air raid” offense from Texas Tech, where he coached for six seasons, and brought in veteran assistant coach Tom Clements to work with quarterback Josh Rosen, who had a rocky rookie season.
In recent years, State Farm Stadium rocked with chants of “Lar-ry! Lar-ry!” after one of his inevitable big plays. Probably no sports figure in Arizona has been as well-loved as No. 11.
Bidwill said in an interview with the team’s flagship radio station, 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station, that he believes Kingsbury’s hiring helped lure Fitzgerald back.
“I think they had a great conversation and he’s excited about focusing on the offense,” Bidwill said. “Obviously, he was very disappointed as all of us were in 2018. He bleeds Cardinal red. He wants to be part of getting this turned around. It’s exciting he was able to make a quick decision and get right to it.”
Arizona went 3-13 last season, the worst record in the NFL and matching the worst for the Cardinals since the franchise moved to the desert from St. Louis 30 years ago. The Cardinals finished last in the league in total offense, passing and rushing.
Consequently, it was a down year for Fitzgerald statistically, too. After three straight 100-catch seasons, Fitzgerald had 69 receptions for 734 yards and six touchdowns. He did, however, throw his first career TD pass, against the Rams in the next-to-last game of the season.
Fitzgerald has been remarkably durable in his career. He’s caught a pass in 227 consecutive games, the second-longest such streak in NFL history.
He passed more milestones last season.
With 16,279 yards receiving, Fitzgerald passed Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for second (behind Jerry Rice) on the NFL career list. With 1,303 career catches, he passed Rice for most receptions for one team in his career. By playing in the season finale at Seattle, Fitzgerald tied kicker Jim Bakken for most games by a Cardinal at 234.
Fitzgerald needs 23 catches to pass Antonio Gates into second (again behind Rice) in career receptions.
Drafted No. 3 overall by the Cardinals out of Pittsburgh in 2004, Fitzgerald has never indicated a desire to play anywhere else, despite the intermittent struggles of the team.
He’s caught passes from 19 quarterbacks during his time in Arizona, with the most memorable years coming when he was paired with Kurt Warner and Carson Palmer.
He’s been at his best in the postseason.
No one has matched his record of 942 yards receiving in his first nine playoff games. He has five 100-yard receiving games in the postseason, an NFL-best three of at least 150 yards.
At the news conference announcing his hiring, the 49-year-old Kingsbury was asked about trying to woo Fitzgerald back for another season.
“What a great role model, what a great leader to have on your team,” Kingsbury said at the time, “and I would be honored to work with him. He’s a guy I’ve admired from afar for a long time.”
Fitzgerald earned $11 million each of the past two years and this deal probably is about the same.
“I don’t want to push Larry, I want him to come to his own decision,” Bidwill said. “When he was ready . we did the deal. Was over at his house signing it on his kitchen table yesterday morning before he left town.”
It’s been a good month for Fitzgerald. Last week, while playing golf with former President Barack Obama, he hit a hole in one.
Now Fitzgerald, who shared the NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year award with Eli Manning in 2016, will probably be off soon on one of his trademark trips to some faraway part of the world.
Most importantly for the Cardinals and their fans, he’ll be back when summer workouts begin.
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