FILE – Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump’s historic criminal case on felony charges of mishandling classified documents is set to unfold in Florida and will at least initially be overseen by a federal judge who issued rulings favorable to him last year and expressed repeated skepticism of Justice Department positions. The assignment of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, confirmed Friday by a person familiar with the development, is a rare bit of good news for Trump in the face of an indictment with several criminal charges that carries the prospect of a years-long prison sentence. Trump has declared his innocence. He is due in court Tuesday in Miami.

Story by Beaver County Radio News Staff. Published June 9, 2023 11:46 A.M.

(Beaver, PA) Dozens of people held a rally outside the courthouse yesterday voicing their frustrations with the Shell cracker plant. Approximately 50 members of the Shell Accountability Campaign were in attendance and presented a petition to the Beaver County Commissioners at their meeting to take action. The plant in Monaca has received three pollution violations by the PA DEP since it begun operations.

NEW YORK (AP) — A thick, hazardous haze of wildfire smoke is looming over daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada for a third day, and it’s expected to persist as long as the weekend. The conditions Thursday sent asthma sufferers to hospitals, delayed flights, postponed ballgames and pushed back a White House Pride Month celebration. If the worrisome haze is an unnerving novelty for millions of people on the United States’ East Coast, it’s a reminder of what other places experience more regularly. And scientists say it’s a wake-up call about the future.

This photo of bullet-damaged prayer book in the Tree of Life synagogue building in Pittsburgh was entered May 30, 2023, as a court exhibit by prosecutors in the federal trial of Robert Bowers. He faces multiple charges in the killing of 11 worshippers from three congregations and the wounding of seven worshippers and police officers in the building on Oct. 27, 2018. The charges include the obstruction of the free exercise of religion, resulting in death. (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania via AP)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Worshippers, police officers and other witnesses have testified to the horror of the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack in the ongoing federal trial of Robert Bowers. He is charged with killing 11 and wounding seven at the Tree of Life synagogue building in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018. The trial may seem an exercise in proving the obvious. Bowers’ own defense attorney admitted he committed the killings, though she is questioning some of the motives the prosecution is attributing to him. Bowers’ conviction seems certain, but even at this phase of the trial, his defense team’s ultimate goal is to spare him the death penalty.

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published June 9, 2023 11:42 A.M.

(Beaver County, PA) Beaver County Court Judge Kim Tesla has been ordered by the PA Superior Court to hold the hearing for convicted killer Sheldon Jeter, Jr. The Superior Court ruled Judge Tesla erred when he denied a request by defense attorneys following Jeter’s trial in the death of Kaezon Pugh in 2021 to explore allegations of a juror’s misconduct at the trial.

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published June 9, 2023 11:38 A.M.

(Ambridge, PA) At approximately 1:55 p.m. Thursday Ambridge Police were patrolling  in a high drug trafficking area of the borough , they came upon a suspicious vehicle with a strong odor of burnt marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. They attempted to initiate a traffic stop in a marked police cruiser with lights activated and sirens at a slow rate of speed.   The vehicle continued travelling at a low rate of speed  before an unmarked cruiser with light activated pulled head on to the suspect’s vehicle. Officers kept a safe distance  from the suspect’s and followed it until reaching 8th St. and Route 65. A female passenger then jumped from the vehicle , running north onto Route 65, she was apprehended a short time later.  The suspect’s vehicle headed southbound on Route 65 toward Leetsdale. Officers recovered the female passenger. She had approximately 90 MDA pills, digital scale, a large sum of US currency, a firearm, and a magazine from a different firearm. Officers recovered approximately 9.4 ounces of powdered cocaine from inside the vehicle. The driver, who hasn’t been apprehended, is described as a light skinned black male from the Pittsburgh area. Any information on the identification of the male is asked to contact the Ambridge Police Department of 9-1-1.

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published June 8, 2023 2:41 P.M.

(Aliquippa, PA) At Wednesday night’s meeting Police Captain Don  Lane reported that the department is exploring an option to add a second K-9 to the force. He said the new police vehicles will come equipped with computers allowing officers to do their reports while in the vehicles, he said it will allow officers to be more visible.  Officers Andy Golletti and David Mosura are now city detectives and will investigate lesser crimes, Captain Lane told council. He commended Officer Bruce Tooch for his handling of a drug bust, and the case is now in the courts.