The Federal Bureau of Investigation says today marks the 12-year anniversary of a Beaver County woman’s disappearance. Karen Adams, of Independence Township was last seen on March 12, 2007. She was 54 years old at the time of her disappearance. According to the FBI, Adams traveled to the Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort in Hancock County, W.Va., on March 11, 2007, to play bingo. Adams left the bingo area around 11 p.m. and possibly went to the gaming side of the resort to play slot machines. Surveillance footage shows Adams leaving the gambling complex around 3 a.m. on March 12, 2007. Adams has not been seen or heard from since then, and her car has not been found. The FBI says Adams was a teacher’s aide at a local elementary school and had a second job as a cashier clerk at a local department store. They also say she owned a dog “to which she was quite attached.” Adams is described as a white woman with brown hair and green eyes. She is about 5-feet-4-inches tall and 120 pounds. She drove a red/maroon four-door 2005 Suzuki Forenza sedan with a Pennsylvania license plate reading ETD-5587. Anyone who has information concerning Adams is asked to contact the FBI Pittsburgh Office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate. The phone number for the FBI Pittsburgh Office is (412) 432-4000.

A state lawmaker is introducing a bill he feels could save Pennsylvania’s nuclear power plants. Representative Tom Mehaffie says the Keep Powering Pennsylvania Act would add nuclear energy to the Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards program. He says that would allow nuclear power to be used like solar and wind renewable energy….

The bill comes at a 500-million dollar price tag, with Mehaffie adding that the cost of doing nothing is four-point-six billion. Those against the plan say Three Mile Island has been bailed out numerous times and still isn’t profitable.

A man formerly from Freedom is acquitted of the most serious rape charges against him. A jury found 25-year-old Zachary Dinell not guilty Friday of felony rape of an unconscious victim for the incident last June. Dinell was found guilty of sending nude photos of the woman to his ex-girlfriend.

Officials in the Big Beaver Falls Area School District say there is additional police presence today in the district after rumors of a threat on social media. A message on the school district’s website references rumors regarding the High School, Middle School, and Central Elementary. The district says school resource officers along with  the Beaver Falls police department are investigating. So far, however, they have found no credible evidence.

THE AMBRIDGE POLICE CHIEF’S TRIAL DATE HAS CHANGED. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 12TH, 2019

TODAY – PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE. HIGH – 45.

TONIGHT – CLEAR THIS EVENING. THEN BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW NEAR 30.

WEDNESDAY – CLOUDY SKIES. HIGH – 56.

Ex-restaurant owner granted bail pending assault retrial
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A judge has ruled that a former Pittsburgh restaurant owner whose trial ended in a hung jury on some charges and acquittal on others can be freed on electronic monitoring pending retrial.
Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Manning granted bond Monday for 47-year-old Adnan Pehlivan over the objections of prosecutors who called him a danger and a flight risk.
Prosecutors alleged that Pehlivan — owner of now-closed Istanbul Sofra — stalked a woman and her friends from a bar to their home last May, then broke in and sexually assaulted her.
The defense contended that the alleged victim simply regretted a “hookup.” Jurors acquitted Pehlivan of simple assault and stalking but deadlocked on sex assault and burglary charges. A re-trial on those counts is scheduled for July 29.

House advances proposed changes to historic records handling
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to give officials more leverage to reclaim state and local records with historical value that have been improperly removed from government archives is on its way to the Pennsylvania Senate.
The House voted unanimously Monday for a bill that would give the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission the power to demand the return of such records.
It also would permit the commission to ask a court to order such records be turned over, simplify how the agency sells or gives away excess property and generally make documents public after 75 years.
Items loaned to the commission for at least 21 years would be considered abandoned if original lenders can’t be found.

Jury selection set in officer’s trial for killing black teen
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jury selection begins this week in the trial of an East Pittsburgh police officer charged with homicide in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager.
Officer Michael Rosfeld is charged with shooting Antwon Rose Jr. as the teen fled a traffic stop last June. Rosfeld is white.
In January, a judge ordered that the jury be selected from outside Allegheny County due to extensive pre-trial publicity.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports jurors will be selected in Harrisburg beginning Tuesday. After 12 jurors and four alternates are selected, they will be bused to Pittsburgh for the start of testimony beginning next week.
The jury will be sequestered in a hotel for the duration of the trial, which is expected to last two weeks.
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Information from: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, http://www.post-gazette.com

A WARNING IS GOING OUT TO ALL BADEN RESIDENTS THIS AFTERNOON REGARDING A WATER BILL SCAM. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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