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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U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady has announced a dramatic decrease in overdose deaths in 2018. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium will be closed Monday due to a power outage.
The announcement was made on the zoo’s website. The announcement said, “We apologize for the inconvenience”. No further details were released.

PennDOT District 11 is announcing replacement work on the Bradys Run Road (Route 4012) bridge in Chippewa Township, Beaver County, will begin today, weather permitting. Beginning at approximately 7 this morning, the Bradys Run Bridge over a branch of Brady Run will close to traffic through late November. Crews will conduct bridge replacement work. All traffic will be detoured.

Posted Detour

East of the Bridge

· From Bradys Run Road traveling westbound, turn left onto Grange Road

· Turn right onto Dutch Ridge Road

· Turn right onto Tuscarawas Road

· Turn right onto Lisbon Road

· Turn right onto Old Blackhawk Road

· Turn right onto Groscost Road

· Follow Groscost Road back to Bradys Run Road

· End detour

West of the Bridge

· Same detour in opposite direction

The $1.4 million bridge replacement project also includes approach roadway reconstruction.

THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN HELD A RALLY IN BEAVER OVER THE WEEKEND. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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Long-anticipated legislation to pump hundreds of millions of ratepayer dollars into Pennsylvania’s five nuclear power plants is being introduced. Monday’s bill unveiling could usher in heated debate over whether the plants deserve what critics call a bailout. The debate will run up against a June 1 deadline. That’s when Three Mile Island’s owner, Chicago-based Exelon, says it’ll start shutting down the financially struggling plant that was the site of a partial meltdown in 1979.

An elected official from Allegheny County and her husband are disputing the account of Detroit police about a confrontation in that city last week. Detroit police allege that County Controller Chelsa Wagner interfered with officers as they were preparing to remove her husband from the hotel. Wagner was arrested and spent about 12 hours in jail. She called the experience ‘appalling’ and said their actions were mischaracterized.