Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano placed a call to Franklin Center in Aliquippa yesterday  and spoke to Tina Price Genes, one of the center’s directors, who provided information on warming centers in the county. Mrs. Genes said in back of the center the shelter is open from 8:30a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  She provided information  that was helpful in finding other centers by calling 211. The phone number is part of the United Way and provided info on other warming centers in the county .  First Presbyterian Church in Ambridge, 9 a.m.  to  4 p.m. at ladle and Hearth.  new Brighton Municipal Building 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Crossroads  409 11th St. Beaver Falls, PA 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., the Cornerstone, 1217 7th Ave, Beaver Falls, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Several county residents  commented in the last few days that more homeless shelters should be made available here in the county, not just warming centers.

Beaver County has been awarded a two-hundred-thousand-dollar grant from the state for an early intervention plan to place the county on sound financial footing, according to Beaver County Radio’s Greg Benedetti. Financial administrator Ricardo Luckow said the grant will enable the commissioners to establish fiscal management strategies in dealing with the budget and projected costs.

A Beaver County performing arts teacher who also worked on the Gateway Clipper cruise was found dead in his Crafton home on Monday. Police say 47-year-old Shaun Rolly was under investigation for alleged sexual abuse of children. Police say Rolly was in possession of thousands of images of child pornography. Rolly was a teacher for the last decade at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Midland.
Crafton police started the investigation on Saturday after obtaining two CDs that allegedly belonged to Rolly and were filled with pornographic images of children 10 to 12 years old. Allegheny County police investigators then executed a search warrant at Rolly’s home on Johnston Street and, according to court documents, found 13 more CDs next to his bed.  On Monday, police were called back to Rolly’s home and confirmed he had committed suicide. Charges had not been filed at the time of his death.

Five AP Biology students of Christina Signorelli  went to see how a heart surgery is performed at Allegheny General Hospital recently, according to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano.  Allison Kindred, a senior , said Dr. Stephen A. Bailey  replaced a man’s heart valve in approximately 4 hours, and the students  were permitted see the entire procedure.  A question and answer period followed. Dr. Bailey  is the division director of cardiac surgery at AGH., and  surgical director of cardiac transplantation. Mrs. Signorelli said the students  can take the class for a   college credit and  it will count at the end of the year.  Kindred plans to major in finance at PSU University Park. The students will visit the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium on April 24.