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.

New details are being released regarding a deadly shooting in Aliquippa. Officers were called to Wade Street Sunday night for a report of gunshots. According to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, they found the victim – identified as 45-year-old Renae Johnson – lying in the street near a van, which had the driver side door open. Police say she had been shot in the chest. The police chief said yesterday he believes the woman was homeless. Aliquippa police, along with Beaver County sheriff’s deputies yesterday canvassed the neighborhood by going door-to-door and searching parts of the woods. An autopsy was performed last night and more information is expected today.

As a major winter storm began to move into the Northeast, many people in Beaver County and in the city of Pittsburgh awoke this morning asking, ” Where’s the snow?” The same powerful nor’easter that’s expected to bring a foot or more of snow to eastern Pennsylvania and points along the mid-Atlantic delivered nothing to our area. This morning, Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak spoke with Lee Hendricks of the National Weather Service and asked him why so many forecasters got it wrong this time. Hendricks called it a “complicated situation” that caused the snow to miss us. But he warned our listeners:  Don’t expect Beaver County to dodge the snow for much longer. He expects to see more widespread snowfall this afternoon.

The PIAA has decided to postpone the scheduled PIAA Baskteball Playoff Games for Tuesday and Wednesday of this week due to the snowstorm that is expected Monday night and Tuesday.

The games have been rescheduled for Thursday of this week with sites and times to be later announced.