Tamaqua Woman's Body Found in Carbon County

WNEP is reporting that the human remains of a Tamaqua woman were found in Carbon County Saturday morning.  The investigation is being treated as a homicide.

The woman, Angela Steigerwalt, was last seen leaving work Friday in Lehigh County.

Her body was found by firefighters while fighting another fire near Jim Thorpe around 10am Saturday morning.  The victims car was found in North Carolina with a man inside.

http://wnep.com/2014/02/02/firefighters-found-body-in-woods-while-fighting-fire/

Fire Damages Port Clinton Home

Around 6pm Sunday evening, crews were called to 51 South Street, Port Clinton for a structure fire.

The top two floors of the three story home were ravaged by the fire.

No injuries were reported and the family is said to be temporarily homeless.

Hamburg, Deer Lake, Auburn, and Schuylkill Haven fire crews worked to put out the fire.

Schuylkill County School Delays and Closing for 2/3/14

Schuylkill County School Delays and Closing for 2/3/14

Assumption BVM - Closed

Blue Mountain - Closed

Child Development - no head start, day care open

Gillingham Charter - Closed

Mahanoy Area - Closed

Marion Catholic. - Closed

Minersville - Closed

Nativity BVM - Closed

North Schuylkill - Closed
Penn State/Schuylkill - Only Essential Personnel Report

Pine Grove - Closed

Pottsville - Closed

Saint Clair - Closed

Schuylkill Health School of Nursing - Closed

Schuylkill Haven - Closed

Schuylkill Maple Ave - Closed

Schuylkill Tech North and South - Closed

Shenandoah Valley - Closed

St. Ambrose/Schuylkill Haven - Closed

St. Jerome/Tamaqua - Closed

St. Nicholas/Minersville - Closed

Tamaqua - Closed

Tri-Valley - Closed

Trinity Academy - Closed

Williams Valley - Closed

Minersville Natives Commercial Wins Super Bowl Contest

In case you missed it and went for a bathroom break during the commercials, Minersville native's, Tommy Schaeffer, Time Machine Doritos commercial won!

Tommy's business partner was on Good Morning America this morning to accept their check.

Congratulations!!!

Winter Weather Advisory Issued for Schuylkill County

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST MONDAY ...

* LOCATIONS ...MOST OF SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA NORTH OF THE TURNPIKE.

* HAZARD TYPES ...SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ...3 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING ...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL BETWEEN 5 AM AND 11 AM.

* IMPACTS ...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ...

HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO CTP.STORMREPORTS@NOAA.GOV ... POSTING TO THE NWS STATE COLLEGE FACEBOOK PAGE ...OR TWEET @NWSSTATECOLLEGE WITH THE HASHTAG #CTPWX.

Schuylkill County High School Basketball Scores - 2/1/14

Schuylkill County High School Basketball Scores for 2/1/14

Schuylkill County Weather Forecast

By:  Monsoon Mike

What a nice nice Saturday in most parts of Skook! Temperatures into the 40s. Some sunshine. Nice! One more decent day before it all comes crashing back down around us and paves the way for a wild ride this coming week.

Models are trending snowier for Monday's event, something I a couple days ago heralded may "surprise" some folks. "Skook" I think still will be on the northern fringe with Philadelphia being the jackpot (yet again), but we should get something out of this. Snowfall amounts are subject to change, but right now, I am 75% confident Skook sees a general 1 to 2 inches from the Monday event. No need for a map (yet) as I think that's pretty uniform across the county.

Then a short break before a potential larger snow to ice to rain (with extended potential icing) mid-week. 

Then another event later in the week or next weekend. Let's take it one storm at a time. No need to stress over storms # 2 and 3 before # 1 is done as often one storm will pave the atmospheric path for future storms and we don't really know what future storms will do until one passes. 

So just plan for a storm at least every other day this coming week. It's payback time for a mild, nice weekend, folks!