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!!!

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

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

Schuylkill County High Schools Basketball Scores - 1/31/14

Schuylkill County High School Basketball Scores for 1/31/14

Man Injured in Hometown Crash

Posted from:  tamaquaarea.wordpress.com

An unidentified man was injured after losing control and flipping his SUV (sport utility vehicle) along Hauto Highway (SR54) in Hometown. The crash occurred around 8:30 AM today (Friday, Jan. 31, 2014) about one half mile east of the entrance to Lake Hauto. The SUV, a black Dodge Durango, was positioned upright about 40 feet from the road. Tire tracks in the snow show that the driver was traveling east. The man was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital via ambulance for unknown injuries. Responding were Rush Township Police, Hometown Fire Company, Quakake Fire Company, Tamaqua Ambulance and Hometown Fire Police. Tamaqua Rescue was also called, but later canceled.