PIAA State Basketball Playoff Schedule

The schedule for Schuylkill County Basketball teams in the State Playoffs are as follows

Nuisance snowfall will impact the county...

By: Ryan Fannock

7:00AM UPDATE: Good morning! If you have been following me on Tamaqua Area Weatherman, I'm sure you are aware of all the changes. Around midweek, the models picked up awesome agreement on this storm. They were quite consistent run after run. Friday afternoon, everything started to change. The models started flopping around. One run the snow would impact Scranton the hardest and the next run it would impact Philly. So with that said, here's my forecast for our area. Snow showers will be isolated throughout the day today. Little or no accumulation is expected. The main area of snow will move in during the late afternoon hours; towards evening. It won't snow very hard in Schuylkill County. The heaviest snow will stay just to our South. We'll have snow showers with us throughout the night and into Monday morning. Most of us will see a general 1-3 inches. The southern portion of the county will end up on the higher end. Maybe even an isolated 4" amount. The northern areas in the county will be on the lower end. It's a sharp cut off line between heavy snow and light snow. So if this storm were to shift North at all, we would see an increase in snow. As of now, I do not see that being likely. Again, 1-3 inches with an isolated 4" amount in the county. Snow will wrap up early Monday morning.

Winter Weather Advisory Issued for Schuylkill County

The National Weather Service had issued a

 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST MONDAY ...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ...3 TO 6 INCHES.

Winter Storm Watch Issued for Schuylkill County

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON ...

Rush Township Police Make Arrest For Burglary

Rush Township Police arrested David Halaburda, 19, Barnesville for a burglary on Forest Ave in Rush Township.

Halaburda has been placed in Schuylkill County Prison after being arraigned by Judge James K. Reilly.

Halaburda was out on bail for a previous Burglary.

Posted from Rush Township Police Department Facebook Page

PIAA District 11 Championship Scores

District 11 Championship Scores

Boys

District 11 Class AAA Championship
Allentown Central Catholic - 64
Pottsville - 34

District 11 Class A Championship
Mahanoy Area - 62
Pius X - 42

Consolation Game
Blue Mountain - 70
Bethlehem Catholic - 63

Girls

Distrist 11 Class AA Championship
Minersville - 48
Salisbury - 29

District 11 Class A Championship
Marian - 47
Shenandoah  - 22

Gilberton Decides To Disband Police Department

Now that the Gilberton Borough has settled with Mark Kessler, they have decided to disband their police department all together.

During this week's borough council meeting, the council decided it would be best to disband the department and use that money elsewhere.

Last week, the borough settled with Mark Kessler for $30,000 and in return Kessler retired.