Schuylkill County Morning Weather Forecast

By:  Monsoon Mike's Weather Headquarters

Today is one of those days where it may be cold here up in the north, but living down southeastern US won’t be a walk in the park. Old man winter is making a visit there…with a vengeance! However, that will have little bearing on our weather for the next few days. It will be cold today…most likely with a mix of clouds and sun because of the aforementioned system.

Schuylkill County Basketball Scores

Schuylkill County High School Basketball Scores for 1/27/14

Boys

North Schuylkill - 81

Jim Thorpe - 33

Minersville - 48

Lourdes Regional - 27

Weatherly - 52

Panther Valley - 38

Tamaqua - 71

Pine Grove - 31

Marian Catholic -  57

Shenandoah Valley - 44

Schuylkill County Weather Forecast

By:  Monsoon Mike

I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record but what else can I say? Two brutally cold days coming up on Tuesday and Wednesday. A coastal storm will skim well to our south on Wednesday and may drop some flurries or light snow very far south of Skook like in South Jersey but that is as close as it will get.

Schuylkill County School Delays/Closings for 1/28/14

Schuylkill County School Closings for 1/28/14

Assumption BVM - 2 Hour Delay

Blue Mountain - 2 Hour Delay

Child Development - CLOSED, Daycare Open

Gillingham Charter - 2 Hour Delay

Mahanoy Area - 2 Hour Delay

Minersville - 2 Hour Delay

Nativity BVM - 2 Hour Delay

North Schuylkill - 2 Hour Delay

Pine Grove - 2 Hour Delay

Pottsville - 2 Hour Delay

Saint Clair - 2 Hour Delay

Schuylkill Haven - 2 Hour Delay

Schuylkill Maple Ave - 2 Hour Delay

Schuylkill Special Ed. Center - 2 Hour Delay

Schuylkill Tech North & South - 2 Hour Delay

Shenandoah Valley - 2 Hour Delay

St. Ambrose - 2 Hour Delay

St. Jerome/Tamaqua - 2 Hour Delay

St. Nicholas/Minersville - 2 Hour Delay

Tamaqua - 2 Hour Delay

Tri-Valley - 2 Hour Delay

Trinity Academy - 2 Hour Delay

Williams Valley - 2 Hour Delay

Names of Victims from Friday's Morea Road Crash

Officials released the name of the other victim from Friday's motor vehicle accident on the Morea Road.

Daniel Jackson, 51, of Mahanoy City was pronounced at the scene of the crash.  The passenger in the car, Robin Capone, 52, also of Mahanoy City, was taken to the hospital but later died from her injuries.

Police are still investigating the crash.

Wind Chill Advisory Issued For Schuylkill County

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY...

BEST OF SKOOK: The Winner of "The Best Bar in Schuylkill County is . . . ."

We polled our followers on Facebook and Twitter and asked them "What's the Best Bar in Schuylkill County?"

And the winner of "Best Bar in Schuylkill County is . . ."

Minersville Native Needs Skook Votes to Get Ad on During Super Bowl

Tommy Shaeffer, 40, a native of Minersville, is 1 of 5 finalist's in a Dorito's Commercial Contest to have his commercial played during the Super Bowl.

Shaeffer, who now lives in Phoenix, Arizona, made his "Time Machine" commercial with his friends for the Crash the Super Bowl Contest.

The online votes are not disclosed but the video is in second place based on the Youtube votes.

The winner will be announced during the Super Bowl.

You can watch the video at the link below and vote
https://www.doritos.com/base/finalists?region_id=us-en&content_id=14397&tab_id=14

Car Crashes into Car Lot Along Route 309 Monday Morning

Posted by:  TamaquaArea.Wordpress.com

No one was injured today (Monday, January 27, 2014) after a female driver lost control and crashed her car into a parked Jeep Wrangler on the ’309 Auto Sales’ lot along North Railroad Street (SR309) in Tamaqua. The incident occurred just before 6:30 AM. Responding in addition to Tamaqua Police, were East End Fire Company and American Hose Company. Tamaqua Fire Police also responded. Hope’s Towing removed the vehicle

Crash Closes Southbound Route 61 Between Frackville and St. Clair

UPDATE:  As of 10:00am the road is now open

A multi-vehicle crash has closed Route 61 Southbound between Frackville and St. Clair around 8am Monday morning.  The call for the accident stated it was in the area of Dead Man's Curve.

The State Police have shut down the highway until further notice.

No injuries have been reported.

Stay tuned for more details.

Early Morning Englewood Fire

Posted from Firewire Schuylkill County

Around 3am Monday morning, crews were called to 717 West John Street, Butler Twp on a working structure fire.

When crews arrived they found flames showing from the right side of the double block home.

Within the hour firefighters had the fire under control.

The fire is still being investigated.

No injuries were reported.

We'll have more on this as we get more information.

One Man Dies in West Penn Township Crash

Posted from:  TamaquaArea.wordpress.com

A man was killed early today (Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014) after his pickup truck crashed and hit a utility pole along Andreas Road in Andreas (West Penn Township). Emergency personnel were called to the area of 25 Andreas Road around 2:45 AM for a report of a pickup truck, a black Nissan Titan, on its side with entrapment.

Schuylkill County Weather Forecast

By:  Monsoon Mike

Skook dodged yet another storm today with areas just east of us getting 2 to even 3 or 4 inches. Yet again, an atmospheric block set up just outside of Schuylkill, giving us just a slight dusting in some areas, nothing in others except flurries. Sorry I busted that forecast! Can't be perfect. These things are so difficult to predict where the shield of precipitation will stop advancing. The snow haters of Skook must be doing some good anti-snow dances because we just keep missing the bigger problems. (Which should scare us because one of these days ... one of these days, it's gonna get us good! ;-) For tonight, we may not have dodged everything completely as an arctic front is moving through and some heavier squalls could move through anytime overnight, so keep that in the back of your mind if you're out and about late tonight.

One thing we can't escape, however, is the brutal cold and what's coming by Tuesday and Wednesday may make that last polar plunge feel warm compared to this. I'm talking highs maybe no better than around 7 Tuesday. 12 Wednesday. Yes, 7 and 12! 

Milder air moves in later in the week, but absent are any bigger storms, but always the ever-present chance of these smaller storms, any of which could surprise us with more, like last week's gig. You just gotta keep posted to my updates.

Oh, and tomorrow (Sunday's) snow showers in the afternoon, yeah, those could dust up the ground a bit in some areas, so keep an eye out for that. 

Two Killed in Morea Road Crash

Just before 4pm, Friday afternoon, crews were called to 301 Morea Road for a motor vehicle accident.   This address is the entrance to SCI-Mahanoy.

The driver of one of the vehicles, a 51 year old from Mahanoy City, died at the scene.  Robin Capone, 52, of Mahanoy City, was the passenger in the vehicle and died at the hospital.

Morea Road was closed for a few hours while the State Police and Coroner's office investigated the crash.

Two other people were also hurt in the crash but the extent of their injuries has not be released.

Schuylkill County High School Basketball Scores

High School Basketball Scores for 1/24/14

Updated: 9:40pm

Girls

Blue Mountain - 63

Panther Valley - 26

Minersville - 64

Williams Valley - 31

Marian Catholic - 36

Nativity BVM - 34