As the region continues to dig out of the historic snowstorm, more stories of officers going above and beyond to help residents both during and after the blizzard are surfacing.

In Coatesville during the storm, a mother called police saying she was unable to pick up baby formula for her child due to hazardous road conditions. After receiving the report, Coatesville Officer Mollichella picked up formula, drove as far as he could go and then walked the rest of the way to deliver it to the woman and her baby.

“His actions may never end up on any statistical analysis but he certainly made a difference,” a Coatesville Police spokesperson wrote.

On Sunday, Evesham Township Police Officer Leach cleared off a large mound of snow from an elderly woman’s vehicle during a traffic stop on a busy highway. An Evesham Township resident who was watching praised Officer Leach’s actions, saying, “We need 25 more of you.”

Sunday night in Barnegat Township, an elderly woman called police, telling them she was snowed in and was unable to get out of her home. Several officers grabbed shovels, responded to her house and cleared out her driveway in a half hour.

On Monday Tullytown Borough Police Officer Nate Aldsworth was patrolling Falls Township when he noticed a man stranded in his wheelchair on Millcreek Road. Aldsworth walked over to the man, pushed him to a 7-Eleven and then pushed him all the way back to his home in the North Park section of Falls Township. A Fairless Hills resident commended Office Aldsworth in a Facebook post.

“Kudos to you Nate,” the resident wrote. “It’s officers like you who make our community the best.”

Police and the FBI are investigating an online threat against schools in the Chester Upland and Chichester School Districts.

A message was posted on Instagram Tuesday night threatening black students at schools in the Chester Upland School District, Chester Community Charter School and Chichester High School. Another message threatened students at "Lincoln," but did not specify which school with that name it was referring to.

Chester Police and the FBI are both investigating, but have not yet revealed whether the threat is valid.

“The department has enlisted the help of the FBI and combined resources from neighboring towns,” said Chester Police Commissioner Darren Alston.

Chichester School District Superintendent Dr. Kathy Sherman also released a statement on the threat on the district Facebook page.

“An instagram message was circulated on social media this evening. Police and Authorities were notified immediately and are working to determine its credibility,” she wrote. “At this time, we do not have any further information. Due to the late time, we will update you via the Alert system in the morning. Please know that the safety of our students and staff is our main priority.”

Officials have not yet revealed what specific actions they are taking, but say the investigation is ongoing.
 

Wednesday will be a cloudy start with rain showers, but the precipitation will not stay around for long.

Fortunately, the temperatures are above freezing, so rain will be falling and not snow.

Wednesday will start off with cloudy skies and rain, but the rain will move out of the region by about 9 a.m. NBC10 First Alert Meteorologist Bill Henley said there could a small spot of snow, but he does not expect it to stick due to the warm temperatures.

After the rain moves out, the region will remain dry at least through the weekend. The clouds will move out Wednesday and the sun will take over. The temps Wednesday will be in the upper 30s to lower 40s.

Henley says we will see a significant snow melt during the day Wednesday.

Any leftover precipitation will re-freeze as the low temperature Thursday morning will be 17 degrees.

As the weekend approaches, Saturday and Sunday will both be in the mid-40s and 50s are in the 7-day forecast!

The head basketball coach at Neshaminy High School has been relieved of his duties after a video of him making physical contact with a referee went viral.

During a vote Tuesday night, members of the Neshaminy school board unanimously voted to terminate Jerry Devine as the head basketball coach.

Devine did not attend the meeting.

According to Assistant Superintendent Don Harm, it is anticipated that the current interim coach will continue his duties until the season is over.

The incident happened on January 5 during a game between Neshaminy High School and Pennsbury High School.

Following a call that went against him team, Devine walked onto the court and appeared to head-butt a referee, knocking the ref to the ground. Devine was then thrown out of the game.

The incident was captured on several different cameras and quickly went viral.

Devine was immediately suspended from his coaching and teaching duties. Devine is a special education teacher in the Neshaminy school district.

On January 12, Devine was reinstated to his teaching position, but remained on indefinite suspension as coach until the school board’s vote Tuesday night.

Based on a recommendation by Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler, Devine faces a summary harassment charge filed by the Middletown Police Department. If convicted, Devine could face up to 90 days in prison, although Heckler said prison time is unlikely.

For Philadelphia residents who dug out piles of snow on the street, keeping that space from being taken by another person comes down to dropping a strategically placed chair, cone or trashcan.

But if you play the #GameofCones you could be fined. After using Drake's "Hotline Bling" to remind people #NoSavesies before the storm, police turned to a Philadelphia icon after the storm dropped 2 feet of snow.

"Your legacy is more than a parking spot," says the "movie ad" that plays off Sylvester Stallone's Oscar-nominated role in Creed. 

"Shovel and share -- it's not worth fighting over," said police. "We don't want any more sequels in this series. ‪#‎NoSavesies‬."

The practice, popular in some Philly neighborhoods where street parking is scarce, is both illegal and some would say, plain old unfair, but it can also cause a potentially dangerous confrontation.

As of Wednesday midday, police had yet to compile stats on how many "savesies" tickets officers had written.

Police urged anyone who sees a cone in the street to call 911.

An elderly Pennsylvania woman died from injuries she suffered after her clothes caught fire while she was cooking dinner, officials said.

The incident happened on January 23 inside a home in the 1500 block of Spruce Street in Easton.

According to Lehigh County coroner Scott Grim, 68-year-old Marie Patterson was cooking dinner in her kitchen when her sleeve caught on fire.

Grimm says Patterson eventually ran out of her home and extinguished herself in the snow.

She was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, but succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday.

The death has been ruled an accident.

Police searched for a distraught missing woman after they found her 73-year-old mother-in-law bludgeoned to death inside a home on a quiet South Jersey cul-de-sac lined with large houses.

Mercer County Prosecutors asked for the public to call police immediately if they spot Tasneem Diwan or her green 200 Nissan Quest with New Jersey license plate JYY16P.

East Windsor Township officers were called to Diwan’s home along Mozart Court around 7:30 p.m. Once inside they found Safia Diwan beaten to death in a front office, said prosecutors.

There appeared to be no forced entry into the home. Police said that Diwan could have information important to their investigation into her mother-in-law's death.

An autopsy on Safia Diwan was set for Wednesday.

Investigators ask anyone with information about the death, or Diwan’s whereabouts, to call the county homicide task force at 609-610-6694, the East Windsor police at 609-448-5678 or to call the tip line 609-278-8477. Tips can also be texted to 274637 using “TCSTIPS” to start the message.

Nearly 100 volunteers will hit the streets in Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon to count homeless youth as part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's annual homeless point-in-time counts, but experts in the field caution that the numbers likely won't tell the full story.

Despite the shift to beginning the point-in-time count of homeless youth up to age 24 at 3 p.m. instead of overnight in an attempt to engage more young people, staffers from Covenant House Pennsylvania, which provides shelter and services for homeless youth ages 18 to 21, said counts historically find only a small fraction of young people who are truly experiencing homelessness.

"It's still very likely to be an under-count ... It's an invisible population," Covenant House Pennsylvania Executive Director John Ducoff said. "[On average,] we serve 500 youth a year and turn away 400 more."

Ducoff said that during the weekend blizzard alone, seven homeless young people sought refuge at Covenant House's Germantown-based crisis shelter, and that in fiscal year 2015, the shelter served 512 homeless teens and young adults, but turned away another 249 kids, plus 127 homeless young mothers and their children and 43 homeless young women who were pregnant, due to lack of space.

"Obviously, it's the thing that keeps me up at night. It's the thing that we're working on," Ducoff said. "We have to do more."

Last year's point-in-time count of homeless youth located only 53 young people.

Based on a survey of Philadelphia high school students that revealed that 3,800 students had at one point been kicked out or run away from home, Ducoff estimated that in reality, there could be up to 5,000 or 6,000 homeless youth or young adults in Philadelphia at any given time. The youth count includes anyone up to age 24.

NBC10's Digital Team explored the widespread problem of youth homelessness last year in the Faces of Homeless Youth, a digital-exclusive in-depth report in which reporters Vince Lattanzio and Morgan Zalot spent months with more than a dozen formerly and currently homeless young people to tell their stories.

After NBC10's reporting, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) called for an increase in federal funding to combat youth homelessness, and Congress late last year approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill that includes $42.5 million in new money for homeless-youth initiatives.

Newly elected City Councilwoman Helen Gym is joining some 90 volunteers from several city organizations for Wednesday's count. Gym is chairing the new Committee on Children and Youth.

“Children and youth living with homelessness face enormous challenges. By participating in today’s youth count, I am trying help the city to better understand the issues these young people face and amplify their voices," Gym said. "Their firsthand perspective will also prove invaluable in building policies that respond to the actual needs of youth experiencing homelessness.”

The youth count takes place ahead of Wednesday night's overnight point-in-time count of homeless adults -- an annual count mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that takes place across the country every January.

The nationwide homeless youth count last January found nearly 200,000 people up to age 24 homeless across America.

Read more in NBC10's Faces of Homeless Youth -- and learn how you can help -- here.

A 6-year-old New Jersey boy was attacked by a raccoon as he walked to school with his mother on Wednesday morning, authorities said.

The child and mother were trekking to 16th Avenue Elementary School in Elmwood Park at about 8:45 a.m. when the animal latched onto the child's back and began scratching and biting his face.

The boy's mother, Monali Gavali, described the horrifying enounter to NBC 4 New York outside Hackensack Medical Center, where her son was being treated Wednesday night.

"Within a second, he screamed, 'Mommy,' then I turn around and saw that he was on the ground -- something was there, something was on his back," she said. 

People living nearby heard the mother's screams and called 911. 

"There's a woman screaming 'please call 911,'" one caller said in an emergency dispatch tape recorded by Broadcastify. "I think her child is being attacked by something.

Danny Walls, meanwhile, saw the attack unfold. He told NBC 4 New York he was getting ready for work when he heard the mayhem. He grabbed a painter's pole and rushed to help. 

He tossed the animal to the ground and started beating it with the pole repeatedly until it died. 

"I guess I broke his rib because he yelled and I continued to hit him 'til he let go," Walls said.

Wall's wife, Diana, saw the mauling and described the boy's injuries. He had deep cuts on his face, with the worst injuries under his right eye.

"He had rips on his face," Diana Walls said. "Not just cuts, rips."

Gavali said she didn't have the words to thank Walls.

"He saved my boy today," she said, still wearing the blood-stained coat from when she hugged her son Aryan after the attack. "He came like an angel." 

Bergen County Animal Control took the raccoon's carcass for testing; results are expected by Friday.

Authorities said school officials in the town have been notified about the attack as many children walk to school.

According to the Humane Society, rabid animals can display a range of symptoms including foaming at the mouth, aggression and disoriented behavior. In raccoons, activity during the day can be an indicator of the deadly zoonotic virus as the species is typically nocturnal. 

Philadelphia car enthusiasts rejoice, the big stars of the Philadelphia Auto Show arrived at the Pennsylvania Convention Center Wednesday with the help of some local celebrities.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney fired up the engine of Jon Bon Jovi’s Dodge Viper and two of Pope Francis’ biggest guests during his visit to Philadelphia drove the Fiat popemobile into the convention center.

Bishop Shanahan High School band director Chuck Keating drove the special Fiat 500L while singer Bobby Hill sat, and waved, from the passenger seat -- the spot where Pope Francis sat. Keating's son Michael, who has cerebral palsy, was blessed by the pope upon his arrival to the City of Brotherly Love and Bobby Hill famously serenaded the pontiff on the Ben Franklin Parkway.

The two even stopped to dance before leaving the popemobile behind. "We got to jam out and sing some tunes in there," said Keating.

The Fiat is one of the famous cars used by Pope Francis during his visit to Philadelphia in September and will be on display throughout the Auto Show from Jan. 30 to Feb. 7.

A second popemobile Fiat is up for auction during Friday night's Black Tie Gala and proceeds will benefit select ministries and missions of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. You can bid remotely or in person.

Could remote-controlled aerial drones hold the key to strengthening Philly's public services and infrastructure?

City Controller Alan Butkovitz thinks so, and his latest report suggests aerial drone technology could soon be utilized to to improve public safety. Butkovitz issued the report Wednesday outlining some of the potential advantages that drones could bring toward government services, including visual inspections of dangerous buildings.

“This technology is to enhance workers’ abilities to perform their jobs quicker, easier and in a safe manner," Butkovitz said.

The Controller's Office recently sent a drone through several areas of the city to monitor buildings in disrepair. The drone aided in finding and recording structural damage, evidence of trespassing and other conditions of interest in large structures unsafe for inspectors to venture into.

Butkovitz insists that the efficiency of drone technology would not eliminate the need for professional, licensed city inspectors.

Drones have gained popularity among hobbyists and filmmakers, and Amazon recently unveiled a plan to launch 30-minute drone delivery within the next five years. The City Controller's Office asserts that the technology has potential to enhance infrastructure as well.

Other city departments such as SEPTA, the fire department, and parks and recreation are also exploring applications of drone technology to monitor everything from railroad track conditions to wildlife populations.

The latest review from the city controller follows the trend set by cities such as Somerville, Massachusetts, who utilize drones to monitor dangerous snow-covered roof collapses.

To read “Utilizing Drones to Improve Public Safety in the City of Philadelphia,” from the City Controller's Office, visit here

A Chalfont, Pennsylvania, father didn't let his disability stop him from enjoying the snow with his daughter after the blizzard of 2016.

Glen Dick, who is paralyzed from the chest down, has a special wheelchair that he uses outdoors, his wife Monica Dick told NBC10.

“He misses out on a lot of things because of his disability, but he wanted to be a part of his daughter’s entertainment,” Monica said.

So, Glen attached a sled to his wheelchair for his six-year-old daughter Elaina, and the duo took off.

“It was a little scary, but it was fun,” Elaina said.

The pair is anxiously awaiting more snow so they can go riding together again.
 

Police have made a second arrest in the shooting and killing of a man in Philadelphia back on Thanksgiving.

Keanan Glenn, 21, is charged with murder, robbery and other related offenses in connection to the shooting death of 21-year-old Ryan Kelly.

The first suspect in Kelly's death, 18-year-old David Ramos, Jr., was arrested back on January 16 on the 4900 block of Frankford Avenue. On January 17, police obtained an arrest warrant for Glenn. Glenn was then arrested on January 22 in New Castle, Delaware. On Tuesday he was transported to Philadelphia from the Howard Young Correctional Facility in Wilmington.

On Nov. 26 shortly after 5 a.m. police responded to a radio call reporting a person with a gun on the 3500 block of Almond Street in Philadelphia. When they arrived they found Kelly on the ground suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 5:31 a.m.

"We don't know if this was an attempted robbery or not," said Philadelphia Police lieutenant John Stanford. "But at this point it seems that he was approached and shot by these males." 

Kelly lived with his parents a block away from where he was found dead.

"I was in shock," said Austin Fleury, Kelly's friend and neighbor. "I really was. Especially him you know?"

Police later released surveillance photos of the men they believed were responsible for Kelly’s death as well as several other gunpoint robberies. The photos show the men, later identified by police as Ramos, Jr. and Glenn, using a stolen debit card inside a TD Bank Thanksgiving morning, according to investigators.

A group of strangers teamed up to help a truck driver in need after the truck he was driving veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Friday night during near blizzard conditions, WPXI reported.

Arlyn Satanek, one of the drivers who helped, told WPXI he heard a radio broadcast about imminent weather and decided he needed to start “backing it down a little bit.”

Just as Satanek laid on his own brakes, he said he saw a tractor-trailer "wipe out" in front of him.

“I’m sitting there in a daze, and I realize people are running to the truck,” Satanek told WPXI.

Satanek then joined the others in assisting the truck driver. He said before he even knew it, a group of strangers formed a human-chain to help pull the driver out of his cab. The driver was pulled to safety within 15 minutes, according to WPXI.

“It helped remind us that we are all people, and it is our responsibility to help other humans,” Satanek told WPXI.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike was scheduled to close westbound between Breezewood and New Stanton Thursday at 9 a.m. to clear the tractor-trailer that remained dangling over the embankment. The closure was expected to last about three hours while crews worked to remove the truck.

Traffic will be detoured off at Breezewood and back on at New Stanton during the closure.