Officials respond to a structure fire in York County (2024)

OF A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH CLOSING PART OF ROUTE 30 IN LANCASTER COUNTY. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RISE FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY. WE’LL HAVE THE HOUR BY HOUR DETAILS TO HELP YOU PLAN YOUR DAY USING A LANCASTER COUNTY TRADITION TO REBUILD A LANDMARK HOTEL AND THE HOPES OF HAVING AN OPEN BY THE FALL. WGAL NEWS EIGHT BEGINS WITH BREAKING NEWS, AND WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT BREAKING NEWS. A DEADLY CRASH THAT’S CLOSED ROUTE 30 NOW FOR HOURS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS NEAR MOUNTVILLE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. I’M LORI BURKHOLDER AND I’M JERE GISH. WESTBOUND LANES ON ROUTE 30 IN THAT AREA HAVE JUST REOPENED. EASTBOUND TRAFFIC, THOUGH, REMAINS CLOSED. SEVERAL VEHICLES CRASHED JUST BEFORE 11:00 THIS MORNING IN THE EASTBOUND LANES, AND A NEWS EIGHT VIEWER SENT US THIS PHOTO OF THE CRASH. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID IF ANYONE WAS INJURED IN THIS. IT’S UNCLEAR WHEN THAT ROAD WILL REOPEN. REOPEN FULLY TO DAUPHIN COUNTY NOW, WHERE POLICE HAVE CHARGED A HARRISBURG MAN AND WOMAN WITH ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN FOR FORCING TWO CHILDREN TO STAY INSIDE A DIRTY DOG. CRATES AS A FORM OF PUNISHMENT. BARBARA BARR IS HERE WITH MORE ON THIS INVESTIGATION. DISTURBING. YES, LORI AND JERRY, A DISTURBING STORY FOR SURE. LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP POLICE HAVE CHARGED 59 YEAR-OLD DEBBIE MECH AND 62 YEAR-OLD SCOTT NORVELL WITH ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF TWO CHILDREN, AGES 11 AND 12, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS. THE CHILDREN DISCLOSED TO THEIR FOSTER PARENTS THEY WOULD BE PLACED INTO DOG CRATES AS A FORM OF PUNISHMENT. THEY TOLD THEM THE CRATES WERE SOMETIMES FILLED WITH FECES, AND THEY WERE FORCED TO STAY INSIDE THEM FOR 30 MINUTES OR AN HOUR WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER, ACCORDING TO POLICE. THEY WERE LIVING WITH THEIR MATERNAL GREAT GRANDFATHER, NORVELL AND MECH, AT THEIR HOME ON DWIGHT AVENUE IN LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP. THE TWO CHILDREN WERE PLACED INTO FOSTER CARE AFTER THE RESIDENCE WAS DEEMED UNFIT TO LIVE IN. NOW, COURT RECORDS ALSO SHOW NORVELL AND MECH ARE FREE ON BAIL, WHICH WAS SET AT $75,000 APIECE. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 27TH. LORI. ALL RIGHT, BARBARA, THANK YOU. WELL, NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER OF AN SUV WHO HIT A BICYCLING EAST AND KEPT ON GOING. THIS HAPPENED THIS MORNING AT WOODCREST AVENUE IN MILLPORT ROAD. THIS IS NEAR ROSE COURT QUARRY NEAR LITITZ. THE BIKE RIDER HAS NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND NOW POLICE ARE ASKING FOR HELP IDENTIFYING THE DRIVER OF A WHITE SUV. NORTHERN YORK COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY SAY WAS A TARGETED SHOTS FIRED ATTACK ON ROUTE 30 IN MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP. OFFICERS FOUND A DISABLED VEHICLE AROUND 630 LAST EVENING NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE MANCHESTER CROSSROADS SHOPPING CENTER. THE VEHICLE HAD BULLET DAMAGE. OFFICERS FOUND THE DRIVER, A 22 YEAR OLD MAN, UNINJURED, IN A NEARBY BUSINESS. POLICE SAY SOMEONE IN AN UNKNOWN VEHICLE FIRED AT HIM AS HE WAS EASTBOUND ON ROUTE 30, EAST OF BRIDGEVIEW DRIVE. THE VICTIM CROSSED THE CONCRETE MEDIAN AND JUMPED A CURB BEFORE COMING TO A REST IN VESTIGATORS BELIEVE THIS WAS A TARGETED ATTACK. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. A BARN RAISING IS BEING HELD TODAY AT THE BIRD-IN-HAND FAMILY INN IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THE NEW STRUCTURE WILL HOUSE THE OFFICES AND THE ROOMS THAT WERE DAMAGED IN DECEMBER’S DEADLY EXPLOSION. NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES HAS MORE. BARN RAISING IS A TRADITION IN LANCASTER COUNTY WHERE THE AMISH COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO REBUILD FIRE DAMAGED STRUCTURES, AND THE STAFF OF THE BURNAM FAMILY IN THOUGHT. WHAT BETTER WAY TO REBUILD THIS LOCAL BELOVED HOTEL THAN WITH A LOCAL TRADITION? YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUNDS OF AIR NAILERS, SAWS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORK GOING ON BEHIND ME, AND THEY ARE SOUNDS THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR FOR NEARLY SIX MONTHS. I HAVE A LOT OF EMOTIONS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. UM, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO FINALLY GET THIS STARTED. THIS MORNING MARKED A MAJOR STEP IN THE REBUILD PROCESS FOR THE BIRD-IN-HAND FAMILY IN TODAY. WE BEGIN THIS PROCESS OF TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER, UH, OUR OUR NEW BUILDING AND TRYING TO GET BACK TO A NORMAL OPERATING STATUS. THE NEW BUILDING RISING FROM THE RUBBLE WILL HOUSE SEVEN GUESTROOMS, INCLUDING THE POPULAR SCHOOLHOUSE SUITES AND A NEW BARN SUITES AND THE REGISTRATION DESK, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN THE EXPLOSION. THIS TWO DAY BARN RAISING EVENT IS BEING MANAGED BY THE BEECHDALE BUILDERS, A LOCAL AMISH CONTRACTOR. BUT DECEMBER’S INCIDENT TRAGICALLY TOOK THE LIFE OF MICHELLE MILLER, A LONGTIME WORKER AT THE BURNAM FAMILY IN THE STAFF SAYS THEY ARE KEEPING HER IN MIND WITH TODAY’S WORK, AND THE STAFF TELLS ME THEY SET AN AGGRESSIVE GOAL AND HOPE TO HAVE THE HOTEL OPEN BY SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST TIMES OF THE YEAR FOR THE BURNINGHAM FAMILY. IN REPORTING IN BIRMINGHAM, I’M JAKE REYES FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT. LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK NOW ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY WITH OUR NEWS 8 SKYCAM NETWORK. AGAIN, SUNNY SKIES ACROSS MOST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. ETHAN. ANOTHER NICE PRETTY SUMMER-LIKE DAY. THAT’S RIGHT. HOT AND HUMID OUT THERE ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES FLIRTING WITH 90 DEGREES EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND HUMIDITY VALUES IS A LITTLE HIGHER AS WELL. BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT’S JUST LOOK LIKE THIS. PASSING CLOUDS AND BLUE SKIES AND THAT STICKY TO MUGGY LEVELS OF HUMIDITY. RIGHT NOW 87 DEGREES IN THE CAPITAL CITY, 85, WHERE WE JUST SAW THAT PICTURE THERE IN YORK AND 86, IF YOU’RE WATCHING US IN LANCASTER, DEW POINTS ARE IN THE 50S IN SOME LOCATIONS, BUT SOME AREAS INTO THE MID 60S. SO ANYWHERE FROM STICKY TO MUGGY OUT THERE ACROSS THE VALLEY, WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING AT LEAST THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS ON LIVE LOCAL EIGHT RADAR IN THE STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. LET’S ZOOM IN RIGHT NOW OVER YORK COUNTY ON LIVE LOCAL EIGHT RADAR. THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY’S ONLY RADAR PICKING UP ON AN ISOLATED SHOWER EARLIER, BUT THOSE HAVE JUST BUBBLED UP AND THEN FIZZLED OUT WITHIN THE PAST HOUR OR SO. SO STILL A CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDER SHOWER WHILE THE SUN IS UP. WE’LL LOSE THE CHANCES QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET, BUT IT STAYS MUGGY THROUGH THE NIGHT. TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO THE UPPER 60S FOR OUR LOWS. RAIN CHANCES WILL GO UP FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY IN HUMIDITY. VALUES WILL STAY HIGH AS WELL. I’LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND SHOW YOU THE HOUR BY HOUR CHANCES FOR THOSE PASSING SHOWERS AND STORMS COMING UP IN THE FULL FORECAST. ALL RIGHT, ETHAN, THANK YOU. WE’LL SEE YOU THEN. WELL, GROUP GATHERED IN HARRISBURG TODAY TO DEMAND THAT THE STATE SENATE TAKE ACTION ON THE PENNSYLVANIA CROWN ACT. THAT BILL WOULD PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON A PERSON’S HAIR TYPE, TEXTURE, OR HAIRSTYLE. IT PASSED THE HOUSE IN JULY OF 2023, BUT IT’S REMAINED STALLED IN THE SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE FOR NEARLY A YEAR. STATE REPRESENTATIVE LATASHA D MAYS AND HOUSE SPEAKER JOHANNA MCCLINTON HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE CAPITOL CALLING FOR THAT TO CHANGE. WE HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND VERY GREAT, AMAZING NUMBERS, AND THAT SHOULD SEND A MESSAGE TO ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE UPPER CHAMBER AND THAT IS IT’S TIME FOR THEM TO DO WHAT HAS A PRICE. AND ACCORDING TO REPRESENTATIVE MAYS, MORE THAN 20 STATES HAVE ENACTED A VERSION OF THE CROWN ACT. WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ARE HELPING SICK AND INJURED CHILDREN AT PENN STATE HEALTH CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL THROUGH DONATIONS TO THE CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK. AND IT’S A BIG YEAR THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY FOR KMAN AND NEWS EIGHT’S MATT BARCARO SHOWS US ONE PROGRAM THAT BENEFITS FROM ALL YOUR GIFTS. WE ARE IN ONE OF THE PLAY ROOMS AT PENN STATE HEALTH CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE A LOT OF TOYS FOR KIDS TO COME INTO THIS ROOM AND PLAY A LITTLE BIT, HAVE SOME FUN, TAKE THEIR MIND OFF OTHER THINGS, BUT THEY ALSO DON’T HAVE TO COME INTO THIS PLAY ROOM TO DO THAT. THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR ROOMS AND ALEXIS WILL GO TO THEM. SO ALEXIS IS ONE OF THE ART THERAPISTS HERE, AND YOU HAVE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TAKE RIGHT TO THE RIGHT TO THE KIDS. YES. SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR FAN FAVORITES HERE AT THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. EVERYTHING FROM A SCENTED MARKER TO MODEL MAGIC THAT’S NICE AND SOFT AND SQUISHY. WE TRY TO DO THINGS TO HELP OUR KIDS REGULATE AND REDUCE STRESS AND ANXIETY WHILE BEING IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT ALSO TO GIVE THEM A PLACE TO EXPRESS THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS WHEN THERE CAN BE A LOT OF BIG FEELINGS ASSOCIATED WITH A HOSPITAL STAY OR A NEW DIAGNOSIS. AND WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO GO INTO THE ROOMS AND TO TO TO WATCH THE KIDS OPEN UP TO, TO TO HAVE THEM HAVE AN OUTLET? HONESTLY, IT’S JUST A PLEASURE TO BE PART OF THEIR JOURNEY, WHETHER THAT’S TO SIT WITH THEM THROUGH TEARS OR TO WATCH THEM SMILE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEING HERE. SO WE JUST LIKE TO BE A WITNESS TO WHATEVER THEY’RE EXPERIENCING, AND I’M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY TALENTED KIDS IN HERE TOO. OH, ABSOLUTELY. BUT WE ALSO DON’T GRADE, SO IT’S MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR ART THAN WHAT YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT THE END. SO TALENT OR NO TALENT, ANYONE CAN BENEFIT FROM OUR THERAPY. IT’S AMAZING HOW ART CAN KIND OF CALM YOU DOWN IF THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR TO DO THAT. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE ART SUPPLIES. AND ONE OF THE THERAPISTS THAT YOUR DONATIONS FROM CMN HELP FUND TO HELP THE KIDS HERE AT THE HOSPITAL BACK TO YOU. SO MANY AREAS THAT YOUR DONATIONS GO TO TO HELP THOSE KIDS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SO MUCH. WELL, THE TELETHON RUNS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH OUR LIVE FINALE. THAT’S THURSDAY NIGHT AT 7:00. YOU CAN DONATE THOUGH, RIGHT NOW ON WJHL.COM. YOU CAN GIVE NOW ONLINE ANNE. AND YOUR GIFT WILL BE DOUBLED BY DONEGAL. ALL RIGHT. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE DONATIONS SO FAR. AND LOOK AT THAT. WELL OVER $100,000. NOW WE’RE. AT $114,110. AND LORI DOESN’T LIKE WHEN I SKIPPED THE SENSE SO AND. $0.16 AS WELL. IT IS FANTASTIC. ALL THE GENEROSITY. IF YOU GET A CHANCE, PLEASE DONATE WGAL MEET JERRY. I COUNT ALL THE PENNIES DOWN TO EVERY PENNY. EVERY SINGLE PENNY. THAT’S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, STILL TO COME HERE ON NEWS EIGHT AT FOUR, THE LANCASTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT BUILDING THAT IS STILL CLOSED AFTER A WATER LEAK. WHY THE ENTIRE BUILDING? WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE? ALSO COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN LEBANON COUNTY, SOME RESIDENTS WOULD BE ON A WAITING LIST FOR 50 YEARS TRYING TO GET INTO A HANDICAPPED FRIENDLY, AFFORDABLE APARTMENT. I’M MEREDITH JORGENSEN IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT’S TRYING TO EASE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS. ONE BEAUTIFUL HOME AT A TIME. PRICE CUT CALENDAR. ROSSUM REPORTS. JUST FOUND OUT WHEN THE BIG GROCERY STORES CUT PRICES EVERY WEEK. ALSO, WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR GROCERIES