WE Women Empowered hosts Mrs. Roper Romp event, inspired by the 70s TV show (2024)

I’M DAVID DANIEL. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. CREWS CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A FIRE THAT BURNED THROUGH A HOME IN LANCASTER COUNTY. WE HAVE NEW PICTURES SHOWING THE DAMAGE. PLUS A MASS SHOOTING LEAVES SEVEN PEOPLE HURT IN PHILADELPHIA. WHAT? POLICE KNOW ABOUT THE SUSPECTS THAT THEY ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR. THE SUPREME COURT’S TERM IS WINDING DOWN. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO IN WASHINGTON WITH THE BIG CASES WE’RE TRACKING. THE LARGEST, LONGEST RUNNING STREET FAIR ON THE EAST COAST IS HAPPENING TODAY. I’LL TELL YOU ABOUT ALL THE FUN ACTIVITIES TO DO HERE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO STAY COOL IF YOU ARE HEADED THERE, BECAUSE IT IS ANOTHER HOT ONE. TAKING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW OVER OUR HARRISBURG, SKY CAM. GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS THURSDAY. I’M CAITLIN SMITH. WE’VE GOT GABRIEL THOMAS HERE. CHECK IN ON YOUR MORNING COMMUTE AND CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER IMPACT DAY. THE HEAT ROLLS ON. IT’S A BROKEN RECORD FORECAST REALLY. AND WE’RE GOING TO GET SICK OF TALKING ABOUT THE HEAT HERE SHORTLY BECAUSE THIS ROLLS ON ALL THE WAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SO RIGHT NOW IT’S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE THIS MORNING. HUMIDITY HAS DROPPED EVER SO SLIGHTLY AND STICKY. BUT IT’S NOT AS MUGGY AS IT WAS YESTERDAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO GET OUTDOORS AND ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL MORNING, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT. TO BEAT THE HEAT 74, IN LEBANON, 69, IN CARLISLE, 66, IN YORK, 72, IN HARRISBURG. AND YES, WE DO HAVE A HEAT ADVISORY THERE FOR AN IMPACT DAY. ONCE AGAIN, THAT HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON. UNTIL 8 P.M. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT COULD FEEL LIKE THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR ONE 100 DEGREES, WITH A HIGH OF 94. WE HIT 94 YESTERDAY. WE’RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN TODAY. SAYS TRIPLE DIGIT FEELS LIKE THAT. OH, THOSE ARE REALLY TOUGH. IT’S LIKE I’VE BEEN BEGGING MOTHER NATURE FOR THIS WEATHER, AND NOW I’M ASKING HER TO SWITCH IT BACK BECAUSE IT’S TOO HOT NOW. TOO HOT? YEAH, I THINK YOU WANT IT WARMER, BUT MAYBE NOT THIS, MAYBE NOT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THINGS ARE KIND OF. LOOKING NOT. NOT TOO GOOD ACROSS THE VALLEY. THIS MORNING. TWO CRASHES IN YORK. RIGHT NOW, IF YOU’RE HEADING IN THE ANYWHERE ELSE, YOU SHOULD BE FINE. BUT RIGHT NOW IN YORK CITY, WE’RE SEEING ONE CRASH. AND THEN IN YORK COUNTY, WE’RE SEEING ANOTHER CRASH, RIGHT NOW. SO THAT CRASH IS ON BEAVER STREET AT PA FOUR, 62 PHILADELPHIA STREET. NOT REALLY SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC AT THE MOMENT, BUT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY WATCH OUT FOR NOW. THAT SECOND CRASH IS IN YORK COUNTY. THIS IS IN HELLAM TOWNSHIP THAT CRASHES ON DUCKTOWN ROAD BETWEEN PICKING ROAD AND PHEASANT RUN ROAD. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. NOT REALLY SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC AT ALL, SO YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. NOW I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THAT. PENNDOT CAMERA. GOOD MORNING, CUMBERLAND COUNTY. LOOKS LIKE TRAFFIC IS MOVING PRETTY, PRETTY SMOOTHLY. SO YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS FOR SURE. AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THOSE DRIVE TIMES. IF YOU’RE HEADED TO LANCASTER, TO COLUMBIA, TEN MINUTES TO 83 WESTBOUND LEGACY TO E-TOWN 13 MINUTES. AND THEN 222 NORTHBOUND LANCASTER TO TURNPIKE, 13 MINUTES. DRIVE SAFE OUT THERE, GUYS. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. WE DO CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE OF THIS WEEK’S HEAT WAVE BECAUSE NOW TWO SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY COMMUNITIES ARE RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT WATER STARTING IN DUNCANNON, PERRY COUNTY, WHERE THE BOROUGH IS UNDER A MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION ANNE. SO THAT MEANS NONESSENTIAL WATER USES ARE NOT ALLOWED. THIS. IS THINGS LIKE WATERING YOUR LAWN AND GARDEN, WASHING YOUR CAR, OR EVEN FILLING UP SWIMMING POOLS. AND IN STEWARTSTOWN, YORK COUNTY, THE BOROUGH THERE IS NOW ASKING CUSTOMERS TO REDUCE THEIR OUTDOOR WATER USE. IT SAYS OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, DAILY WATER USE HAS REALLY SPIKED AND THAT IS AFFECTING THE WATER LEVEL IN THE WELLS. STEWARTSTOWN SAYS IT EVEN HAD TO BUY MORE WATER FROM THE YORK WATER COMPANY AND IF THE TREND CONTINUES, IT MAY HAVE TO GO WITH THOSE MANDATORY RESTRICTIONS AS WELL. RIGHT NOW THEY’RE JUST VOLUNTARY. THEY’RE IN STEWARTSTOWN AND THE HEAT IS ALSO AFFECTING THIS SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY BUSINESS. SECOND CHANCE PLANTS IS SET UP IN LANCASTER AND SAYS THAT IT HAS LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PRODUCT BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. WORKERS SAY THEY’RE WATERING THOSE PLANTS ABOUT 3 TO 4 TIMES A DAY AND USING TRIPLE. THE USUAL AMOUNT OF WATER. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ALSO NO DOUBT FEELING THE HEAT. THIS WEEK. OSHA WANTS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE STAYING SAFE. IT DOES HAVE A FREE APP THAT WARNS ABOUT HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. THERE’S LOTS OF WATER DRINKING THERE THAT’S GOOD TO SEE. OSHA SAYS THE APP CAN. DETERMINE HOW HIGH THE RISK IS BASED ON YOUR LOCATION. THEY’LL TELL YOU IMMEDIATELY HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO CONSIDER YOUR WORK REST CYCLES. HOW LONG CAN YOU ACTUALLY BE OUT IN THE SUN? HOW MUCH HEAT SHOULD YOU BE GETTING DONE? AT THE SAME TIME IT HELPS THE EMPLOYER FIGURE OUT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD ONLY DO X AMOUNT OF WORK TODAY. OSHA IS ALSO REMINDING ALL OF US OF THREE THINGS WE CAN DO TO PREVENT HEAT ILLNESS DRINK WATER, GET REST, AND SEEK SHADE. WE’VE ALSO BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT SOME COOLING CENTERS NOW OPEN IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AT PLACES LIKE SENIOR CENTERS, CHURCHES AND LIBRARIES. IF YOU JUST NEED A FREE SPOT TO COOL OFF, WE DO HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THOSE ON WGAL DOT COM, AND IT’S A GOOD TIME TO REMIND YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE WGAL APP. THAT WAY YOU CAN GET THE LATEST FORECAST IF YOU TURN ON THOSE ALERTS TO, THEY’LL BE SENT DIRECTLY TO YOUR PHONE. ALL RIGHT. IT’S 604. AND RIGHT NOW IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MISSING PERSON WHO THEY SAY HASN’T BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM SINCE SUNDAY. THE NEW CUMBERLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS 60 YEAR-OLD SCOTT TIPPETT SEEN HERE, WAS LAST SEEN AT THE AMERICAN LEGION IN NEW CUMBERLAND AFTER HE WENT GOLFING WITH FRIENDS, ACCORDING TO POLICE. HIS VEHICLE IS STILL PARKED AT HIS HOME. POLICE ALSO SAY IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HE’S BEEN HOME SINCE SUNDAY MORNING, AND HE HASN’T ANSWERED ANY PHONE CALLS OR TEXTS SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT. RIGHT NOW, CREWS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING A FIRE THAT BURNED THROUGH A HOUSE IN MANOR TOWNSHIP IN LANCASTER COUNTY. WE HAVE THESE NEW PHOTOS FROM THE BLUE ROCK REGIONAL FIRE DISTRICT, AND YOU CAN SEE FLAMES WERE COMING FROM THE ROOF AS THOSE CREWS WERE RESPONDING TO THE SCENE ALONG PENN STREET NEAR PARK STREET. IT WAS JUST AFTER 430 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AN EMERGENCY. DISPATCHERS SAY, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF DAMAGE THERE, NO ONE WAS HURT AT 6.55. AND TODAY IN WASHINGTON, THE SUPREME COURT IS SET TO RELEASE NEW DECISIONS AS A NUMBER OF BIG CASES ARE PENDING. NEWS EIGHT’S JACKIE DEFUSCO REPORTS ON WHAT COULD BE REVEALED TODAY. YEAH, OVER A THIRD OF THE CASES HEARD BY THE HIGH COURT THIS YEAR ARE STILL UNDECIDED. ONE OF THEM ASKS WHETHER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IN HIS FEDERAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE TRIAL. ANOTHER COULD IMPACT CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST HUNDREDS OF OTHERS INVOLVED WITH THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE US CAPITOL. ON ABORTION, THE SUPREME COURT IS STILL DECIDING WHETHER THE PROCEDURE SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, EVEN IN STATES WITH SWEEPING BANS. JUSTICES ARE ALSO WEIGHING CONTENT REGULATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, GUN RESTRICTIONS AND ALLEGED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS, AND A NATIONWIDE SETTLEMENT STEMMING FROM THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. PLUS, WHETHER HOMELESS PEOPLE CAN BE BANNED FROM SLEEPING OUTSIDE AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE KEY QUESTIONS STILL PENDING BEFORE THE COURT. WE COULD SEE SOME OF THESE DECISIONS AS EARLY AS TODAY, BUT THE COURT OFTEN ADDS ADDITIONAL OPINION DAYS AT THE END OF ITS TERM. REPORTING IN WASHINGTON. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO. WELL, JACKIE MENTIONED WE COULD HEAR AS EARLY AS TODAY, THE COURT IS EXPECTED TO START RELEASING OPINIONS AT 10:00 THIS MORNING. RIGHT NOW, PHILADELPHIA POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE PEOPLE WANTED FOR A MASS SHOOTING THAT LEFT AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HURT, INCLUDING A TEEN. SO THIS IS WHAT THAT SCENE LOOKED LIKE LAST NIGHT IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA. AS POLICE WERE RESPONDING. OFFICERS SAY THE VICTIMS WERE JUST STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK WHEN A VEHICLE PULLED UP, AND AT LEAST ONE OR MORE SHOOTERS GOT OUT AND STARTED FIRING 17 TIMES. OFFICERS SAY THOSE VICTIMS RANGE IN AGE FROM 16 TO 43. ALL ARE SAID TO BE STABLE. AND THIS MORNING WE NOW KNOW A WOMAN IN PERRY COUNTY HAD JUST MINOR INJURIES AFTER BEING TRAPPED UNDER A RIDING MOWER. WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU THIS AS BREAKING NEWS YESTERDAY MORNING HERE ON NEWS EIGHT. TODAY, AS FIRST RESPONDERS WERE CALLED OUT TO THAT SCENE IN CARROLL TOWNSHIP AROUND 630 YESTERDAY MORNING. STATE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED ALONG YOUNG CHURCH ROAD NEAR OLD STATE ROAD. THEY SAY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ABLE TO PULL THE MOWER OFF OF THAT WOMAN. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. NEW THIS MORNING IN COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE DAVE MCCORMICK, THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR PENNSYLVANIA’S U.S. SENATE SEAT, IS SAID TO BE AT A CAMPAIGN RALLY WITH FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THIS WEEKEND. THAT RALLY IS PLANNED FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IN PHILADELPHIA. IT DOES MARK THE FIRST TIME MCCORMICK WILL BE ALONGSIDE DONALD TRUMP AT A RALLY. TRUMP ENDORSED MCCORMICK FOR THE SENATE EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER BACKING HIS OPPONENT, MEHMET OZ, WHEN THE TWO WERE RUNNING AGAINST EACH OTHER DURING THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR SENATE IN 2022. MCCORMICK IS NOW RUNNING FOR THE US SENATE SEAT HELD BY DEMOCRATIC SENATOR BOB CASEY. AND NOW TO CUMBERLAND COUNTY, WHERE THE LARGEST, LONGEST RUNNING STREET FAIR ON THE EAST COAST. IT’S GOT A LONG TITLE. THEY’RE GETTING UNDERWAY IN MECHANICSBURG. WE ALL KNOW IT AS JUBILEE DAY. RIGHT. AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIND NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES GOING TO BE A HOT ONE OUT THERE TODAY. JAKE. HEY, CAITLIN. GOOD MORNING. YES IT IS. AND JUBILEE DAY BRINGS IN MORE THAN 70,000 PEOPLE TO MAIN STREET HERE IN MECHANICSBURG EACH YEAR. AND VENDORS ARE SETTING UP THIS MORNING FOR THE DAY BEHIND ME. THEY’RE SETTING UP THE FOOD STAND THAT’S GOING TO SELL CHEESE, CRAB FRIES, JUMBO TURKEY LEGS AND EUROS. AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FOOD, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR’S OFFICE HERE, AND I’M HERE WITH MAYOR JACK RITTER. WHAT IS THAT PROCLAMATION? PROCLAMATION IS CALORIES DON’T COUNT TODAY. THAT’S AWESOME. SO EAT ALL YOU WANT, RIGHT? SO TELL US WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE TODAY. WELL, IT’S A BIG, BIG DAY FOR MECHANICSBURG. A CHANCE TO WALK DOWN MAIN STREET. AND I CAN’T SAY. I CAN’T SAY THAT. I CAN’T SAY NO BULL BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE A MECHANICAL RIOTING BULL HERE TODAY. YEAH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN. YOU ALSO HAVE MUSIC, STREET FAIR FOOD, ALL KINDS OF VENDORS. THAT’S REALLY COOL. BUT OBVIOUSLY IT’S GOING TO BE VERY HOT TODAY. SO WHAT ARE YOU KIND OF DOING TO PREPARE FOR THE HEAT WAVE? THAT’S GOING ON TODAY? A LARGE TENT AT THE SQUARE WITH CHAIRS SO YOU CAN SIT DOWN AND ALSO WE HAVE THERE WILL BE FREE ICED TEA ON MAIN STREET. THERE WAS A VENDOR GIVING OUT, GIVING OUT FREE ICED TEA. YEAH FOR SURE. ANYTHING YOU’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TODAY WITH THIS WHOLE STREET FAIR? WELL, I LIKE TO SEE FRIENDS. IT’S FUN TO SEE FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS BECAUSE PEOPLE COME DOWNTOWN TO SEE EACH OTHER AND THAT’S THAT MAKES IT FUN. AND MAYBE SEE SOMEBODY HAVEN’T SEEN FOR A WHILE SO THAT THAT MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE. YEAH, FOR SURE. THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR. AND THE FAIR WILL RUN TODAY FROM 10:00 IN THE MORNING TO 9:00 THIS EVENING. BUT, CAITLIN, I WANT TO ASK YOU, OBVIOUSLY, THE NEW THING. THIS RIGHT THIS YEAR IS THE MECHANICAL BULL RIDE. I’M FROM THE SOUTH. I THINK I CAN HANDLE IT LATER ON, SO I’M GOING TO TRY IT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO YOU THINK I CAN HANDLE IT? OH, JAKE. DEFINITELY. YES, I’D. I’D PAY MONEY. I THINK, TO SEE THAT ACTUALLY. SO HOPEFULLY YOU DO DO THAT AND WE GET SOME VIDEO OF YOU DOING THAT. THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.