Firefighters battle house fire (2024)

NEWS EIGHT AT 11. THE FINAL WORD ON THE DAY’S NEWS AND WET. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. 26 PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THEIR HOMES THIS MORNING AFTER A FIRE IN YORK. WHAT OFFICIALS SAY MADE THAT FIRE SO TOUGH TO. FIGHT. A SUSPENDED DAUPHIN COUNTY JUDGE. CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IS FACING NEW VIOLATIONS. HOW HER TITLE COULD NOW BE STRIPPED FROM HER. AND TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO GET THOSE APPLICATIONS IN FOR MAIL IN AND ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY. WE’LL HAVE THE INFORMATION. YOU NEED TO KNOW. GOOD MORNING. IT’S APRIL 16TH TODAY. IT’S 430 ON MATT BARCARO. I’M KATELYN SMITH. WE’RE GOING TO CHECK IN WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA BECAUSE WE DID HAVE SOME SPOTS. HAD THAT LITTLE STORM GO THROUGH YESTERDAY. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SKY GOT DARK AND THE THUNDER CLAPPED. THEN IT WAS OVER. DID YOU GET ANY HAIL? I DID NOT, BUT I CERTAINLY SAW. THE PICTURES AND VIDEO THAT WGAL HAD. SHARED. YEAH, HAIL IN YOUR COUNTY IN ADAMS COUNTY. AND TODAY THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE. SO IF YOU’RE OUT AND ABOUT TODAY, YOU CAN EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS. SUN UP TO SUNDOWN. LET ME SHOW YOU OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. IT IS DRY, QUIET, CLEAR. THIS MORNING THAT FRONT THAT CAUSED THE ISOLATED SHOWERS. THUNDERSTORMS YESTERDAY THAT HAS DROPPED TO OUR SOUTH. SO CURRENTLY IT HAS COOLED OFF. IT’S 39 IN SELINSGROVE, 45 IN LEBANON, 48 FOR CARLISLE AND 50 DEGREES IN LANCASTER, 12 HOUR FORECAST LOOKS LIKE A WARM ONE. WE’RE GOING FOR 74 DEGREES WALL TO WALL SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. BEAUTIFUL DAY. IT’S ACTUALLY MY PICK OF THE WEEK FOR YOU HERE BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE CLOUDIER, A LITTLE WETTER AT TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. I’LL TIME IT OUT FOR YOU. COMING UP. ALL RIGHT CHRISTINE, THANK YOU. IN LANCASTER COUNTY, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOTS FIRED CALL IN QUARRYVILLE. WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU THIS AS BREAKING NEWS AS POLICE RESPONDED JUST AFTER NINE LAST NIGHT ALONG THE 200 BLOCK OF MEADOW LANE. POLICE WERE ON THAT SCENE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, BUT IT’S STILL NOT CLEAR WHAT, IF ANYTHING. THEY FOUND. A SUSPENDED DAUPHIN COUNTY JUDGE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IS FACING NEW VIOLATIONS. NEW COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THE STATE’S JUDICIAL CONDUCT BOARD IS MOVING TO REVOKE SONJA MCKNIGHT’S PROBATION, A PETITION THAT IF APPROVED, WOULD STRIP HER OF HER TITLE. THIS COMES AFTER MCKNIGHT FAILED TO REPORT HER ARREST IN FEBRUARY TO THE BOARD. SHE IS FACING CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IN THE SHOOTING OF HER EX-BOYFRIEND, AND THIS ULTIMATELY LED TO THE BOARD TO SAY THAT MCKNIGHT IS GUILTY OF MULTIPLE. CONDUCT VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING VIOLATING THE STATE CONSTITUTION. MCKNIGHT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED SINCE SEPTEMBER, WHEN SHE WAS CITED FOR SEVEN OTHER VIOLATIONS UNRELATED TO THAT SHOOTING. THIS WAS MCKNIGHT’S SECOND SUSPENSION IN THREE YEARS. IT’S. FOR 32 AND IN YORK. THE RED CROSS IS HELPING 26 PEOPLE WHO WERE OUT OF THEIR HOMES AFTER. A FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND. IT WAS ACTUALLY TWO SEPARATE FIRES. WE’RE NOW LEARNING THIS THAT HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME RIGHT NEAR EACH OTHER. THEY DAMAGED SIX HOMES ON THE 500 BLOCK OF NORTH PERSHING STREET. THIS WAS SUNDAY. NIGHT. THE FIRE CHIEF BELIEVES THE CAUSE OF ONE OF THOSE FIRES WAS ELECTRICAL. THE CAUSE OF THE OTHER IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THANKFULLY, EVERYBODY GOT OUT SAFELY. IT DID TAKE FIREFIGHTERS, THOUGH. AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET THAT FIRE UNDER CONTROL, AND THERE’S A LOT OF DAMAGE THERE. FIRE CREWS SAY THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH WHAT THEY CALLED BLUE ENDING SMOKE. TYPICALLY, YOU’LL SEE A SMOKE COLUMN. OKAY, THIS FIRE. WAS NOT LIKE THAT. THE SMOKE ACTUALLY BANKED DOWN INTO THE STREET WHERE WE LITERALLY COULDN’T SEE IN FRONT OF US, WHICH MADE OUR TACTICAL DECISIONS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE COULDN’T SEE THE BUILDINGS AT ALL. SO WE COULDN’T REALLY WATCH WHAT WE CALL READING THE SMOKE, BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE SMOKE OURSELVES. OF THE 26 PEOPLE AFFECTED,. 18 ARE ADULTS,. EIGHT ARE CHILDREN THAT FIRE. IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CAUSED OVER HALF $1 MILLION IN DAMAGE THIS MORNING IN HARRISBURG. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO PEOPLE THEY SAY WERE INVOLVED IN A STABBING. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR DIONNE JOHNSON AND YOLANDA LOWER. THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE. THE STABBING HAPPENED SATURDAY MORNING ON CHESTNUT STREET. POLICE SAY A WOMAN WAS STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HEAD ON CRASH THAT. INVOLVED A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, AND IT SENT. TWO PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. THIS HAPPENED JUST. AFTER SIX LAST NIGHT ON WEST TRINDLE ROAD IN SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, NEAR CARLISLE. STATE POLICE SAY THE SHERIFF’S DEPUTY TRIED PASSING OTHER VEHICLES WITH ITS EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIRENS ON WHEN IT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEPUTY HAS MINOR INJURIES. THE OTHER OTHER DRIVER WAS ALSO HURT, BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER THE BODY OF A FOURTH VICTIM HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE SITE OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. AUTHORITIES SAY THAT BODY WAS DISCOVERED TRAPPED INSIDE A CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE. NOW, THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED BY AUTHORITIES AT THE REQUEST OF THE FAMILY. ALSO, THE FBI HAS OPENED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CARGO SHIP THAT SLAMMED INTO THE KEY. BRIDGE. SOURCES SAY THE INVESTIGATION WILL LOOK INTO THE EVENTS BEFORE THE COLLAPSE HAPPENED. COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE AND WE ARE NOW ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY, WHICH IS APRIL 23RD. IF YOU PLAN TO VOTE BY MAIL AND HAVE NOT REQUESTED. A MAIL IN BALLOT YET, TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO DO THAT. 5 P.M. IS THE DEADLINE FOR THAT REQUEST TO GO IN. YOU CAN APPLY BY GOING ONLINE TO VOTE PA.GOV OR IN PERSON AT YOUR COUNTY ELECTION OFFICE, AND YOU CAN REQUEST A BALLOT. THAT WAY YOU CAN ALSO FILL OUT. THE BALLOT RIGHT THERE IN THE OFFICE AND RETURN IT ALL IN ONE VISIT. ESSENTIALLY, CASTING YOUR VOTE RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BEFORE HEADING TO THE POLLS FOR NEXT TUESDAY’S PRIMARY, SO YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE RIGHT THERE. YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO OUR PRIMARY VOTER. GUIDE. YOU CAN ALSO FIND IT ONLINE AT WJHL.COM. IT’S 435, AND PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL VISIT HIS HOMETOWN OF SCRANTON IN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY. THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY AND CONTRAST HIS TAX PLANS WITH THAT OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. THE PRESIDENT HAS ALSO BEEN PUTTING AN EMPHASIS. ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. JURY SELECTION CONTINUES TODAY IN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S HISTORIC HUSH MONEY TRIAL. YESTERDAY’S FIRST DAY ENDED WITHOUT ANY JURORS BEING PICKED, PROSECUTORS CLAIM THAT HE WAS TRYING TO CONCEAL ALLEGED EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS FROM GETTING OUT IN THE PUBLIC BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION. THE FORMER PRESIDENT DENIES THOSE ALLEGATIONS. A PROFESSOR FROM PENN STATE, DICKINSON. LAW, SAYS JURY SELECTION IN THIS CASE COULD TAKE A WHILE. THERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS. ONE IS THE PUBLIC’S PERCEPTION OR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE CASE IS ABOUT, AND TWO, WHETHER ANY LATENT OR OTHER OTHER PREJUDICES OR BIASES MIGHT INFECT INDIVIDUAL JURORS. AND PREVENT THEM FROM, YOU KNOW, RENDERING AN IMPARTIAL VERDICT. AMONG THE KEY WITNESSES WHO ARE EXPECTED TO TESTIFY I