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Police seek owner of canoe found in Yellow Breeches Creek in Cumberland County

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      GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO. A MAN IS DEAD AFTER FALLING THIS MORNING FROM THE ROOF OF THE UTZ POTATO CHIP FACTORY IN HANOVER. THE YORK COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS THE CORONER WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE SHORTLY BEFORE NINE THIS MORNING. THEY SAY THE MAN FELL ABOUT 25FT FROM THE ROOF OF THE FACTORY ON HIGH STREET. WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING THREE SEPARATE CRASHES THIS MORNING ON I-78 IN LEBANON COUNTY. STATE POLICE SAY IN THE FIRST ONE, AROUND THREE THIS MORNING, A TRACTOR TRAILER JACKKNIFED IN THE WESTBOUND LANES IN SWATARA TOWNSHIP, JUST PAST THE I-81 EXCHANGE. THEN, ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER, WHILE STATE POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING THAT CRASH, A TRACTOR TRAILER HIT A STATE POLICE CRUISER AND A SMALL FEDEX VAN. THE TROOPERS WERE NOT HURT. THE THIRD CRASH HAPPENED JUST AFTER 4 A.M. IN THE BACKLOG OF THE CRASH, AND INVOLVED A DUMP TRUCK AND A UPS TRUCK. THE UPS TRUCK SPILLED ITS ENTIRE LOAD ONTO THE HIGHWAY. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PHOTOS SENT IN BY FIREFIGHTERS, NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THESE CRASHES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP ON I-78 AND THAT LASTED FOR HOURS. LOOKING LIVE FROM OUR LEBANON SKYCAM THIS AFTERNOON. SOME CLOUDS IN THE SKY. A WARM AND STICKY START TO THE DAY. THE STORM TEAM IS TRACKING SOME RAIN. HERE’S METEOROLOGIST ETHAN HOUSTON WITH THE LATEST FORECAST. EASTON. YEAH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A TASTE OF SUMMER OUT THERE. TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. BUT COMPARED TO THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, HUMIDITY IS CLIMBING AS WELL. RIGHT NOW, 76 DEGREES IN HERSHEY. AND NOTICE THAT DEW POINT SITTING IN THE UPPER 50S. USUALLY OUR BENCHMARK FOR WHERE IT STARTS TO FEEL LIKE SUMMERTIME STICKINESS IS RIGHT AROUND 60 DEGREES. SO NOTICEABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE HUMID OUT THERE ALREADY UP TO 79 RIGHT NOW IN YORK, 77. IF YOU’RE WATCHING US IN LANCASTER AND 78 CURRENTLY IN CHAMBERSBURG, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LIGHT BREEZE. ALL IS QUIET RIGHT NOW, BUT HERE’S THE RAIN THAT WE’RE TRACKING. IT’S OFF TO OUR WEST. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER NORTHWESTERN OHIO. UNFORTUNATELY, I DO EXPECT SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. WE COULD SEE SOME PASSING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS LATER THIS EVENING, BUT BETTER CHANCES FOR THOSE SHOWERS TO HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER DARK. SO TEMPERATURES TODAY TOP OFF IN THE LOWER 80S. A SPOTTY SHOWER AND THUNDER SHOWER WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING, BUT THE BEST CHANCE FOR HIT OR MISS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL RETURN LATE TONIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE A WET WEEKEND AHEAD. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A WASHOUT, BUT WE’RE TALKING ROUNDS OF RAIN AND POTENTIAL PASSING THUNDERSTORMS TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN AT TIMES. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE COMING UP IN THE TEN DAY FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ETHAN. BREAKING NEWS. STATE REPRESENTATIVE SETH GROVE OF YORK COUNTY JUST ANNOUNCED HIS DECISION NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION IN 2026. IN A VIDEO POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MORNING, THE REPUBLICAN THANKED HIS CONSTITUENTS IN THE 196TH DISTRICT FOR WHAT HE CALLED AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THEM IN HARRISBURG FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS. THE 196 DISTRICT INCLUDES SEVERAL BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS WEST OF THE CITY OF YORK, INCLUDING PART OF WEST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, SPRING GROVE BOROUGH, AND DOVER. THE 196 WILL VOTE FOR A NEW CANDIDATE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2010. NEW. AT NOON, THE LANCASTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING AFTER AN ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT INVOLVING THE MANHEIM TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE TEAM, AND AN ANONYMOUS TIP WAS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN FEBRUARY, LEADING IT TO LOOK INTO CONDUCT FROM THE TEAM. DURING A TRIP TO OHIO LAST APRIL. THE DISTRICT SAYS THAT ITS INVESTIGATION FOUND NO SEXUAL ABUSE. A PILE OF RUBBISH BURNED THIS MORNING IN HARRISBURG. HARRISBURG FIREFIGHTERS SAY A PILE OF BUILDING MATERIALS CAUGHT FIRE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE YARD OF A HOME ON BERRY HILL STREET. THEY SAY THE MATERIALS WERE FROM A HOUSE THAT HAD BEEN RECENTLY GUTTED FROM CONSTRUCTION. NO WORD ON A CAUSE OF THE FIRE AND FIRE DESTROYED A BARN THIS MORNING IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY. ALL OF THE ANIMALS INSIDE THE BARN WERE RESCUED FROM THE FIRE THAT STARTED AROUND 530 ON SCHUBERT ROAD. FIREFIGHTERS SAY SMOKE FROM THE FIRE MAY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE CAUSE IS UNDETERMINED RIGHT NOW, BUT AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE IS SUSPECTED. THE STATE IS BEGINNING RESTORATION AND RECOVERY PLANNING FOLLOWING THE WILDFIRE AT MICHAUX STATE FOREST IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THE HAMMONDS FIRE IS NOW 100% CONTAINED AFTER IT BURNED 470 ACRES. THE THOMPSON HOLLOW FIRE IS NOW 80% CONTAINED AND HAS BURNED MORE THAN 2200 ACRES. CONTAINMENT MEANS THAT FIREFIGHTERS HAVE SECURED CONTROL LINES AROUND A PORTION OF THE FIRE, AND ARE CONFIDENT IT WILL NOT SPREAD BEYOND THOSE LINES. THE STATE SAYS FIRES MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SMOKE AND FLAMES WITHIN THE CONTAINED AREA UNTIL REMAINING FUEL IS FULLY CONSUMED. LOOKING LIVE AT YORK ON THIS FRIDAY, WE’RE GIVE LOCAL YORK IS UNDERWAY. IT RUNS UNTIL 9:00 TONIGHT. THIS IS THE EIGHTH YEAR FOR THE EVENT THAT HELPS NONPROFITS IN THE YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY. NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS WAS WITH ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT BENEFITS FROM THE DONATIONS GIVE LOCAL YORK IS UNDERWAY HERE AT WELLSPAN PARK, AND MORE THAN 300 ORGANIZATIONS ARE PARTICIPATING. THIS GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO POUR INTO ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR THE YORK COMMUNITY. NOW I HAVE MIKE SMITH JOINING ME. HE IS A PART OF THE TEMPLE GUARD DRILL TEAM HERE IN YORK COUNTY. WHAT DOES GIVE LOCAL YORK MEAN FOR TEMPLE GUARD? IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ORGANIZATION LIKE US WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 25 YEARS DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO POUR INTO US. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND HOW WILL YOU ALL BE USING THE FUNDS FROM GIVE LOCAL YORK FIRST? IT WOULD BE FOR VANS. TRANSPORTATION IS A MUST AND THAT WOULD ACTUALLY CUT OUR BUDGET DOWN DRAMATICALLY OVER THE YEARS. IF WE JUST HAD 215 PASSENGER VANS. SO THAT’S WHAT OUR GOAL IS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MIKE. WELL, I’VE BEEN LEARNING HOW TO DO SOME OF THE MOVES HERE WHILE YOU HEAR ALL THOSE GROUPS PLAYING. I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE THINGS I’VE LEARNED THAT TEMPLE GUARD DRILL TEAM HAS TAUGHT ME. ALL RIGHT. I’M GOING TO STEP IN. CHECK IT. Y’ALL READY? YEAH. YOUR BREATH, YOUR BREATH, YOUR BREATH. READY FOR ONE? KICK IT OUT. YEAH. FOR A WAY TO GET OUT. ARE. OUT. REPORTING HERE AT WELLSPAN PARK AT GABRIEL THOMAS. WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT, YOU GO. GABBY. I THINK SHE’S GOT IT DOWN. LET’S CHECK DONATIONS. RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE MORE THAN $2.7 MILLION. AND WE HAVE INFORMATION ON HOW TO DONATE AT DOT COM. NEWS EIGHT’S MICHAEL FULLER WILL BE AT THE EVENT TONIGHT DURING OUR EARLY EVENING NEWSCAST, AND WILL EMCEE THE CLOSING EVENT AT WELLSPAN PARK. HEMPFIELD WATER AUTHORITY. CUSTOMERS IN LANCASTER COUNTY ARE UNDER A DRINKING WATER WARNING DUE TO HIGH LEVELS OF NITRATES. THE AUTHORITY SAYS IT AFFECTS CUSTOMERS IN ITS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE LANDISVILLE SALUNGA AREA. THE WATER AUTHORITY SAYS BABIES UNDER SIX MONTHS OLD COULD GET SICK IF THEY DRINK THE WATER AND, IF LEFT UNTREATED, COULD DIE. THOSE WITH SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS AND PREGNANT WOMEN ARE ASKED TO CONTACT THEIR DOCTOR IF THEY DRANK THE WATER, THE WATER AUTHORITY SAYS BOILING, FREEZING, FILTERING OR LETTING THE WATER SIT DOES NOT REDUCE THE LEVEL OF NITRATES. STARTING TODAY, ONLINE PURCHASES COULD COST MORE AND TAKE LONGER TO SHIP. NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LIU REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON, WITH THE NEWEST CHANGE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TRADE POLICY. PRESIDENT TRUMP CLOSED A LOOPHOLE MAKING ALL PURCHASES FROM CHINA SUBJECT TO TARIFFS, UP TO 145%. IT’S NOT QUICK AND PAINLESS. MANY ECONOMISTS WARNING ABOUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S POLICIES. THE LATEST ENDING A TAX EXEMPTION ON CHINESE IMPORTS UNDER $800. THE QUESTION NOW IS, HAVE THEY GIVEN ENOUGH NOTICE TO THESE E-COMMERCE COMPANIES FOR THEM TO FIND WORKAROUNDS? OR ARE WE GOING TO SEE ANOTHER FLOOD OF PACKAGES PILING UP, CAUSING SHIPPING DELAYS AND UPPING THE COST FOR BUYERS? THIS IS AMERICA’S NATIONAL HERITAGE. IT’S MAKING THINGS. BUT VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE, DEFENDING THE ADMINISTRATION’S POLICIES, HERALDING AN IMPENDING INDUSTRIAL RENAISSANCE AT A SOUTH CAROLINA STEEL PLANT. WE ARE GRADUATING AT AN EXCITING TIME FOR OUR NATION. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMISING A GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA TO GRADUATES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, VOWING MORE DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING AND SHUTTING OUT FOREIGN PRODUCTION. A PERIOD OF BOTH EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE AND INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL IN WHAT WILL BE UNBELIEVABLE GROWTH, NEW JOBS, DATA SHOWS STRONGER THAN EXPECTED HIRING IN APRIL, EMPLOYERS ADDED 177,000 JOBS LAST MONTH, WHILE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINED AROUND 4%. THE IMPACT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TARIFFS STILL NOT SHOWING UP SO FAR IN THE LABOR MARKET. IN WASHINGTON, I’M AMY LU. PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE THE 2025 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. FORMER ALABAMA FOOTBALL COACH NICK SABAN INTRODUCED THE PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKED ABOUT HIS ADMINISTRATION’S GOALS AND ACHIEVEMENTS, AND WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD LOOK FORWARD TO AFTER GRADUATION, AND ESPECIALLY A VERY BIG HELLO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2025. ROLL TIDE. YOU’RE THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA. WE’RE IN THE GOLDEN AGE. YOU WATCH THE GOLDEN AGE. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DELIVER THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS LATER THIS MONTH AT WEST POINT UNIVERSITY. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RE-UPPING HIS THREAT TO STRIP HARVARD UNIVERSITY OF ITS TAX EXEMPT STATUS. HARVARD IS THE FIRST MAJOR COLLEGE THAT HAS DEFIED HIS EFFORTS TO CRACK DOWN ON CAMPUS ACTIVISM. THE PRESIDENT HAS QUESTIONED THAT STATUS SINCE THE SCHOOL REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION’S DEMANDS FOR BROAD GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP CHANGES, REVISIONS, REVISIONS TO ITS ADMINISTRATION POLICY, AND AUDITS OF HOW DIVERSITY IS VIEWED ON CAMPUS. THAT PROMPTED THE ADMINISTRATION TO BLOCK MORE THAN $2 BILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS TO THE INSTITUTION. PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO CUT FEDERAL FUNDING TO NPR AND PBS. THE ORDER DIRECTS THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING TO END FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. THE CPB HAS A BUDGET OF MORE THAN A HALF BILLION DOLLARS TO FUND PUBLIC RADIO AND TELEVISION. CONGRESS SET IT UP AS A PRIVATE ENTITY TO PROTECT IT FROM GOVERNMENTAL INTERFERENCE AND CONTROL. CPB FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER THREE OF ITS FIVE BOARD MEMBERS WERE FIRED MONDAY. THROUGH AN EMAIL. SOME PEOPLE IN LANCASTER VOICED THEIR CONCERN LAST EVENING ABOUT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION POLICIES. PROTESTERS WERE ON PENN SQUARE, LIKE OTHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY, ONE RESIDENT SAYS THAT POSSIBLE CUTS TO MEDICAID LED HER TO TAKE PART IN YESTERDAY’S MAY DAY PROTEST. 31 YEARS AGO, I GAVE BIRTH TO THIS MOST INCREDIBLE SON OF MINE, AND HE HAPPENS TO HAVE MULTIPLE DISABILITIES. AND SHE SAYS HER SON HAS RELIED ON MEDICAID FOR MANY YEARS FOR HIS DAY TO DAY NEEDS. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THOUGH, HAS SAID MULTIPLE TIMES IT WILL NOT TOUCH PROGRAMS LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. HAPPENING TODAY. SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WILL VISIT THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. A STOP IN HARRISBURG IS PART OF THE SENATOR’S FIGHTING OLIGARCHY TOUR, WHICH IS GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY. CHRIS DELUZIO, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PITTSBURGH AREA, WILL JOIN SANDERS AT TODAY’S RALLY. THE DOORS OPEN AT THE FARM SHOW COMPLEX AT 330 THIS AFTERNOON, WITH SPEECHES SET TO BEGIN AT 6:00. SOME DOWNTOWN STREETS IN YORK WILL BE CLOSED TONIGHT FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR FIRST FRIDAY. BEAVER STREET BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND KING STREETS WILL BE CLOSED FROM THREE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 930. TONIGHT. MARKET STREET WILL REMAIN OPEN TO THROUGH TRAFFIC. THE LOGOS ACADEMY BLOCK PARTY IS ALSO TAKING PLACE FROM FOUR UNTIL NINE TONIGHT. KING STREET BETWEEN NEWBURY STREET AND PERSHING AVENUE WILL BE CLOSED AND THE ROYAL SQUARE DISTRICT. FIREFLY NIGHT MARKET IS ALSO HAPPENING. KING STREET BETWEEN DUKE AND QUEEN STREETS WILL BE CLOSED FROM 5 TO 9. TODAY IS THE HOME OPENER GAME FOR THE LANCASTER BARNSTORMERS. THE TEAM IS GETTING READY TO TAKE ON THE GASTONIA GHOST PEPPERS. THE TEAM SAYS IT IS HOPING TO WELCOME AROUND 6 TO 7000 FANS AT PENN MEDICINE PARK. MICHAEL REYNOLDS, THE GENERAL MANAGER, SAYS THEY HAVE ADDED A NEW LOCATION FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH GAMES THIS SEASON. WE HAVE A BRAND NEW PRESS BOX, BEHIND HOME PLATE, CONCOURSE LEVEL, WHERE UP TO 30 GUESTS CAN ENJOY A GAME FROM BEHIND HOME PLATE IN A AIR CONDITIONED, CLIMATE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. AND AS WELL AS HEAR ALL THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE WITHIN THE PRESS BOX AS WELL. THE GAME BEGINS AT 645 TONIGHT. NEWS EIGHT SPORTS DIRECTOR BETHANY MILLER AND METEOROLOGIST RYAN ARGENTI WILL BE AT TH
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      Police seek owner of canoe found in Yellow Breeches Creek in Cumberland County
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      Updated: 4:03 PM EDT May 2, 2025
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      Police in Cumberland County are trying to return a canoe to its owner.Video above: Headlines from News 8The green Old Town 169 canoe was found Friday along the Yellow Breeches Creek.Call Lower Allen Township police at 717-975-7575 if the canoe is yours.

      Police in Cumberland County are trying to return a canoe to its owner.

      Video above: Headlines from News 8

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      The green Old Town 169 canoe was found Friday along the Yellow Breeches Creek.

      Call Lower Allen Township police at 717-975-7575 if the canoe is yours.

      Photos of a canoe found in the Yellow Breeches Creek in Cumberland County.
      Lower Allen Township Police Department