North Second Street closed for utility gas work in Harrisburg, Pa.

North Second Street closed for utility gas work in Harrisburg

Updated: 3:34 PM EDT Apr 10, 2024

RESPONSE IN IN THE TERMS OF AN AUDIT, THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. SIX CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IN THE 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TOOK THE STAGE FOR A DEBATE RIGHT HERE ON WGAL. WHAT THEY TOLD VOTERS ROW OF HOMES IS ON DISPLAY TODAY IN HARRISBURG. AND I’LL TELL YOU WHY. THESE FIVE HOMES MEET SUCH A NEED. IN THE AREA. WE’RE IN HARRISBURG THIS MORNING WHERE AREA MUSLIMS ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE THE END OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN AS THEY CELEBRATE EID AL-FITR TODAY. GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. I AM REGINA REGINA AHN. I’M MATT BARCARO. WE HAVE GABRIEL THOMAS AND METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA HERE WITH US THIS MORNING. AND MY GOODNESS, YESTERDAY IT COULD SMELL FRESH CUT GRASS, CHARCOAL GRILL. IT WAS LIKE A NICE SUMMER PREVIEW. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE GRILLS. I DIDN’T SMELL ANY GIRLS, I DID. I DID. MY NEIGHBORS WERE LIKE KEEPING IT. SOMETHING WAS COOKING GOOD IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH, I WAS INVITED. INVITE US TO DINNER RIGHT? YEAH. FORECAST TODAY IS NOT QUITE AS WARM, BUT I STILL THINK WE GET INTO THE 70S AND IT WON’T BE QUITE AS SUNNY. EITHER. WE DO HAVE A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING ON OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK HERE. YOU SEE THEM ROLLING THROUGH FRANKLIN, ADAMS, YORK, LANCASTER COUNTIES. VERY LIGHT. NATURE SHOULDN’T SLOW YOU DOWN THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE CHECK 54. IN LEBANON 59. CARLISLE SPEAKING OF A SUMMER FEEL, IT’S 62. IN CHAMBERSBURG, 61 IN GETTYSBURG AND 59 DEGREES IN LEWISTOWN. YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST TODAY DOES CALL FOR SOME MORNING SHOWERS. I THINK IT’S MAINLY. DRY THIS AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE A SHOWER OR TWO AROUND AND ALSO MAINLY DRY. THIS EVENING, BUT I WON’T RULE OUT THAT ISOLATED SHOWER. THE BIGGER STORY TODAY IS THE WARMTH. ALL RIGHT A BIG FAN OF THE 70S. I’M EXCITED. GRILL AGAIN IF YOU MISSED IT YESTERDAY. YEAH, WE’RE ALL GRILLING. ALL RIGHT. HOW’S THE COMMUTE? SOME CHANGES. WELL, THE ROADS WERE LOOKING REALLY, REALLY GOOD, BUT WE’RE FOLLOWING ONE CRASH RIGHT NOW. AND IT’S IN YORK COUNTY. JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS. IT’S NOT REALLY IMPACTING TRAFFIC THIS MORNING, BUT JUST KEEP THIS IN MIND AS YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR. THAT INCIDENT IS ON MCKENZIE LANE AT EAGLETON LANE. NOT REALLY IMPACTING TRAFFIC, BUT JUST KEEP IT IN MIND AS YOU’RE HEADING OUT THIS MORNING. HERE’S A LOOK AT THAT PENNDOT CAMERA. GOOD MORNING, CUMBERLAND COUNTY. A COUPLE HEADLIGHTS OUT THERE BUT NOT TOO MANY. THAT WOULD SLOW DOWN YOUR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE TRAFFIC. LOOKS LIKE IT’S MOVING PRETTY SMOOTHLY. HERE’S A LOOK AT THOSE DRIVE TIMES FOR 22 EASTBOUND HERE FOR THE LEBANON 38 MINUTES A LITTLE SLOW THIS MORNING 283 EASTBOUND HARRISBURG TO LANCASTER 33 MINUTES A THREE SOUTHBOUND HARRISBURG TO YORK, 20 MINUTES. DRIVE SAFELY. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. LET’S GET TO OUR COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE THIS MORNING. SIX CANDIDATES IN THE 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEBATED TOPICS INCLUDING INFLATION AND GUN CONTROL AT YORK COLLEGE LAST NIGHT AND NEWS EIGHT’S KATELYN SMITH AND TOM LEHMAN MODERATED THAT DEBATE. SEEN LIVE HERE ON WGAL NEWS EIGHT’S MEREDITH JORGENSEN WAS ALSO THERE WITH WHAT EACH CANDIDATE HAD TO SAY. CANDIDATES ANSWERED QUESTIONS RANGING FROM INFLATION TO GUN CONTROL. HERE’S HOW THE CANDIDATES ANSWERED, HOW THEY WOULD LIKE MONEY TO COME BACK TO THIS DISTRICT. THERE ARE SO MANY PRESSING NEEDS. I’D SAY HOMELESSNESS, HUNGER ISSUES, BASICALLY TAKING CARE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US. THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND SIMILARLY IS INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE NEED HELP WITH. ABSOLUTELY. SCOTT PERRY HAS FAILED US ON THIS IN SO MANY REGARDS. I WOULD LIKE TO BE A VERY, VERY STRONG ADVOCATE FOR HOUSING IN PARTICULARLY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN HARRISBURG, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A CHALLENGE FOR THOSE LIVING IN BOTH RURAL SPACES AND URBAN SPACES, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A SAFE SPACE TO BE SO THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS ALL OF THEIR OTHER CONCERNS. FEDERAL DOLLARS COULD COME BACK AND HELP AND ASSIST. THAT COULD ALSO BE GREAT QUALITY, HIGH QUALITY UNION JOBS THAT ARE HELPING TO BUILD AND REPURPOSE THOSE SCHOOLS AND EXPAND THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF OVERCROWDING, MENTAL HEALTH TOUCHES SO MANY ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH BETWEEN EDUCATION, ADDICTION, HOUSING, SPECIFICALLY HOMELESSNESS. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR ME WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY IN THE DISTRICT. THE CANDIDATES SAID, IF NOTHING ELSE, THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN HOUR TO TALK DIRECTLY TO VOTERS WITH THE PRIMARY LEE TWO WEEKS AWAY IN YORK COUNTY, I’M MEREDITH JORGENSEN. WE GAL NEWS EIGHT AND THE WINNER OF THAT DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ON APRIL 23RD WILL GO ON TO FACE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN SCOTT PERRY IN THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THAT SEAT IN NOVEMBER. AND IF YOU MISSED LAST NIGHT’S DEBATE, YOU CAN WATCH IT RIGHT NOW ON OUR WEBSITE, WGAL DOT COM. ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR VOTER GUIDE AHEAD OF THE PRIMARY. IT HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON MAIL IN AND ABSENTEE BALLOTS, AND TIPS FOR FIRST TIME VOTERS. JUST LOOK UNDER THE COMMITMENT 2024 SECTION AND MORE COMMITMENT COVERAGE. RIGHT NOW, THE YORK COUNTY ELECTION OFFICE IS REPORTING AN ERROR WITH MORE THAN 150 MAIL IN AND ABSENTEE BALLOTS THAT WERE SENT. VOTERS TELL NEWS EIGHT THEY WERE GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM THE ELECTION OFFICE TELLING THEM TO DESTROY THEIR BALLOTS. THE EIGHT ON YOUR SIDE TEAM REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY, WHICH TELLS US, YES, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH 166 MAIL IN AND ABSENTEE BALLOTS THAT WERE SENT TO THE FIRST PRECINCT OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP ON THE BORDER OF TWO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS RUNS THROUGH THAT PRECINCT, AND A PRINTER ERROR REVERSED THE CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOTS. NEW BALLOTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PRINTED AND MAILED, WITH A LETTER EXPLAINING THAT SITUATION TO THOSE AFFECTED VOTERS. AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO BOMB THREATS SENT TO PENNSYLVANIA SYNAGOGUES, INCLUDING ONE IN HARRISBURG, JEWISH LEADERS ARE SPEAKING OUT ACROSS PHILADELPHIA, PITTSBURGH AND HARRISBURG. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN SYNAGOGUES RECEIVED AN EMAIL YESTERDAY MORNING CONTAINING A BOMB THREAT. ONE OF THOSE RECEIVING A THREAT WAS TEMPLE OHEB SHALOM ON NORTH FRONT STREET IN HARRISBURG. A CITY SPOKESPERSON TELLS NEWS EIGHT THAT A BOMB SNIFFING POLICE K-9 CHECKED THE SYNAGOGUE BUT FOUND NO EXPLOSIVES. OTHER SYNAGOGUES IN HARRISBURG WERE CHECKED AS A PRECAUTION AT THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARRISBURG. ALL PRECAUTIONS ARE IN PLACE AND HAVE BEEN FOR QUITE A WHILE, ACCORDING TO THE FEDERATION’S PRESIDENT AND CEO. WE’RE ALREADY A LITTLE ON EDGE BECAUSE OUR HOLIDAYS ARE COMING UP, AND THAT’S WHEN WE’LL BE, UH, HAVING, YOU KNOW, FESTIVITIES IN SYNAGOGUES, IN OUR HOMES. AND SO THE LAST THING WE WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT IS, IS THESE TYPES OF THREATS. WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE VIGILANT, BUT WE’RE NOT GOING TO LET THESE THINGS DISRUPT OUR DAILY LIFE, BECAUSE THAT’S WHEN THEY WIN. THAT’S WHEN THEY SUCCEED. POLICE EVENTUALLY DEEMED THE THREAT AS NOT CREDIBLE. IT IS 606 AND THE MUSLIM HOLIDAY MARKING THE END OF RAMADAN IS TODAY, AND NEWS J. SCOTT SMITH IS LIVE AT THE FARM SHOW COMPLEX IN HARRISBURG, WHERE A CELEBRATION IS GOING TO BE HELD IN JUST A FEW HOURS. GOOD MORNING JAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY, AND TODAY IS THE IS EID AL-FITR, WHICH IS THE END OF THE MUSLIM HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN. AND AS MENTIONED, WE’RE HERE AT THE FARM SHOW COMPLEX THIS MORNING WHERE A CELEBRATION IS GOING TO BE HELD FOR EID. AND WE’RE JOINED TODAY BY AMIR KABIR RAHMANI. NOW, WE TALKED TO YOU LAST HALF HOUR. YOU LOOKED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THE LAST TIME WE SAW YOU LAST HALF HOUR, YOU CHANGED. YOU CHANGED YOUR WHAT? WHAT IS IT THAT YOU’RE WEARING RIGHT NOW? YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO I CHANGED UP TO A TRADITIONAL AFGHAN, UH, OUTFIT. SO THIS IS THE VEST. WE HAVE THE, UH, DRESS OVER HERE THAT A LOT OF THE AFGHAN COMMUNITY WEARS. SO. YEAH, TRADITIONAL AFGHAN OUTFIT. YOUR FAMILY IS ORIGINALLY FROM AFGHANISTAN. YOU TOLD ME YOU’VE BEEN HERE IN, UH, UH, CUMBERLAND COUNTY FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, CORRECT? YES. MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS NOW. NOW, TODAY IS EID AL-FITR. IT’S WHAT WHAT IS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF EID FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE HEARD OF IT BUT DON’T HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF IT? ABSOLUTELY. SO EIDUL FITR MARKS THE END OF THE LAST MONTH OF RAMADAN, WHICH IN THE MONTH OF RAMADAN, WE ABSTAIN FROM EATING AND DRINKING FOR THE PAST 30 DAYS AND ALSO THE MAIN PURPOSE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE YOU KNOW, THINK OF THE ONES THAT ARE IN NEED AND WE GET CLOSER TO GOD BY PRAYING AND MAKING SURE WE DO OUR BEST. DURING THAT MONTH. AND THEN ONCE THAT MONTH IS OVER, WE GET TO CELEBRATE WITH OUR LOVED ONES. UH, FOR ENDING OF THAT MONTH AND JUST COME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. NOW, WHEN WE SPOKE LAST HALF HOUR, THIS, WE MENTIONED THIS WAS A COMMUNAL SORT OF HOLIDAY AS WELL. AND THERE’S ALSO GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY PRAYER SERVICES FOR PEOPLE. THAT’S WHY THESE THE TARPS HAVE BEEN SET UP HERE. BUT THERE’S ALSO GOING TO BE DONATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY MADE HERE TOO. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAVE THE ZAKAT DONATION ANNE, WHICH IS UH, JUST A DONATION THAT THAT THE IMAM COLLECTS OR THAT EVERYBODY COLLECTS HERE THAT CAN BE GIVEN TO THE ONES IN NEED, USUALLY IN TERMS OF FOOD OR THEY CAN USE OBVIOUSLY CASH IN THIS CASE, THAT THEY WILL USE TO GIVE TO THE ONES IN NEED IN THE COMMUNITY. NOW, THIS CELEBRATION FOR EID AL-FITR BEGINS AT 8:00 HERE AT THE FARM SHOW COMPLEX. THE PRAYER SERVICE IS STARTED NINE AND THERE WILL BE REFRESHMENTS AND SNACKS, PLUS THINGS FOR THE KIDS AS WELL TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE EID AL-FITR HERE IN HARRISBURG AT THE FARM SHOW COMPLEX, I’M JASON SCOTT SMITH. LET’S HEAD BACK DOWN TO THE STUDIO…