NEWS EIGHT TODAY AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FACES TRIAL AMY LU IN WASHINGTON WITH THE HISTORIC FIRST STEP TAKING PLACE IN NEW YORK TODAY. IT’S APRIL 15TH. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? IT’S TAX DAY AND YOU’VE GOT TO THE END OF BUSINESS TO GET YOUR TAX RETURN IN. WE’LL HAVE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN GET THAT DONE IN THE NEXT STEP OF A MAJOR ROAD PROJECT CONTINUES TODAY IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. I’LL TELL YOU HOW IT MAY AFFECT YOUR COMMUTE. AND WE’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE OVER OUR YORK SKYCAM. LOOK AT THAT SKY RIGHT NOW. SOME CLOUDS OUT THERE, BUT SOME CLEARING THERE AS WELL. NICE TO SEE. MAYBE THAT RAIN PUSHING OUT. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’M KATE KATELYN SMITH. I’M MATT BARCARO THE BEST TIME FOR RAIN RIGHT OVERNIGHT WHERE IT DOESN’T REALLY AFFECT ALL THAT MUCH. GABRIEL THOMAS HAS OUR MORNING COMMUTE THIS MORNING. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA HAS OUR FORECAST. YESTERDAY’S HIGH 80. WOW. WARMEST DAY OF THE YEAR SO FAR. IF YOU’RE LIKING THOSE WARMER VIBES WE HAVE TODAY AND TOMORROW IN THE 70S FOR YOU, BEFORE WE GO BACK TO THE 60S FOR AN EXTENDED STRETCH. BUT RIGHT NOW I’M WATCHING OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. WE’VE HAD A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THEM ARE SOUTH OF THE AREA. WE STILL HAVE SOME IN SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY. A FEW SPRINKLES IN YORK AND LANCASTER COUNTIES, TEMPERATURES, LOTS OF 50S ON THE MAP, EVEN A COUPLE OF 60S OUT THERE. SO IT IS A MILD START TO THE DAY. WE WILL QUICKLY SOAR INTO THE UPPER 70S FOR OUR HIGHS ONCE AGAIN. AND IT WON’T BE AS BREEZY AS YESTERDAY. SO IF YOU WEREN’T A FAN OF THE WIND, BUT YOU LIKE THE WARMTH, I THINK YOU’RE REALLY GOING TO LIKE TODAY’S FORECAST. THAT’S MY TYPE OF VIBE. YEAH, IT’S SUNSCREEN TIME AGAIN, THOUGH. DON’T FORGET. YEAH. THAT’S IMPORTANT. IT IS. WELL, THE ROADS WERE LOOKING REALLY GOOD, BUT WE’RE FOLLOWING THAT ONE CRASH THAT’S BEEN ON THE MAP FOR SOME TIME NOW. YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP THIS IN MIND AS YOU’RE HEADING OUT. THIS IS A TWO MULTI VEHICLE CRASH. IT’S IN YORK COUNTY. THIS IS PENN TOWNSHIP. UM PLEASE JUST KEEP THIS IN MIND. WE ARE STILL TRYING TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CRASH. BUT AS WE DO WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED. THAT CRASH IS ON PA 116 YORK STREET BETWEEN GRANDVIEW AND LITTLETON DRIVE. AND IT’S WILSON STREET THAT’S BLOCKED OFF IN YORK STREET. THAT’S COMPLETELY BLOCKED OFF AS WELL THROUGH ROUTE 216. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CLOSER LOOK NOW AT THOSE LANCASTER SPEEDS AS YOU’RE HEADING OUT THIS MORNING. THERE THEY ARE. US 30 EASTBOUND, 62MPH. US 222 NORTHBOUND, 44MPH. BA 283. EASTBOUND, 65MPH. HERE’S A LOOK AT PENNDOT CAMERA. GOOD MORNING, CUMBERLAND COUNTY. I DON’T SEE ANY HEADLIGHTS OUT THERE. A COUPLE OF THEM, BUT NOT TOO MANY. THAT WOULD SLOW DOWN YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. DRIVE SAFE EVERYONE. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. WELL, MANY PEOPLE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY WAKING UP WITHOUT POWER FOLLOWING THOSE STORMS THAT ROLLED THROUGH LAST NIGHT, ACCORDING TO PEOPLE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY STILL HAS THE MOST, WITH MORE THAN 1100 OUTAGES REPORTED THERE. PERRY COUNTY ALSO HAS MORE THAN 260, AND DAUPHIN COUNTY IS SEEING JUST OVER 100 RIGHT NOW. AND JUST A REMINDER, EVEN IF YOUR POWER DOES GO OUT, YOU CAN STILL WATCH OUR NEWSCASTS LIVE STRAIGHT FROM YOUR PHONE. JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT WGAL APP DOWNLOADED IT. TODAY, AN HISTORIC FIRST FOR ANY FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SET TO STAND TRIAL IN ONE OF FOUR CRIMINAL CASES AGAINST HIM, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS ACCUSED OF USING CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO PAY OFF AN ADULT FILM ACTRESS WHO ALLEGEDLY, HE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH. NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LU IS IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU WITH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE TODAY. JURY SELECTION BEGINS TODAY INSIDE A NEW YORK COURTROOM. IT’S A PROCEDURAL STEP IN THIS HUSH MONEY TRIAL AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. JURY SELECTION COULD TAKE DAYS, THOUGH, AS LAWYERS FOR TRUMP AND THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ATTEMPT TO SHAPE THE PANEL IN THEIR FAVOR, THE JUDGE OVERSEEING THIS CASE REPEATEDLY DENIED TRUMP’S EFFORTS TO DELAY TRIAL, ARGUING TOO MANY DEMOCRATS AND TOO MUCH MEDIA COVERAGE COULD TAINT THE JURY. BUT THE COURT’S GOAL ISN’T TO ENSURE PARTIZAN BALANCE OR THAT PEOPLE ARE OBLIVIOUS TO THE NEWS COVERAGE. INSTEAD, IT WILL LOOK FOR PEOPLE WILLING TO PUT PERSONAL OPINIONS ASIDE AND MAKE A DECISION BASED ON EVIDENCE AND LAW. THE FINAL POOL OF JURORS WILL LISTEN TO TESTIMONY AND DECIDE WHETHER TRUMP IS GUILTY OF 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS TO BURY HIS ALLEGED EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU, NBC NEWS IS PLANNING A SPECIAL REPORT THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THAT CRIMINAL TRIAL. SAVANNAH GUTHRIE IS SET TO ANCHOR THAT AT 9:00 THIS MORNING, AND WE WILL BRING IT TO YOU LIVE HERE ON WGAL WHEN THAT HAPPENS. AND BEFORE GOING TO NEW YORK FOR THE TRIAL, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT THE WEEKEND IN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS IS A LOOK AT A CAMPAIGN RALLY HE HELD IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY. NOW, DURING THE EVENT, TRUMP WEIGHED IN ON THE PENNSYLVANIA U.S. SENATE RACE, ENDORSING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE DAVE MCCORMICK. MCCORMICK WASN’T THERE AT THE RALLY WITH HIM, BUT HE SPOKE WITH NEWS EIGHT’S BARBARA BARR LAST WEEK ABOUT WHAT A TRUMP ENDORSEMENT WOULD MEAN TO HIS CAMPAIGN. I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE BALLOT WILL HELP ME BECAUSE HE’S SHOWN AN ABILITY TO TURN OUT VOTERS. I THINK ME BEING ON THE BALLOT SHOULD HELP PRESIDENT TRUMP, BECAUSE I THINK I CAN APPEAL TO SOME VOTERS THAT MIGHT BE ON THE FENCE WITH HIM. YOU CAN HEAR MORE ABOUT HIS CONVERSATION WITH BARBARA BARR TONIGHT DURING OUR WGAL VOTER GUIDE SPECIAL. WE’LL ALSO BE SHOWING YOU HOW TO GET A MAIL IN BALLOT IF YOU’D LIKE ONE. AND WHILE THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT VOTERS SAY ARE DRIVING THEM TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARY THAT’S AIRING TONIGHT AT 7:00 RIGHT HERE ON WGAL NOW COMING UP ON 605, AND RIGHT NOW TWO SEPARATE FIRES ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION IN YORK COUNTY. THE FIRST HAPPENED SATURDAY MORNING IN PENN TOWNSHIP. EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS SAY IT WAS A TOWNHOUSE THAT CAUGHT FIRE ALONG SPRINGBROOK COURT. THAT’S NEAR EDWARDS STREET AND SPRING AVENUE, AND IN YORK CITY. WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FIRE THERE. CREWS WERE CALLED TO THE 500 BLOCK OF NORTH PERSHING AVENUE LAST NIGHT JUST BEFORE SEVEN. IT’S STILL NOT CLEAR IF ANYONE WAS HURT. THE RED CROSS, THOUGH, WAS CALLED IN TO HELP PEOPLE AFFECTED BY BOTH OF THOSE FIRES IN HARRISBURG, A WOMAN IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING HURT IN A STABBING, AND HARRISBURG POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED SATURDAY MORNING ALONG THE 1200 BLOCK OF CHESTNUT STREET. POLICE SAY THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. IN LANCASTER COUNTY, POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT FOLLOWING A HIT AND RUN IN COLUMBIA. OFFICERS SAY THIS HAPPENED SATURDAY MORNING ON THE 800 BLOCK OF LANCASTER AVENUE. THAT’S ALSO ROUTE FOR 62. POLICE SAY SOMEONE WAS HIT WHILE THEY WERE UNLOADING A TRAILER. OFFICERS SAY THE VEHICLE, THOUGH, DID NOT STOP AND CONTINUED WEST. ON 462. NOW THEY’RE ASKING ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE VIDEO OF THIS ACCIDENT OR INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD. 606 NOW AND TODAY. HOPEFULLY YOU DIDN’T WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE, BECAUSE TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO FILE YOUR TAXES. IT’S TAX DAY. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WAIT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO OWE. THEY HAVE TO PAY. LIKE I’LL JUST PUT THAT OFF AS LONG AS I CAN. THAT’S RISKY. YEAH, MAYBE. WELL, IF YOU HAVE BEEN PUTTING IT OFF UNTIL TODAY, WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED ANYWAY. NEWS EIGHT’S J. SCOTT SMITH IS LIVE IN LANCASTER. SOME TIPS FOR THOSE LAST MINUTE FILERS J GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. AND YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T WANT TO WAIT TILL TODAY TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE IT IS INDEED TAX DAY APRIL 15TH. THAT MEANS IF YOU HAVEN’T GOTTEN THAT TAX RETURN IN YOU NEED TO FILE IT EITHER ONLINE OR BY MAIL BY THE END OF BUSINESS TODAY OR YOU CAN ALSO FILE FOR AN EXTENSION. EITHER WAY, YOU GOT TO DO THAT TO AVOID GETTING PENALTIES. NOW THE IRS SAYS THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN PREPARED TO DEAL WITH WHAT WILL BE A HIGH VOLUME DAY BECAUSE OF THE RECENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY’VE MADE APRIL 15TH, WHICH IS MONDAY, WE CAN SEE UPWARDS OF A MILLION RETURNS COMING IN EVERY HOUR. NOW, THAT WAS IRS COMMISSIONER DANNY WUERFFEL SPEAKING TO OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU LAST WEEK. HE SAYS THE TWO OUT OF THREE TAXPAYERS ARE OWED A REFUND. THE AVERAGE REFUND IS ACTUALLY INCREASED TO MORE THAN $3,000 THIS YEAR. NOW, IF YOU FILE YOUR TAXES ELECTRONICALLY AND CHOOSE TO GET IT VIA DIRECT DEPOSIT, YOU’LL USUALLY GET YOUR REFUND WITHIN THREE WEEKS, AND OFTEN IT’LL SHOW UP SOONER THAN THAT. ALSO, IF YOU NEED MORE TIME TO FILE, EVERYONE IS ELIGIBLE FOR A SIX MONTH EXTENSION. IF YOU OWE A BALANCE, YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY IT BY APRIL 15TH. BUT HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD THE BALANCE, THEN WE HAVE INSTALLMENT AGREEMENTS AND PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE THAT MIGHT STRUGGLE TO PAY THEIR BALANCE. THIS YEAR. NOW, TO GET THAT EXTENSION, YOU GOT TO GO TO IRS.GOV AND FILL OUT THE ONLINE FORM BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY. TODAY TO GET TO PRETTY MUCH GET THAT EXTENSION AND AVOID ANY PENALTIES OR INTEREST. NOW, TODAY ALSO IS NOT TAX DAY FOR EVERYBODY. IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS AN ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY MEMBER WHO’S SERVING OVERSEAS, THEY HAVE MORE TIME TO GET THEIR TAX RETURN AND PLUS, ANYBODY WHO IS IN A FEMA DESIGNATED DISASTER AREA ALSO HAS MORE TIME. AND IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THAT, SIMPLY GO TO IRS.GOV. TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO FILE THOSE TAXES HERE IN DOWNTOWN LANCASTER ON THIS TAX DAY. I’M JAY SCOTT SMITH FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL GOOD TO KNOW. THANKS, JAY. HERE’S SOME MORE COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE. NOW PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL BE HOLDING SEVERAL CAMPAIGN EVENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS WEEK. THE PRESIDENT WILL BE IN HIS HOMETOWN OF SCRANTON TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT TAXES AND THE TAX CODE, HIS PUSH TO MAKE BILLIONAIRES. PAY MORE IN TAXES. HE’S ALSO PLANNING A STOP IN PITTSBURGH ON WEDNESDAY AND PHILADELPHIA ON THURSDAY. 608 NOW, AND ROADWORK IS GETTING UNDERWAY AT AN INTERSECTION IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. AND ONCE THEY’RE FINISHED. IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE’VE HAD A LOT OF ROUNDABOUTS. I FEEL BUILT IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. AND THIS IS GOING TO ADD ONE MORE NEWS. EIGHT’S JAKE REYES IS LIVE IN SWATARA TOWNSHIP, WHERE WORKERS ARE PUTTING IN A ROUNDABOUT AND ALSO WHAT’S CALLED A JUG HANDLE. RIGHT. JAKE? YEAH. THAT’S DEFINITELY THE LONG TIME GOAL. CAITLIN. BUT THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME OTHER KINDS OF INSTALLATION ANNE STARTING TODAY THAT CREWS ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON. AND PENNDOT TELLS ME THAT’S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE CAUSING SOME DELAYS AS CREWS PREPARE TO SHIFT THE INTERSECTION OF MILROY AND GRAYSON ROADS WEST BY ABOUT 400FT. AND THERE WILL ALSO BE FLAGGERS HERE FOR TWO WEEKS TO CONTROL THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. DURING THAT TIME. NOW, OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, CONTRACTORS WILL BE BUILDING A STORMWATER BASIN OR THE EXISTING INTERSECTION. CURRENTLY IS, AND THE INTERSECTION SHIFT WILL ALSO ALLOW CONTRACTORS TO RECONSTRUCT THE MEDIAN AT MILROY ROAD. AND THESE CHANGES ARE PART OF A LARGER PROJECT TO RECONSTRUCT THE INTERSECTION. OF ROUTE 322 AND CHAMBERS HILL ROAD. CREWS WILL BE REMOVING A FEW LEFT TURN LANES ON ROUTE THREE, 22, AND INSTEAD THEY WILL BE REPLACED WITH A JUGHANDLE AND THE ROUNDABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION AT MILROY ROAD AND GRAYSON ROAD. PENNDOT TELLS ME REMOVING THESE LEFT TURNS WILL SPEED UP THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND LIMIT THE RISK OF CRASHES. THAT INTERSECTION HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR FOR A LONG TIME, AND THIS IS A COMPLEX SOLUTION. TO A COMPLEX PROBLEM. UM, BUT WHEN IT’S COMPLETED, IT’S GOING TO VASTLY IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THAT INTERSECTION. AND MAKE IT MUCH SAFER. PENA. ALSO SAYING CREWS WILL ALSO ADD ANOTHER THROUGH LANE ON ROUTE 322 TO HELP WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, IMPROVE A LITTLE MORE NOW. DON’T EXPECT THIS WORK TO END SOON. THIS $38.5 MILLION PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED. IN 2027, BUT KEEP UP WITH WGAL TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS PROJECT AS WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE ROAD CONDITIONS. REPORTING LIVE IN