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Blue Hill Road shut down due to tree down on wires in Manheim Township

Crews were notified shortly after 4 a.m.

Blue Hill Road shut down due to tree down on wires in Manheim Township

Crews were notified shortly after 4 a.m.

DOWNLOAD THE WGAL NEWS 8 APP. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BECOMING MORE POPULAR WAY TO GENERATE CONTENT. HEAR ABOUT HOW A BILL PASSED IN THE STATE HOUSE IN HARRISBURG COULD HAVE AFFECT CONTENT PRODUCERS. ALSO, MULTIPLE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES. AFTER A FIRE IN HARRISBURG. HOW ONE OF THEM ESCAPED THAT BURNING HOME, AND A MEMORIAL WILL BE HELD TODAY, MARKING 35 YEARS SINCE TWO STATE TROOPERS IN YORK COUNTY WERE KILLED. HOW THEY ARE BEING REMEMBERED TODAY. IT IS 430 AND TODAY IS FRIDAY. GOOD MORNING, I’M MATT BARCARO, I’M CAITLIN SMITH. MAYBE YOU HEARD THE RAIN POUNDING DOWN THE WIND OVERNIGHT. YEAH, A LOT GOING ON OUT THERE. LET’S CHECK IN WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS CHRISTINE FERREIRA TO SEE WHEN IT’S GOING TO WRAP UP. WELL, THE RAIN WILL BE WRAPPING UP, BUT THE WIND THAT’S GOING TO LINGER INTO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY COULD BE STRONGER THAN WHAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR. SO LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW ON OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. WE ARE TRACKING THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BE SWINGING THROUGH COLD FRONTS, MOVING THROUGH NOW. BUT YOU SEE THAT COUNTERCLOCKWISE SPIN BY DETROIT AND CLEVELAND. THAT’S THE BACK EDGE OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING US A LITTLE LIGHT RAIN HERE. THIS MORNING. AND THEN A FEW SHOWERS LATER TODAY. I THINK WE GET A BREAK, THOUGH. MIDDAY. HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR CURRENT STATE. IS WARM OUT THERE. WE HAVE ALREADY HIT OUR HIGH FOR THE DAY. I DO THINK WE FALL TO ABOUT 60 DEGREES AND HOVER THERE UPPER 50S NEAR 60 FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. CURRENT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS. THEY ARE BRISK OUT OF THE SOUTH, SO THE COLD FRONT IS JUST OUT TO OUR WEST. RIGHT NOW WE’RE SEEING WIND SPEEDS 15 TO 25MPH, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SO LOOK AT THAT TEMPERATURE DROP. IT IS GOING TO BE WINDY. WE’LL BE AROUND 60, WHICH IS COOLER THAN WHAT WE’VE SEEN ALL WEEK. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT IMPACTS FOR TOMORROW. S WIND COMING UP. ALL RIGHT CHRISTINE THANK YOU. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS BECOMING A MORE POPULAR WAY TO GENERATE CONTENT. AND A BILL NOW PASSED IN THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE WOULD REQUIRE DISCLOSURES OF IT. CHARLES PALMER, HE’S AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WITH HARRISBURG UNIVERSITY. HE SAYS ENFORCING THE LAW MIGHT BE DIFFICULT AND CONTENT PRODUCERS, EVEN WITH THE RIGHT INTENTIONS, MAY FACE MORE CHALLENGES. THERE ARE SO MANY USES OF AI THAT PEOPLE ARE USING ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY START COSTING MORE TIME AND RESOURCES IN ORDER TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE’RE USING IT WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, PENNSYLVANIA? UM, THERE COULD BE A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF COST IN DOING THAT. THAT BILL PASSED 146 TO 54 IN THE STATE HOUSE THIS WEEK, AND IT NOW GOES TO THE STATE SENATE FOR CONSIDERATION ON NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS. SHE’S GOING TO BE LIVE IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR FROM THE STATE CAPITOL IN HARRISBURG. WITH MORE ON HOW THIS BILL IS MEANT TO HOLD VIOLATORS ACCOUNTABLE AND ALSO KEEP YOU SAFE TODAY, STATE POLICE IN YORK COUNTY ARE MARKING 35 YEARS SINCE THE HELICOPTER CRASH IN DELTA KILLED TWO STATE TROOPERS. STATE POLICE WILL HOLD A MEMORIAL SERVICE THIS MORNING FOR TROOPER WAYNE BILLHEIMER AT AND CORPORAL PAUL ULMER, WGAL COVERED THE CRASH IN APRIL 12TH, 1989. THE TROOPERS WERE LOOKING IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FOR SOMEONE WHEN THEIR HELICOPTER HIT A POWER LINE. THE SERVICE TODAY WILL BE AT DORSEY PARK. BOAT LAUNCH ON LEY ROAD IN DELTA AT 1030 THIS MORNING. THEY’LL INCLUDE A FLYOVER FROM THE STATE POLICE AVIATION UNIT. WELL, MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THEIR HOMES THIS MORNING AFTER A FIRE IN HARRISBURG. THIS IS AN UPDATE TO A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU AS BREAKING NEWS YESTERDAY ON NEWS EIGHT. TODAY WE CAN SHOW YOU THAT RING DOORBELL CAMERA THAT RECORDED THOSE FLAMES JUST SHOOTING OUT FROM 621 ROSS STREET. THIS WAS AROUND 6:00 YESTERDAY MORNING THAT IT STARTED THE RED CROSS IS NOW HELPING TEN PEOPLE, INCLUDING 64 YEAR-OLD LARRY SUTTON. HE SAYS HE WAS TRAPPED AND HAD TO GO OUT THE WINDOW AND ONTO A PORCH ROOF, WHERE HE WAS THEN ABLE TO DROP DOWN TO THE GROUND ABOUT FIVE FEET, COULDN’T BREATHE AND I COULDN’T SEE. I’M LIKE, HEY, ONLY ONE WAY OUT. IF I CAN’T GET PAST THE HEAT AND THAT SMOKE, I CAN’T GO DOWN THE STEPS. HE DID GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SOME MINOR SMOKE INHALATION, BUT WE HEAR HIM TALKING THERE. GOOD TO SEE THAT HE’S GOING TO BE OKAY. AND NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE FIRE WAS RULED ACCIDENTAL, CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTIONING DEHUMIDIFIER THAT WAS ON THE FIRST FLOOR. AN UPDATE ON ANOTHER FIRE WE BROUGHT YOU YESTERDAY MORNING AS BREAKING NEWS. WE NOW KNOW EIGHT PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES THIS MORNING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AFTER A FIRE THERE DAMAGED THREE APARTMENT UNITS. THE FIRE STARTED JUST BEFORE SIX YESTERDAY MORNING ON CHARLOTTE WAY IN EAST PENNSBORO TOWNSHIP NEAR ENOLA. TWO OF THE HOMES HAD MAJOR DAMAGE WHILE A THIRD HAD WATER DAMAGE. SIX ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN ARE DISPLACED. NO ONE WAS HURT. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. LANCASTER POLICE SAY A CALL THAT LED TO ROAD CLOSURES IN SCHOOLS BEING PUT ON LOCKDOWN WAS SWATTING, WHICH IS WHEN A FALSE CRIME IS REPORTED TO AUTHORITIES. SOMEONE CALLED LANCASTER POLICE JUST BEFORE NOON YESTERDAY, SAYING THAT A MAN SHOT HIS CHILD AND WAS HOLDING A WOMAN HOSTAGE ON WALBANK ROAD NEAR EUCLID AVENUE, WHILE POLICE SHUT DOWN THE ROAD AND HAD THE PEOPLE AT THE ADDRESS THAT WAS REPORTED LEAVE THEIR HOME. NO VICTIMS, THOUGH, WERE EVER FOUND. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER ALSO PUT FIVE SCHOOLS ON LOCKDOWN. IT IS 435 AND AN UPDATE NOW TO A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO POLICE SAY TRIED TO POSE AS A STUDENT AT A CHAMBERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL. 23 YEAR-OLD DEVIN REED HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS AND HAVING A WEAPON WITH AMMUNITION ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. POLICE SAY REED GOT ONTO A SCHOOL BUS WEDNESDAY MORNING, CLAIMING TO BE A NEWLY ENROLLED STUDENT AT JAMES BUCHANAN HIGH SCHOOL. UPON GETTING TO THE SCHOOL, FACULTY NOTICED THAT HE WAS NOT A STUDENT THERE AND CALLED STATE POLICE, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS. REED CONFESSED TO POLICE SAYING, QUOTE, HE WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED AND DECIDED THAT HE WOULD TRY TO POSE AS A STUDENT. IT’S 435 IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, ONE OF TWO BROTHERS WANTED FOR A BOMB THREAT AT THE COURTHOUSE IS NOW IN CUSTODY. POLICE SAY 34 YEAR-OLD CHADWICK ROGERS WAS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY AND TERRORISTIC THREATS. THERE WAS ALSO AN ARREST WARRANT OUT FOR JASON ROGERS. THE COURTHOUSE WAS EVACUATED WEDNESDAY AND NEARBY ROADS WERE SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS. THE OWNERS OF MARTIN’S COUNTRY MARKET IN EPHRATA, LANCASTER COUNTY, HAVE DECIDED NOT TO REBUILD THE STORE FOLLOWING A BIG FIRE THERE IN FEBRUARY. IN A STATEMENT, THE MARTIN FAMILY SAYS THAT IT’S COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT REBUILDING THE STORE THE WAY THAT THEY ALL REMEMBER IT IS NO LONGER FEASIBLE. THE FAMILY PLANS TO EITHER REDEVELOP THAT PROPERTY OR SELL IT IN LANCASTER, AN ICONIC BAR AND MUSIC VENUE. MAYBE YOU REMEMBER THE VILLAGE IT’S PLANNING TO REOPEN. RICH RUOFF, THE OWNER OF THE OLD CHAMELEON CLUB, TELLS NEWS EIGHT, THE INVESTMENT GROUP THAT BOUGHT THE BUILDING TWO YEARS AGO ENLISTED HIM TO RUN IT AS A NIGHTCLUB. THEY ARE HOPING TO REOPEN IN THE SUMMER. THEY DON’T HAVE AN EXACT DATE YET. RENOVATIONS, THOUGH, ARE SET TO START IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, AND EXPECTED TO LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. THE VILLAGE CLOSED BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2022. A MILESTONE IN AT YORK CENTRAL MARKET. A RIBBON CUTTING HELD YESTERDAY FOR 14 NEW VENDORS. THEY OFFER EVERYTHING FROM GOURMET FOOD TO HOUSE PLANTS TO CHOCOLATE TREATS FROM BRAZIL. THE MARKET IS HOME TO MANY SMALL BUSINESSES, AND THEY USE THE MARKET TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS. WE’RE BECOMING A REALLY GOURMET DESTINATION. PEOPLE COME HERE FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL AND WE REALLY TRY TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO OFFER THE VERY BEST, SPECIAL THINGS HERE. YORK CENTRAL MARKET IS OPEN
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Blue Hill Road shut down due to tree down on wires in Manheim Township

Crews were notified shortly after 4 a.m.

A tree down on wires closed a road in Manheim Township.Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.The tree and wires were reported on Blue Hill Road shortly after 4 a.m.According to York County dispatchers, Blue Hill Road is shut down from Lilly Springs Road to Glenville Road.Crews have been notified. Please avoid this area.For live traffic updates, click here. Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wgal.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

A tree down on wires closed a road in Manheim Township.

Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.

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The tree and wires were reported on Blue Hill Road shortly after 4 a.m.

According to York County dispatchers, Blue Hill Road is shut down from Lilly Springs Road to Glenville Road.

Crews have been notified. Please avoid this area.

For live traffic updates, click here.

Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wgal.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.