SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS OKAY. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. AN INITIATIVE TO HELP YOU PROPERLY DISPOSE YOUR MEDICATION. I’LL TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN FIND A LOCATION NEAR YOU. THE 26TH ANNUAL RACE AGAINST RACISM IS JUST OVER 24 HOURS AWAY. I’LL TELL YOU HOW THE MONEY IS BEING USED TO FIGHT FOR EQUALITY. AND WE START THIS FRIDAY MORNING WITH A LIVE LOOK, CHECKING OUT OUR HARRISBURG SKYCAM. THERE. YOU SEE THAT PINK MOON, RIGHT, CHRISTINE? YEAH. WHAT? HE WAS FULL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, BUT YOU CAN STILL CALL IT THE PINK MOON, I GUESS. ALL RIGHT. I’M DOING IT. IT’S TOO LATE. I ALREADY DID IT. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’M KATELYN SMITH. I’M MATT BARCARO. WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, IT’S OUT THERE SO YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT BEFORE IT SETS FOR THE DAY. REGINA IS HERE WITH A LOOK AT OUR COMMUTE THIS MORNING AND CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA HAS OUR FORECAST. WITH THE MOON AND THE SUN AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, THAT’S A GOOD COMBO. YEAH. MOON SETTING, SUN RISING. BEAUTIFUL TO START THE DAY. AND IT DID LOOK A LITTLE PINK OUT THERE. I AGREE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. THAT’S WHY WE CALL IT THE PINK MOON. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE PINK FLOWERS AROUND. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR YORK SKYCAM. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY. NICE AND BRIGHT ALREADY. IT’S 35 IN YORK THOUGH. 38 IN LANCASTER, 36 IN LEBANON AND 31 DEGREES IN SELINSGROVE. SO THESE TEMPERATURES EQUAL OUR FROST ADVISORY. THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE THERE WITH THAT FROST ADVISORY. SO MAKE SURE YOU COVER BRING IN ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS FOR THE LAST TIME HOPEFULLY FOR THE SEASON 12 HOUR FORECAST HERE. CALLS FOR A HIGH IN THE MID 60S TODAY. BEAUTIFUL LOOKING DAY. LOTS OF SUNSHINE. JUST A FEW WISPY CLOUDS HERE AND THERE. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RAIN TODAY, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DODGE SOME RAIN TOMORROW. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT FORECAST COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE WEEKEND EVENTS LOOKING FORWARD TO, SO WE’LL STAY TUNED FOR THAT. HOW ABOUT THE ROADS? I KNOW THERE’S SOME GOOD NEWS RIGHT. THERE IS GOOD NEWS. YEAH. SO THE CRASH IN LANCASTER COUNTY THAT HAS SINCE DROPPED. SO THAT’S GREAT. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST A CLOSER LOOK RIGHT NOW AS THE THE TRAFFIC THERE IS STILL A LITTLE BIT SLOW. SO JUST WATCH OUT FOR THAT. BUT YES, IT IS CLEARED OUT AT THIS HOUR. WE DO HAVE A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW ON ROUTE 283, LOWER SWATARA TOWNSHIP IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. LOOKS LIKE A NICE AND QUIET MORNING FOR FOLKS HEADED OUT THAT WAY. AND ALSO UP IN LEBANON COUNTY, A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT HAPPENING THROUGH A NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR HAS THE ROUTE FROM LEBANON TO JONESTOWN CLOSED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. THIS IS IN UNION AND SWATARA TOWNSHIP, SO JUST WATCH OUT FOR THAT. AND OF COURSE, SOME LANE CLOSURES. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PRETTY MUCH ALL WEEK LONG, HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND ON I 83 DAUPHIN COUNTY AND INTERSTATE 81 FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY. SO THAT SHOULD START ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT 9 P.M. WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE FOR YOU COMING UP IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. STATE OF ADDICTION COVERAGE NOW NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY. THAT’S TOMORROW WHEN POLICE WILL BE COLLECTING ANY OF THOSE UNWANTED DRUGS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IN YOUR HOME RIGHT NOW. YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE STOCK TODAY OF YOUR MEDICINE CABINET. NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS IS LIVE AT ONE OF THE DROP OFF SITES FOR TOMORROW IN YORK, WITH MORE INFORMATION ON HOW WE CAN ALL TAKE PART IN THIS. GOOD MORNING. GABRIELLE. GOOD MORNING CAITLIN. WELL, WANT YOU GUYS TO TAKE A MINUTE AND THINK WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT YOU CHECKED YOUR MEDICINE CABINET TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY EXPIRED MEDICATION? ANNE. IF YOU HAVEN’T CHECKED IT IN A WHILE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK IT TODAY BECAUSE IT’S THE PERFECT TIME TO DISPOSE THAT EXPIRED MEDICATION. NOW, YORK OPIOID COLLABORATIVE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS TAKE BACK DAY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE PROPERLY DISPOSING YOUR MEDICATION. NOW. BRITTANY SCHUTZ, HE OR SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF YORK OPIOID COLLABORATIVE. BRITTANY, WHY IS THIS INITIATIVE SO IMPORTANT AND HOW IS IT HELPING THE COMMUNITY? IT’S IMPORTANT TO BRING AWARENESS AND TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFE STORAGE AND SAFE DISPOSAL OF MEDICATIONS, AND THE NATIONAL TAKE BACK INITIATIVE IS JUST ONE DAY TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONVENIENTLY GET RID OF THOSE MEDS, AND WHAT TYPES OF ACCIDENTS HAVE YOU HEARD OF OR YOU’VE SEEN WHEN IT COMES TO DATA? SO, UH, MEDICATIONS LEFT IN THE HOME WHEN THEY’RE NOT STORED PROPERLY OR NOT DISPOSED. OBVIOUSLY THERE’S ALWAYS THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE BY KIDS. IF KIDS GET THEIR HANDS ON IT, AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR DIVERSION AND MISUSE. UH, WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE DATA IS THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING TO MISUSE MEDICATIONS MORE LIKELY WILL FIND THEM IN THE HOME FIRST, FROM THEIR LOVED ONES OR FROM FRIENDS. ALL RIGHT. SO START CHECKING THOSE CABINETS THIS MORNING OR ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW YOU CAN VISIT A DROP OFF LOCATION NEAR YOU. WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE WGAL DOT COM. AND IF YOU’RE HERE IN YORK, THIS PHARMACY BEHIND ME, MINNICK’S PHARMACY, HAS A DROP OFF LOCATION AS WELL. LIVE IN YORK. GABRIELLE THOMAS, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. LOTS OF OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO. THANKS, GABRIELLE. WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS FROM LANCASTER COUNTY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FIRE. NOW WE KNOW CREWS HAVE NOW CLEARED THE SCENE OF THAT BARN FIRE. IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THE AREA OF GEIST ROAD AND NEW HOLLAND PIKE NEAR LOYOLA. SO THE FIRE STARTED AROUND 1015 LAST NIGHT. THEY CLEARED THAT SCENE OVERNIGHT. EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS SAY NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THEIR CREWS DID SPEND MORE THAN FIVE HOURS AT THAT SCENE IN THIS MORNING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, A HOTEL THAT CAUGHT FIRE IS STILL CLOSED AND IT’S NOT CLEAR WHEN IT MIGHT REOPEN. THE FIRE STARTED THERE BEFORE THREE WEDNESDAY MORNING IN A ROOM AT THE HAMPTON INN THAT’S ON RITTER ROAD IN LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP, NEAR MECHANICSBURG. THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS THE HOTEL’S SPRINKLER SYSTEM DID STOP THAT FIRE FROM SPREADING OUT OF THE ROOM WHERE IT FIRST STARTED, BUT SMOKE DID STILL GO THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, AND THAT FORCED MORE THAN 100 GUESTS TO LEAVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THERE AND HEAD TO OTHER HOTELS. THE CAUSE OF THAT FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. INVESTIGATIONS ALSO UNDERWAY AFTER A TRASH TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE ALONG ROUTE 30 IN YORK COUNTY, THE TRASH THE TRUCK, WHICH WAS HAULING TRASH AT THE TIME, CAUGHT FIRE OFF OF WEST MARKET STREET IN WEST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AND LOOK AT THE SMOKE THAT WAS SENT UP FROM THAT CRASH. PEOPLE COULD SEE IT FOR MILES BECAUSE OF THIS, WESTBOUND TRAFFIC ALONG ROUTE 30 SLOWED, BUT IT WAS NOT BLOCKED. RIGHT NOW, YORK POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A STABBING AND THEY SAY THAT THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE VICTIM IS DOING BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW WHERE THE VICTIM IS. POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED TO WAYNE AVENUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR A REPORT OF A STABBING, BUT DID NOT FIND A VICTIM OR THE PERSON WHO DID IT. OFFICERS SAY THEY DID FIND EVIDENCE OF A STABBING, AND THEY’RE NOW ASKING ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TO CALL POLICE. COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN YORK ARE MARKING NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK, WHICH RUNS THROUGH TOMORROW. THE 38TH ANNUAL CRIME VICTIMS MARCH AND CANDLELIGHT VIGIL WAS HELD LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY. THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE SEEING HERE. IT WAS FOR SURVIVORS, AS WELL AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE WHO HAVE DEALT WITH VIOLENT CRIMES. THE EVENT STARTED WITH A SMALL CEREMONY AT THE COLONIAL COURTHOUSE, AND FROM THERE, PARTICIPANTS MARCHED UP MARKET STREET TO TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. JUST BEING ABLE TO SPEAK OUT AND TELL PEOPLE YOUR STORY IS VERY HEALING. EVERYTHING THAT I THINK THAT WE DO TO SPREAD SOME PEACE AND SOME CARE AMONGST EACH OTHER. THE GOAL OF THAT PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BETTER LEARN HOW TO SUPPORT THOSE SURVIVORS. AND AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM, WE SAW THAT THEY WERE LIGHTING THOSE CANDLES TO TRY TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE. COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE. THIS MORNING, BOTH OF PENNSYLVANIA’S U.S. SENATE CANDIDATES MADE STOPS IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY JUST DAYS AFTER OFFICIALLY EARNING THEIR RESPECTIVE NOMINATIONS DURING THE PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY. YOU CAN SEE AS DEMOCRAT, DEMOCRATIC SENATOR BOB CASEY AND HIS CHALLENGER, REPUBLICAN DAVE MCCORMICK, WERE BOTH IN HARRISBURG YESTERDAY. CASEY WAS TALKING TO VETERANS AT THE VIVA SENIOR LIVING CENTER. MCCORMICK HELD A RALLY AT THE BEARDED GOAT BREWERY. BOTH TALKED ABOUT WHAT WILL BE A PIVOTAL AND EXPENSIVE ELECTION, WHICH COULD HELP DECIDE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE U.S. SENATE. I THINK PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ON WHAT WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST HARD FOUGHT SENATE ELECTIONS IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY, ALONG WITH OBVIOUSLY, A BIG PRESIDENTIAL RACE, BUT I THINK IT PRESENTS A REALLY CLEAR CHOICE BETWEEN TWO VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE. I FEEL THAT OUR PARTIES COME TOGETHER, OUR PARTIES COME TOGETHER BEHIND ME. EVERY ASPECT OF OUR PARTY. YOU SEE THIS TODAY. YOU SEE IT ANYWHERE WE GO, I THINK. I THINK IT’S BECOMING A VERY CLEAR CHOICE. AND WE’LL SEE THEM ON STAGE TOGETHER AT LEAST THREE TIMES. CASEY MCCORMICK HAVE BOTH AGREED TO HAVE THREE DEBATES LEADING UP TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. ONE OF THOSE DEBATES IN HARRISBURG TODAY OFFICIALLY MARKS ONE MONTH SINCE THAT DEADLY COLLAPSE OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE IN BALTIMORE. CITY LEADERS SAY THEY ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THEIR GOAL OF FULLY REOPENING THE PORT OF BALTIMORE BY THE END OF MAY. TODAY, SEVERAL CARGO SHIPS WILL BE SAILING THROUGH ONE OF THE TEMPORARY CHANNELS THAT’S SET UP AROUND THE COLLAPSE SITE BEFORE FOR THAT CHANNEL IS CLOSED OFF ON TUESDAY TO ALLOW CREWS TO REMOVE MORE STEEL FROM THE TOP OF THAT CARGO SHIP THAT HIT THE BRIDGE. THERE YOU SEE THE BRIDGE GOING DOWN. ALWAYS HARD TO WATCH THAT VIDEO. SIX VICTIMS WERE KILLED WHEN THAT BRIDGE WENT DOWN. TWO OF THOSE VICTIMS ARE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR. 608 NOW. AND WE HEARD ABOUT CHRISTINE’S FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. THE MORNING LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR ALL THESE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL RACE AGAINST RACISM EVENT. THERE ARE TWO OF THEM HAPPENING IN HARRISBURG OR IN LANCASTER AND IN YORK. TAKE YOUR PICK. RIGHT. NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES, HE’S AT THE YWCA IN LANCASTER TO PREVIEW WHAT WE CAN EXPECT THERE FOR THE WEEKEND. JAKE. HEY, MATT AND CAITLIN. GOOD MORNING. WELL, TOMORROW MORNING AT MUS’ART PARK, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE WEARING SHIRTS LIKE THESE AND THESE NUMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 26TH ANNUAL RACE AGAINST RACISM. AND OBVIOUSLY, ALL THIS FUN IS TO FIGHT FOR EQUITY. AND I HAVE THE CEO HERE WITH ME OF WHY LANCASTER, STACY BLAKE, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING JAKE. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS MONEY WILL BE USED TO FIGHT FOR THOSE EFFORTS. YOU KNOW, HERE AT YWCA LANCASTER, WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING ON EQUITY. SO FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE INVITE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN RACIAL EQUITY INSTITUTE, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW EQUITY WORKS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IF THERE ARE INEQUITIES, WHAT CAN YOU BE DOING ABOUT THAT? YEAH, AND STACY, WE’RE WEARING OUR T SHIRTS. WE SEE ALL KINDS OF MORE T SHIRTS HERE. GOODIE BAGS. WHAT ARE THOSE FINAL PREPARATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW FOR THIS RACE? WELL, FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, I EXPECT LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS IN THIS ROOM TO HELP ALL THE TEAMS WHO ARE PICKING UP THEIR MATERIALS. PEOPLE CAN STILL COME AND REGISTER UNTIL 6:00 TODAY. AND I’VE ALSO NOTICED OUT ON THE STREET, YOU KNOW, THE STREETS ARE STARTING TO GET MARKED OFF. THE SIGNS ARE BEING STACKED UP, BUT TOMORROW MORNING THERE’LL BE FOOD VENDORS, THERE’LL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS TO HAVE LOTS OF FUN ACTIVITIES AND OF COURSE, THE RACE. YEAH, SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN. THANK YOU STACY. AND AGAIN, THE RACE IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING TOMORROW AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING AT STACY AT MERCER PARK. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND OF COURSE YOU CAN GET THOSE TICKETS ONLINE OR IN PERSON HERE AT YWCA LANCASTER. AND THE TICKETS ARE $40 FOR ADULTS REPORTING LIVE IN LANCASTER. JC REYES, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT, JAKE, THANK YOU. AND I’M GOING TO BE AT THAT RACE AT MUSSER PARK TOMORROW MORNING. SO I HOPE THAT YOU’LL COME OUT AND JOIN ME IN LANCASTER AND ALSO GABRIEL THOMAS. SHE’S GOING TO BE EMCEEING THE EVENT IN YORK TOMORROW MORNING. SO A LOT OF RACES TO GO TO. AND ONE MORE TO TELL YOU ABOUT. YEAH, ONE MORE. THIS ONE IN HARRISBURG, THE LOGAN’S RUN FIVE K AND FAMILY FUN WALK FOR AUTISM IS HAPPENING ON CITY ISLAND. NEWS EIGHT CHIEF METEOROLOGI