ON WGAL NEWS EIGHT AT NOON STARTS NOW. INFLATION PICKS. UP SLIGHTLY, REVERSING SOME RECENT PROGRESS. A HOUSE FIRE IN LANCASTER COUNTY SENDS ONE PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL, A STEP FORWARD IN REOPENING THE PORT OF BALTIMORE. THE ONE OF A KIND PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT HAS ARRIVED AT THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. GOOD AFTERNOON. ON THIS. GOOD. FRIDAY, I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO A FIRE THIS MORNING IN A HOME IN MOUNTVILLE LANCASTER COUNTY. SENT ONE PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL. NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS WAS AT THE SCENE OF A SEMI-DETACHED HOME HERE ON FRALICK AVENUE. WENT UP INTO FLAMES EARLY THIS MORNING AND AS A RESULT, ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. THIS IS VIDEO WE CAPTURED WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE AT THE SCENE. THE CALL CAME IN AROUND 3:15 A.M. AND WE WERE TOLD THE FIRE CHIEF ACTUALLY SAW THE FIRE ON HIS WAY INTO WORK AND CALLED IT IN. YOU CAN SEE FIREFIGHTERS ACTIVELY FIGHTING THE FIRE AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOME. I SPOKE WITH THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF AND HE SAYS THE PERSON THAT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL LIVED ON THE HOME ON THE LEFT WHERE THE FIRE STARTED. THE PERSON THAT LIVED IN THE HOME. ON THE RIGHT MADE IT OUT SAFE. AS WE LEARN MORE INFORMATION, WE’LL MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON AIR AND ONLINE IN MOUNTVILLE GABRIEL THOMAS, WJZ. NEWS EIGHT. A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AT THE DAUPHIN COUNTY PRISON IS ACCUSED OF EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FRAN CHARDO SAYS SCOTT PETRACEK IS CHARGED WITH SIMPLE ASSAULT AND OFFICIAL OPPRESSION IN CONNECTION WITH AN INCIDENT. FEBRUARY 24TH AT THE JUDICIAL CENTER. CHARDO SAID THE CHARGES WERE PART OF THE ONGOING PURSUIT OF PROFESSIONALISM AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE DAUPHIN COUNTY PRISON. PETRACEK HAS BEEN SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY DURING THE INVESTIGATION. IN A THREE VEHICLE CRASH OVERNIGHT IN DAUPHIN COUNTY SENT ONE PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 230 THIS MORNING ON THE 1900 BLOCK OF LEXINGTON AVENUE IN LOWER SWATARA TOWNSHIP, LOWER SWATARA TOWNSHIP. POLICE SAY A PICKUP. TRUCK HIT TWO PARKED VEHICLES AND THEN ROLLED ON ITS SIDE. THE DRIVER WAS THE ONLY PERSON HURT AND WAS CITED FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. VIEWER VIDEO SHOWS PART OF A HIGH SPEED CHASE LAST NIGHT IN LANCASTER COUNTY THAT ENDED IN A CRASH. IT SHOWS A TRUCK COMING OVER A HILL ON FROGTOWN ROAD ALMOST HITTING SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS AND AVOIDING SPIKE STRIPS THAT POLICE HAD PUT DOWN ON THE ROAD. STATE POLICE SAY THE CHASE STARTED AFTER SEVERAL PEOPLE REPORTED SEEING A TRUCK BACKING UP INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON WEST PENN. GRANT ROAD IN PEQUEA TOWNSHIP. POLICE TRIED TO PULL THE TRUCK OVER, BUT SAY THE DRIVER REFUSED TO STOP AND DROVE INTO MARDUK TOWNSHIP. STATE TROOPERS EVENTUALLY STOPPED THE DRIVER BY HITTING THE SIDE OF THE CAR, CAUSING HIM TO RUN INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLL OVER. WE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THE CRASH. I HADN’T MADE IT THERE WHEN IT. CRASHED AND FLIPPED, BUT I COULD HEAR IT. I WAS WALKING BACK DOWN THE LANE AND I COULD HEAR THE CRASH. SO WHEN YOU HAVE CARS CHASING AND ROLLING OVER, YOU NEVER KNOW WHETHER IT’S GOING TO END UP SOMEBODY PROPERTY OR WORSE THAN THAT, END UP IN SOMEBODY’S HOME. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS ALONG HERE AND WE HAVE GRANDKIDS AND MY WIFE ALWAYS SAID, LIKE, I OFTEN WALK WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER UP AND DOWN THIS ROAD. SO, YOU KNOW, SCARY. THOSE ARE SCARY THINGS. STATE POLICE ARRESTED THE DRIVER, WHO’S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 28 YEAR OLD KEANU. GHOSTS OF PEQUEA. TROOPERS SAY HE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE HURT, BUT WAS TAKEN TO LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR A MEDICAL AND MENTAL EVALUATION. HE IS FACING EIGHT COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. METEOROLOGIST MATT BENDER JOINS ME NOW WITH A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST ON THIS FRIDAY. PRETTY NICE OUT THERE TODAY. IT IS NICE OUT THERE. STARTED OFF A LITTLE CHILLY. IF WE LOOK BACK SIX HOURS THAT ARE YORK SKY CAM WE WERE AT THE FREEZING MARK ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BELOW IT 29 DEGREES. BUT LOOK AT THE COLORS IN THE SKY WITH SUNRISE. WE HAD THAT LAST NIGHT TOO, WITH SUNSET. A LOT OF ORANGES AND REDS IN THE AIR. BLUE SKY AS WE WENT THROUGH THE MORNING AND JUST A COUPLE CLOUDS OUT THERE. THIS IS WHAT WE’LL BE SEEING FOR THE REST OF TODAY. IN FACT, AT YORK RIGHT NOW, WE’RE LOOKING AT 51 DEGREES UNDER THOSE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. BUT LOOK AT THAT WIND. WEST NORTHWEST, 20 MILES AN HOUR. IT IS GOING TO BE A BREEZY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR WORKS ITS WAY IN HERE JUST FOR TODAY. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME SHOWERS THAT WILL BE APPROACHING FOR THE DAY TOMORROW, BUT WINDY IS THE WORD FOR TODAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY PART OF THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND THE MID 50S. THEN IT WILL BE ANOTHER COOL ONE TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL STAY ABOVE FREEZING. AND THEN THAT SETS UP SOME SHOWERS FOR TOMORROW. OF THE REST OF THOSE FORECAST DETAILS COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MATT A SHOOTING LAST NIGHT IN YORK COUNTY SENT ONE PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL. NORTHERN YORK COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND 9:00 LAST NIGHT ALONG BUCK ROAD, NORTH OF DOVER. EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS SAY THAT ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. NO WORD ON THAT. VICTIM’S INJURIES. NEW AT NOON. THE LATEST INFLATION NUMBERS HAVE BEEN RELEASED. NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LU REPORTS FROM OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU. THE REPORT SHOWS THAT PRICES ROSE 0.3% LAST MONTH, A SLIGHT DECREASE FROM JANUARY, KEEPING THE FED ON HOLD FROM CUTTING BACK ON INTEREST RATES. THE PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES INDEX, OR PCE INDEX, IS THE FEDERAL RESERVE’S FAVORED METHOD OF MEASURING INFLATION. IT STAYED MOSTLY IN LINE WITH ECONOMISTS EXPECTATIONS. ON THE PREVIOUS MONTH, THE FED LOOKS AT THE NUMBER, EXCLUDING THE VOLATILE PRICES OF FOOD AND ENERGY, WHICH ALSO ROSE 0.3% LAST MONTH. WHILE YEAR TO YEAR INFLATION IS AT 2.8%. THAT MEANS BRINGING INFLATION DOWN TO THE FED’S IDEAL 2% GOAL REMAINS THE CHALLENGE. CENTRAL BANKERS HAVE PUSHED INTEREST RATES TO DECADE HIGHS TO DISCOURAGE MORE CONSUMER SPENDING AND PRICE GROWTH. AT ITS MEETING THIS MONTH, THE FED CHOSE TO LEAVE INTEREST RATES UNTOUCHED, MEANING THAT THE COST OF BORROWING MONEY FOR THINGS LIKE HOUSES, CARS AND CREDIT CARDS REMAIN EXPENSIVE IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU, JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER CHOCOLATE PRICES ARE SURGING. RETAIL CHOCOLATE PRICES ROSE MORE THAN 11% IN 2023, AND COCOA FUTURES ARE UP 250% FROM LAST MARCH. EXPERTS BLAME ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND CROP DISEASES IN WEST AFRICA, WHERE 70% OF THE WORLD’S COCOA IS PRODUCED, THE LARGEST CRANE ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD HAS ARRIVED IN BALTIMORE FOR THE SALVAGE OF THE COLLAPSED KEY BRIDGE. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS MOVED THE THOUSAND TON CRANE INTO PLACE TO DISMANTLE THE REMNANTS OF THE BRIDGE, SO THAT THE BALTIMORE PORT CAN REOPEN. NBC’S TOM COSTELLO HAS MORE FROM BALTIMORE. INSIDE THE NOW BLOCKED CHANNEL AT THE PORT OF BALTIMORE ARE THE REMNANTS OF THE KEY BRIDGE POKING PRECARIOUSLY OUT OF THE PATAPSCO RIVER, WHERE THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS PREPARING FOR THE DAUNTING OPERATION TO CLEAR IT OUT. THESE EDGES, SHARP EDGES ON THE STEEL, YOU SEE, THOSE ARE RAZOR SHARP AND THEY GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM. WE’VE GOT TO BE VERY, VERY, VERY CAREFUL AND DELIBERATE AS WE DO THIS WORK. CLEARING THE CHANNEL MEANS GETTING EVERYTHING OUT DOWN TO THE SAND BECAUSE THE MASSIVE CARGO SHIPS THAT PASS THROUGH ONLY HAVE INCHES TO SPARE. YOU SEE THAT PIECE OF STEEL THAT IS RIGHT THERE CRUSHING THE FRONT, THE BOW OF THE SHIP? THAT ALONE WEIGHS 3 TO 4000 TONS. THEY’VE GOT TO CUT THAT INTO PIECES TO REMOVE IT. AND THAT’S JUST FOR ONE STRETCH OF THE BRIDGE. THERE IS EVEN MORE DANGER BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE MURKY WATER. DIVERS WILL NEED LIGHTS AND CUTTING TORCHES TO CUT APART THE BRIDGE PIECE BY PIECE. IT’S WHY DIVE TEAMS HAVE HAD TO STOP SEARCHING FOR FOUR STILL MISSING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SEEN ON DASH CAM WORKING ON THE BRIDGE JUST HOURS BEFORE THE CARGO SHIP COLLIDED WITH IT. THAT WATER IS SO DARK AND THE DEBRIS IS SO DENSE THAT IN MOST INSTANCES, OUR DIVERS CANNOT SEE ANY MORE THAN A FOOT OR TWO IN FRONT OF THEM. SO MUCH OF THE OPERATION IS SIMPLY FEEL ON BOARD THE DAMAGED DOLLY. NEW. THE VIDEO FROM THE NTSB SHOWS JUST HOW ENTANGLED PORTIONS OF THE KEY BRIDGE HAVE BECOME WITH THE SHIP. INVESTIGATORS BACK ON BOARD THURSDAY TO INTERVIEW CREW MEMBERS, INCLUDING TWO LOCAL PILOTS WHO REMAIN ON BOARD WITH 21 OTHERS. THEY’RE ALSO EXAMINING EQUIPMENT AND THE DAMAGED CONTAINERS, SOME OF WHICH ARE LEAKING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INSIDE THE BOAT AND INTO THE RIVER. THIS WORK IS VERY UNFORGIVING, AND THE PLANNING HAS TO BE DONE IN EXTREME DETAIL, AND THAT’S THE WORK THAT’S GOING ON TODAY. POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS, INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. HOW DANGEROUS IT IS. THAT TWISTED METAL, THAT TWISTED BRIDGE UNDERNEATH THE WATER. IT IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT COULD POTENTIALLY POSE A LETHAL THREAT TO ANY OF THE DIVERS WHO ARE WORKING UNDERWATER. THEY WILL NEED, AS WE SAID, CUTTING TORCHES TO CUT UP PIECES OF THE BRIDGE. THAT’S THEIR PRIORITY. AND IN THE MEANTIME, THE PRIORITY IS TO ENSURE THAT ANYTHING THAT’S ON THE WATER, ANYTHING THAT LEAKED OUT OF THOSE CONTAINERS IS NOT A THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT. BACK TO YOU. CHRISTIANS HELD A PROCESSION IN THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM ON THIS GOOD FRIDAY, RETRACING WHAT IS TRADITION HELD TO BE THE ROUTE THAT JESUS CHRIST TOOK TO HIS CRUCIFIXION. THEY THEN WENT TO THE HOLY SEPULCHER CHURCH THAT’S ON THE SITE WHERE CHRISTIANS BELIEVE JESUS WAS BURIED BEFORE RISING FROM THE DEAD. THREE DAYS LATER, THE LOUIS GOSSETT TROOPER JACQUES, THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO WIN A SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCAR AND AN EMMY FOR HIS ROLE IN THE TELEVISION MINI SERIES ROOTS, HAS DIED. GOSSETT SAID HE THOUGHT OF HIS EARLY CAREER AS A REVERSE CINDERELLA STORY, WITH SUCCESS FINDING HIM FROM AN EARLY AGE. HE WAS WAS ALSO ON BROADWAY, REPLACING BILLY DANIELS IN GOLDEN BOY IN 1964. HE RECENTLY PLAYED AN UPSTANDING PATRIARCH IN THE 2023 REMAKE OF THE COLO