Pennsylvania expands deer rifle season with more Sunday hunting days
AND THE PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS HAVE A RESPECT FOR THE SACRED IMAGE OF OF JESUS CHRIST. LOCAL CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP WEIGHING IN ON AN AI GENERATED POST FROM THE PRESIDENT. THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE OF HARRISBURG. FROM A GOSPEL STANDPOINT, MULTIPLE FIGHTS AT THE MALL FAIR, 213 YEAR OLDS ARRESTED. HOW POLICE PLAN TO QUELL THE CHAOS. A PUSH TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE WITHIN THE STEELTON BOROUGH AFTER SHOTS FIRED OUTSIDE OF A BAR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, REASSURING THE COMMUNITY THAT WE’RE HERE. WE LOVE YOU. THAT’S IT. THAT’S ALL WHAT THE PUSH IS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR SAFETY. IT’S TERRIBLE TO THINK THAT ANY HORSES WOULD LOSE THEIR LIVES THAT WAY. A HORSE FARM STRUCK BY TRAGEDY. WE’LL HEAR FROM THE OWNER ABOUT LOSING 12 HORSES TO A FREAK FIRE YESTERDAY. A TASTE OF SUMMER. AS WE HEAD INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK, WE’LL SHOW YOU JUST HOW WARM THOSE TEMPERATURES GO AND IF THERE’S ANY CHANCE FOR RAIN. THE UPDATED TEN DAY FORECAST. WGAL NEWS EIGHT AT FIVE STARTS NOW. TWO TEENAGERS IN CUFFS AFTER MULTIPLE FIGHTS BROKE OUT AT A MALL CARNIVAL OVER THE WEEKEND IN LANCASTER. WELCOME TO NEWS EIGHT AT FIVE, EVERYONE. I’M BRIAN ROCHE AND I’M LORI BURKHOLDER. OFFICERS FROM FIVE DEPARTMENTS SHOWED UP TO STOP THE VIOLENCE NEAR PARK CITY CENTER. NEWS EIGHT’S MEREDITH JORGENSEN IS ON THE SCENE RIGHT NOW WITH HOW POLICE AND ORGANIZERS PLAN TO KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. MAYOR BRIAN AND LORI, THOSE TWO PEOPLE ARRESTED JUST 13 YEARS OLD, A BOY AND A GIRL. AND WHILE THE CARNIVAL HERE WASN’T SCHEDULED TO REOPEN UNTIL WEDNESDAY TODAY, THE FAIR OPERATORS INSTALLED THIS FENCE AROUND THE CARNIVAL SITE, AND POLICE SAY THEY’RE WORKING WITH PLAN TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A SAFE, FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT. IT WAS SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN ONE FAIRGOER CAUGHT PART OF ONE FIGHT ON CAMERA IN A PARKING LOT NEAR THE PENN VALLEY SHOWS CARNIVAL, HOSTED BY PARK CITY CENTER. LANCASTER POLICE SAY AT LEAST ONE FIGHT STARTED IN THE PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET, THEN SPILLED OVER TO THE FAIR, EVENTUALLY MOVING TO THE ADJACENT PARKING LOT. NO WORD ON WHAT THAT FIGHT WAS ABOUT. NEWS EIGHT RECEIVED EMAILS FROM FAIR GOERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE THREAT OF PEPPER SPRAY BY ONE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS. LANCASTER CITY, MANHEIM TOWNSHIP STATE POLICE MANOR TOWNSHIP AND EAST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP POLICE ALL RESPONDED. LAST YEAR, TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT AT A PENN VALLEY SHOW CARNIVAL BEHIND PENN MEDICINE PARK, AND THE LAST DAY OF THE CARNIVAL WAS CANCELED AS POLICE INVESTIGATED THAT INCIDENT. THE TEENS ARRESTED WERE CHARGED WITH DEFIANT TRESPASSING, EVADING ARREST AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT. SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES. THE FAIR OPERATOR WILL ENFORCE. IT’S UNACCOMPANIED MINOR POLICY. NO UNACCOMPANIED MINOR POLICY. SO EVERYONE UNDER 18 HAS TO BE WITH AN ADULT AND IT WILL CUT ITS CLOSE TIME FROM 930 TO 8 P.M. EVERY NIGHT, WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THAT’S THE LATEST HERE IN LANCASTER ON MEREDITH JORGENSEN WGAL NEWS EIGHT. MEREDITH. THANK YOU. WE ARE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE SECOND SUSPECT. HARRISBURG POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR CONNECTED TO A CHURCH BURGLARY FROM EARLIER THIS MONTH. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS MAN, JEFFREY YOUNGBLOOD, ON CHARGES OF BURGLARY, INSTITUTIONAL VANDALISM AND OTHER RELATED OFFENSES. THESE CHARGES STEM FROM THE BURGLARY AT BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH ON APRIL 1ST, WHERE THIEVES MADE OFF WITH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF COPPER PIPES. NATHAN JOHNSON WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY CONNECTED TO THE INCIDENT. POLICE IN STEELTON, DAUPHIN COUNTY, SAY THEY ARRESTED A MAN WHO THEY SAY SET A WOODEN CROSS ON FIRE OUTSIDE OF A CHURCH, WITH CHURCH LEADERS SAYING THIS CROSS IN PARTICULAR HAS EVEN MORE PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THE CONGREGATION. THE CHOIR CANON IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING ARSON OFFICERS AS WELL AS THE STEELTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, WERE CALLED TO SAINT JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH ON NORTH SECOND STREET SATURDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY WITNESSES DESCRIBED THE SUSPECT SPRAYING A SUBSTANCE ON THE CROSS BEFORE LIGHTING IT ON FIRE. THE CROSS HOLDS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, SIGNIFICANCE TO THE CHURCH AND ITS CONGREGATION. AS A MEMBER TELLS US, IT WAS CARVED OUT OF A TREE THREE YEARS AGO BY A CHURCH MEMBER. THANKFULLY, THEY SAY THE DAMAGE IS MINIMAL AND THEY HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE SUSPECT. WE WILL PRAY FOR HIM AND HOPE THAT YOU KNOW HE WILL BECOME A BETTER PERSON. THE VAN FOR A CHILD DAYCARE CENTER AT THE CHURCH WAS ALSO EGGED ON SATURDAY. IT’S NOT CLEAR IF THE TWO INCIDENTS ARE RELATED. TONIGHT IN STEELTON, NEIGHBORS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR WHAT’S CALLED A STOP. THAT CAMPAIGN ORIGINALLY STARTED IN NEW YORK CITY TO FLOOD COMMUNITIES WITH SUPPORT AFTER DEADLY SHOOTINGS. IT NOW MAKES ITS WAY TO THE DAUPHIN COUNTY BOROUGH. AJ SISON JOINS US LIVE IN STEELTON. WITH ALL OF THIS EVOLVED INTO WHAT WE’LL SEE TONIGHT, AJ. LORI MARIE SIERRA SAYS THIS SPURRED OUT OF A PATTERN WITHIN THE STEELTON BOROUGH, AS SHOOTINGS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE EITHER LEFT PEOPLE WALKING AWAY INJURED OR LEFT SOME DEAD. NOW, LEADERS WITH YORK CITY’S GUN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM ARE STEPPING IN TO HELP MAKE THE STEELTON BOROUGH SAFER. IF THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW UP THE WAY THEY’RE GOING TO SHOW UP TONIGHT, THAT’S STILL GOING TO BE ANOTHER CITY THAT IS ATTENDING MORE GRADUATIONS THAN US FUNERALS. STOP THAT. YORK CITY GUN VIOLENCE INTERVENTIONS. TIFF LOWE SAYS. ORIGINALLY STARTED IN YORK IN 2023 FOLLOWING A DEADLY SHOOTING, AND NOW THE TOUR STARTS IN STEELTON. I REMEMBER THE FIRST ONE WE DID IT. THERE WERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAD SAID TO US, MAN, I HAVEN’T SAT ON MY PORCH IN YEARS, BUT JUST THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE OUT HERE, I FELT SAFE ENOUGH. LONG TIME RESIDENTS OF STEELTON, LIKE 79 YEAR OLD JESSE EVANS, SAYS IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE. WELL, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE’VE HAD DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW, BUT NOTHING LIKE WE’VE HAD IN THE LAST, I’D SAY, SIX MONTHS WITH THE SHOOTINGS. ON SUNDAY MORNING, TWO MEN ALLEGEDLY FIRED THEIR GUNS NEAR THE SOUL LOUNGE WITH NO INJURIES. IN MARCH, A SHOOTING AT THE PARADISE PALACE LEFT AARON ANDERSON JR DEAD, AND THREE MORE HURT. THE SOUL LOUNGE MADE HEADLINES LAST JULY WHEN KENNETH COX SHOT A PERSON IN THE LEG. NOW THE TWO STOP. THAT TOUR COMES TO STEELTON TO CURB THIS VIOLENCE. STOP THAT TOUR IS UNIVERSAL. YOU DON’T NEED TOO MUCH. YOU JUST NEED A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE THAT’S WILLING TO COME TOGETHER, KNOCK ON DOORS, REASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE HERE, STARTING WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP IN YOUR ONE THAT HAPPENS, THE CITY STOPS WHAT IT’S DOING, LETTING LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS GO DOOR TO DOOR TO GIVE AWAY FOOD AND CLOTHING, GIVING A SPACE FOR HEALING AND REASSURANCE. I’M WILLING TO STOP MY EMAILS. INTERVIEW TO COME AND LOVE ON THE COMMUNITY. IT’S THAT IMPORTANT TO ME. STOP. THAT TOUR IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE IN YOUR COLLECTIVE FLOW DOWN IN YORK WITH A GUN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM SAYS IT’S BEEN EFFECTIVE. NOW, THE EVENT DOES START TONIGHT, BUT LEADERS HERE IN THE STEELTON BOROUGH AREN’T SAYING WHEN AND WHERE IT’S SUPPOSED TO START SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WANT IT TO POP UP, SIMILAR TO HOW CRIME OCCURS WITHOUT ANY WARNING. IN STEELTON BOROUGH. AJ SISON WGAL NEWS 8 AFTER FAILED NEGOTIATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST THIS WEEKEND, THE U.S. MILITARY SAYS IT WILL START BLOCKADING ALL IRANIAN PORTS AND COASTAL AREAS TODAY, AND THIS IS FOLLOWING THROUGH ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S EARLIER VOW TO ENTIRELY BLOCK THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND THE MOVE SETS THE STAGE FOR A SHOWDOWN AS IRAN RESPONDS WITH THREATS ON PORTS IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. SHORTLY AFTER THE BLOCKADE WAS SET TO BEGIN, PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IRANIAN WARSHIPS THAT COME ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE U.S. BLOCKAGE WILL BE DESTROYED. I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW. BLOCKADING THE STRAIT IS GOING TO SOMEHOW PUSH THE IRANIANS INTO OPENING IT. AFTER THIS NEWS TODAY, AMONG ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS, THE STOCK MARKET DID RALLY BACK TODAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DOW WAS ABLE TO GAIN JUST OVER 300 POINTS. THE NASDAQ WAS UP 281 AND THE S&P 500 GAINED JUST OVER 69. I DID IT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS ME AS A DOCTOR AND HAD TO DO WITH RED CROSS AS A RED CROSS WORKER, WHICH WE SUPPORT, AND ONLY THE FAKE NEWS COULD COME UP WITH THAT ONE. I DON’T THINK THAT THAT’S. APPROPRIATE. PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSING A POSTED NOW DELETED IMAGE FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA OF AN AI GENERATED VERSION OF HIMSELF IN THE ROBES THAT JESUS IS TYPICALLY DEPICTED IN. NEWS 8 SUSAN SHAPIRO IS HERE WITH THE NEW EXPLANATION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND WHAT THE BISHOP OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF HARRISBURG IS SAYING IN RESPONSE. TRUMP VERIFIED THAT HE DID INDEED POST THE IMAGE YESTERDAY TO TRUTH SOCIAL. THE FOREHEAD OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SICK MAN. IT’S BEEN WIDELY CRITICIZED AS TRUMP BEING DEPICTED AS JESUS, BUT HE SAYS THAT’S NOT CORRECT, INSTEAD CLAIMING HE’S A RED CROSS WORKER. IT HAS SINCE BEEN TAKEN DOWN. BUT WE ASKED MOST REVEREND TIMOTHY SENIOR, THE BISHOP OF THE HARRISBURG CATHOLIC DIOCESE, HIS THOUGHTS ON THE COMPARISON. I DON’T THINK THAT THAT’S APPROPRIATE. SO AND TO SAY THE LEAST. YOU KNOW, POSING IN THIS WAY AS AS JESUS. YOU KNOW, I, I THINK ALL CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS HAVE A RESPECT FOR THE SACRED IMAGE OF, OF JESUS CHRIST. SUSAN TRUMP POSTED THIS IMAGE RIGHT AFTER CRITICIZING POPE LEO FOR THE 14TH FOR SPEAKING AGAINST THE WAR IN IRAN. AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY MORE ABOUT WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE POPE. THAT’S RIGHT. BRIAN TRUMP TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE WILL NOT APOLOGIZE TO POPE LEO FOR HIS SHARP CRITICISMS OF THE FIRST AMERICAN LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, SAYING HE SHOULD KEEP POLITICS OFF THE PULPIT.
Pennsylvania expands deer rifle season with more Sunday hunting days
Updated: 5:33 PM EDT Apr 13, 2026
Pennsylvania hunters will have additional opportunities for deer rifle season this year following a decision by the state Game Commission. You can view News 8 headlines in the video player above. The board voted Saturday to open the season on Nov. 28 and extend it through Dec. 13.This expansion increases the number of hunting days and raises the number of Sunday hunting days from one to three. The Game Commission had already shifted the season’s start from the Monday after Thanksgiving to the Saturday following the holiday. Supporters said the earlier start could boost interest in hunting and help reduce the deer population.
Pennsylvania hunters will have additional opportunities for deer rifle season this year following a decision by the state Game Commission.
You can view News 8 headlines in the video player above.
The board voted Saturday to open the season on Nov. 28 and extend it through Dec. 13.
This expansion increases the number of hunting days and raises the number of Sunday hunting days from one to three.
The Game Commission had already shifted the season’s start from the Monday after Thanksgiving to the Saturday following the holiday.
Supporters said the earlier start could boost interest in hunting and help reduce the deer population.