Republican gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity hosts listening session on data center development
RANDY. WELL, THE TIME NOW IS 655 AND TIME FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT TO GO. THE NEWS EIGHT TODAY TEAM IS HERE TO HELP YOU START YOUR DAY. AND WE BEGIN IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, WHERE ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND AN OFFICER IS HURT AFTER A SHOOTING. POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A HOME IN UPPER ALLEN TOWNSHIP AROUND 930 YESTERDAY MORNING FOR REPORTS OF GUNSHOTS. INVESTIGATORS SAY JEFFREY DEJESUS, MECHANICSBURG, SHOT AND THEN FROM INSIDE HIS HOME ON OAKWOOD AVENUE. POLICE SAY OFFICERS THEN RETURNED FIRE, KILLING DEJESUS. THE OFFICER, WHO WAS HURT, HAS SINCE BEEN TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. STATE POLICE, ALONG WITH CUMBERLAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, ARE INVESTIGATING AND THEY HAVE NOT SAID WHAT LED UP TO THE SHOOTING. REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR, STACY GARRITY, IS HOLDING A DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT LISTENING SESSION TODAY IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. SHE SAYS SHE WILL LEAD A DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE CONCERNS COMMUNITIES ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA HAVE ABOUT DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. GARRITY WILL ALSO BE JOINED BY SEVERAL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. TOWNSHIP LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE EVENT STARTS AT 130 AT THE NEW CUMBERLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT ON FOURTH STREET. ALL RIGHT, WE’VE GOT SUNSHINE, LIGHT BREEZE AND VERY COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS TO KICK OFF THE WORK WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER, BRINGING US SOME SPLENDID CONDITIONS, NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT ALSO TOMORROW. HERE’S A LOOK AT THOSE TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW. UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S ACROSS THE AREA. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE DEW POINTS ARE IN THE 50S AS WELL. SO FEELING VERY NICE OUTSIDE. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE FORECAST FOR TODAY. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, A FEW PASSING CLOUDS, TEMPERATURES NEAR SEASONABLE AVERAGE AROUND 80 DEGREES. TONIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR. COOLER AS WE HEAD INTO THE UPPER 50S AND THEN INCREASING CLOUDS FOR OUR TUESDAY. STILL PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. STILL COMFORTABLE BUT WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. OVER TO THE ROADWAYS. WE DO HAVE A FEW SLOWDOWNS THIS MORNING A NEW ACCIDENT JUST POPPED UP IN EPHRATA. THIS IS ON ROUTE 322. IT IS CAUSING SOME SLOWDOWNS ALONG THAT ROUTE. WE ALSO HAVE DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY IN LANCASTER CITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS CAUSING A MAJOR SLOWDOWN ON EAST SAINT OR NORTH QUEEN STREET. EXCUSE ME. AND IT’S ALSO AFFECTING SOME OF NORTH DUKE STREET. WE STILL HAVE A VEHICLE FIRE GOING ON ON HORSESHOE ROAD AND MOUNT SIDNEY ROAD IN EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP. WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT. AND THIS DISABLED VEHICLE IS BLOCKING PARTIALLY THE OFF RAMP ON I-81 SOUTHBOUND NEAR ENOLA ROAD TODAY. THE YWCA IN LANCASTER, ALONG WITH SURVIVORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WILL RALLY FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION FUNDING. ORGANIZERS SAY THIS YEAR’S RALLY WILL HAVE A SPECIAL FOCUS ON A CALL FOR $12.5 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING AND NEW LEGISLATION TO PROTECT SURVIVORS OF AI, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT. THAT RALLY IS SET FOR TWO THIS AFTERNOON AT THE STATE CAPITOL. TODAY, THE ALLIANCE OF BIKERS AIMED TOWARD EDUCATION ARE SET TO RALLY FOR MOTORCYCLE SAFETY. THE GROUP IS SET TO RIDE TO THE STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX THIS MORNING AND MEET WITH LAWMAKERS TO TALK ABOUT RIDER RIGHTS AND BILLS IMPACTING THE MOTORCYCLING COMMUNITY. COMMONWEALTH AVENUE OUTSIDE THE STATE CAPITOL WILL BE CLOSED FROM 915 TO 130 TODAY FOR THE RALLY. ALSO TODAY, A TEAM OF POLICE OFFICERS AND SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES WILL BE IN HARRISBURG, CARRYING THE OLYMPIC TORCH TO THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING. THIS IS ALL PART OF THE FIRST EVER COAST TO COAST TORCH RUN IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS HISTORY. ORGANIZERS SAY THE TORCH RUN WILL LEAVE CITY ISLAND AROUND 11 THIS MORNING AND GET TO THE CAPITOL AROUND 1130. THEY SAY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN HAS RAISED MORE THAN $1 BILLION FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS SINCE IT BEGAN IN 1981. THIS YEAR, SPECIAL OLYMPICS GET UNDERWAY ON JUNE 20TH IN MINNESOTA. IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY TO BE OUTDOORS. TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 DEGREES AND NICE AND COMFORTABLE. TOMORROW, A LITTLE WARMER BUT STILL PLEASANT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S. THEN WE CRANK UP THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. UPPER 80S MORE HUMID, FEW SHOWERS, A COUPLE RUMBLES OF THUNDER, AND THEN WE HEAD TO THE 90S AND WE COULD SEE DEW POINTS IN THE 70S. WE’VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE. WE HAVEN’T SEEN THOSE KIND OF HUMIDITY LEVELS, DEW POINT NUMBERS. SO I LIKE THAT IT’S GOING TO BE A COMFORTABLE DAY. IT’S A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE WEEK. EVERYTHING’S BEEN GREAT ON THE ROADS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINI
Republican gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity hosts listening session on data center development
Updated: 9:30 AM EDT Jun 8, 2026
Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor Stacy Garrity is holding a listening session Monday, June 8, in Cumberland County to address community concerns about data center development.She said she will lead a discussion focused on the concerns communities across Pennsylvania have about data center development. Garrity will also be joined by several county commissioners and township leaders from across the Susquehanna Valley. The event begins at 1:30 p.m. at the New Cumberland Fire Department on Fourth Street.
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. —
Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor Stacy Garrity is holding a listening session Monday, June 8, in Cumberland County to address community concerns about data center development.
She said she will lead a discussion focused on the concerns communities across Pennsylvania have about data center development.
Garrity will also be joined by several county commissioners and township leaders from across the Susquehanna Valley.
The event begins at 1:30 p.m. at the New Cumberland Fire Department on Fourth Street.