Conestoga River named Pennsylvania’s river of the year

THAT’S GOING TO DO IT FOR NEWS EIGHT AT FIVE. STAY RIGHT THERE. NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. AND WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. THE CORONER CALLED TO AN INCIDENT WITH A FORKLIFT IN YORK COUNTY. WE’RE LIVE AT THE SCENE WITH WHAT WE KNOW. ONE OF THE WORST CASES THEY’VE EVER ENCOUNTERED. THAT’S WHAT THE PENNSYLVANIA SPCA IS SAYING ABOUT THIS HOME IN LANCASTER TOWNSHIP. JUST HOW MANY CATS THEY FOUND INSIDE. LEBANON POLICE SAYING THE DEATH OF A WOMAN AT A CAR WASH BACK IN APRIL IS NOW AN ELECTROCUTION. THE DETAILS, NEWLY RELEASED BY POLICE. THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS OF SPONSORED ONLINE SEARCH RESULTS. HOW CLICKING ON THOSE WEBSITES COULD COST YOU BIG TIME. WGAL NEWS EIGHT AT SIX STARTS NOW. LIVE TONIGHT. NEW INFORMATION ABOUT CATS REMOVED FROM A LANCASTER COUNTY HOME. BUT WE BEGIN WITH STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN. MOVING TO THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THIS IS THE RAIN COMING DOWN IN LANCASTER TOWNSHIP RIGHT AROUND 345 THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND JUST BLOWING THAT RAIN, AND YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN COMING DOWN IN SHEETS. IN THIS NEWS EIGHT VIEWER VIDEO FROM A PARKING LOT IN EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, AND A NEWS EIGHT VIEWER SHARED THIS PHOTO OF A TREE DOWN IN MCALISTERVILLE IN JUNIATA COUNTY. TAKE A LOOK AT THE STORM THAT’S MOVING THROUGH AT THE YORK EXPO CENTER. THIS IS THE TIME LAPSE VIDEO OF ALL OF THIS AS STORM ROLLS IN AND THEN ROLLS RIGHT ON OUT. GOOD EVENING TO YOU. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. I’M LORI BURKHOLDER AND I’M JERE GISH. WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THAT THIS AFTERNOON. LET’S GET RIGHT TO THE FORECAST. AND STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST ETHAN HUSTON. SO, ETHAN, HOW MUCH LONGER DO THESE STORMS STICK AROUND? COUPLE MORE HOURS TO GO. IF YOU’RE WATCHING US EAST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THE INTENSITY OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS REALLY DROPPED OFF IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO. HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ON LIVE. LOCAL RADARS WERE ZOOMED IN OVER LANCASTER COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN COMING TO AN END FOR YOU FOLKS WATCHING US IN ELIZABETHTOWN, MOUNT JOY, BUT JUST LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FROM LANCASTER CITY AND POINTS OFF TO THE EAST. WE ARE STILL TRACKING SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE RIVER. HEADS UP IF YOU’RE OUT THERE TOWARDS THE GETTYSBURG AREA, THE GETTYSBURG BRASS BAND FESTIVAL IS KICKED OFF AND THERE ARE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDER SHOWERS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST, BUT I THINK ALL IS GOING TO BE QUIET BY THE TIME WE MAKE IT TO AROUND SUNSET. SO THAT’S ROUND ONE OF THE PASSING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ROUND NUMBER TWO, YOU CAN SEE THAT COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND STORMS BACK TOWARDS MINNEAPOLIS AND CHICAGO. THAT’S GOING TO GET HERE TOMORROW EVENING. SO SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL TAPER OFF. MOVE OUT OF THE VALLEY BY THE TIME WE GET TO SUNSET. AND NOTICE TOMORROW YET ANOTHER IMPACT DAY FOR THE THREAT FOR THOSE POP-UP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PACK A PUNCH WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS. BUT TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE WARMER WITH HIGHS UP NEAR 90 DEGREES. AND BECAUSE OF THE HIGH HUMIDITY, WE ALSO HAVE A HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW AND ALSO ON INTO FRIDAY, WHERE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS, IT COULD FEEL LIKE IT’S WELL OVER 100 DEGREES. NOW WE’LL TALK ABOUT FRIDAY’S STORM CHANCES AND THEN HOW WE FINALLY DRY BACK OUT FOR MOST OF THE WEEKEND AHEAD. COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WITH ALL YOUR SUMMERTIME PLANS, YOU WANT TO STAY CLOSE TO THE FORECAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE WGAL APP. AND IF WE GET SEVERE WEATHER, WE’LL SEND THAT RIGHT ALERT RIGHT TO YOU. NOW TO SOME BREAKING NEWS. THE CORONER WAS CALLED TO HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, TODAY AFTER AN INCIDENT WITH A FORKLIFT. NEWS EIGHT’S MAURICE WALSH JOINS US LIVE FROM THE SCENE WITH THE LATEST. MAURICE. JERRY. EMERGENCY CREWS AND THE CORONER WERE HERE FOR HOURS WORKING IN THIS AREA BEHIND ME. YORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TELLS US THIS INCIDENT INVOLVED A MAN OPERATING A FORKLIFT. AND THE CALL FOR HELP CAME IN JUST BEFORE 1230 THIS AFTERNOON. TAKE A LISTEN. JUST SO YOU’RE AWARE, YOU HAD A VEHICLE. LARGE FORKLIFT THAT TIPPED OVER. THIS IS ON AMY WAY HERE IN HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP. AND THE SPOT WHERE POLICE WERE WORKING. LOOKS TO BE A WORK SITE WITH DIRT AND HEAVY MACHINERY. NORTHERN YORK COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE WERE HERE ON SCENE, AS WELL AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CORONER, BUT THEY LEFT AROUND 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON. TWO LARGE TRUCKS, TWO LARGE TOW TRUCKS LEFT THE SCENE, AS WELL AS SEVERAL FIRE TRUCKS AND AMBULANCES. I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE YORK COUNTY CORONER EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND SHE SAID THAT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED TOMORROW. SO AS SOON AS WE GET THAT INFORMATION, WE’LL BE SURE TO UPDATE YOU. LIVE IN HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP. MARK WALSH, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT, MARCY, THANK YOU. TONIGHT, WE KNOW THAT THE SPPSPCA. EXCUSE ME. REMOVE 78 CATS, NEARLY 80, FROM A LANCASTER TOWNSHIP HOME YESTERDAY. YOU’RE LOOKING AT VIDEO OF JUST SOME OF THOSE CATS. NEWS EIGHT’S BAYLEE MARTIN COVERED THE STORY YESTERDAY FOR US. JOINS US LIVE FROM THAT HOME WITH NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT. BAILEY. LORI. WE’RE TOLD BY THE SPCA TODAY THAT THE CONDITIONS INSIDE OF THIS HOME ON SPENCER AVENUE IN LANCASTER TOWNSHIP WERE SOME OF THE WORST THEIR OFFICERS HAVE EVER SEEN. WE ALSO LEARNED THAT LANCASTER TOWNSHIP POLICE WERE THE ONES WHO TIPPED OFF THE SPCA ABOUT THIS HOME AFTER THEY WERE HERE EARLIER IN THE WEEK, RESPONDING TO A SUSPECTED BREAK-IN FROM THAT HOMEOWNER. THEY SAID THE CONDITIONS INSIDE WERE EXTREMELY UNSANITARY. FOR THE MEOWS AND PURRS OF CATS AND KITTENS COULD BE HEARD AT THIS HOME ON SPENCER AVENUE IN LANCASTER TOWNSHIP. AS SPCA CREWS RESCUED 78 OF THEM. FROM WHAT THEY SAY ARE SOME OF THE WORST CONDITIONS THEIR OFFICERS HAVE EVER SEEN. THERE WAS FECES AND URINE THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY. THERE WERE OBJECTS AND AND AND PERSONAL EFFECTS THAT WERE. HOARDED INSIDE. LANCASTER TOWNSHIP POLICE SAID TRASH WAS STACKED FROM FLOOR TO CEILING. THE CATS WERE FREE ROAMING INSIDE. THEY SAID THE HIGH AMMONIA LEVELS IN THE HOUSE FROM WASTE AND EXTREME HEAT MADE IT DIFFICULT. THE ONE OFFICER DESCRIBED HOW SHE HAD THE CAT HAIR CLINGING TO HER BARE SKIN BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SO STICKY FROM, YOU KNOW, THE HEAT AND THE HUMIDITY AND AND THE AMOUNT OF URINE AND AMMONIA IN THE AIR. 70 OF THE CATS ARE WITH THE SPCA. EIGHT OF THEM ARE BEING HELD IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY FOR NOW. ALL ARE BEING TREATED AND EXAMINED BY SPCA IN PHILADELPHIA AND THE MAIN LINE ANIMAL RESCUE. THERE WAS AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF MATTING DUE TO THE CONDITIONS INSIDE THE PROPERTY. THESE GUYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, VERY THIN AND WISPY KIND OF HAIR, WHICH IS VERY QUICK TO MATT, IF YOU ARE NOT PROPERLY GROOMING THEM. AND IN THESE CONDITIONS, THEY WERE JUST NOT NOT BEING ATTENDED TO IN THAT WAY. THAT WARRANT WAS SERVED FOR ILL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AND FAILURE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO CLEAN AND SANITARY SHELTER. THIS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. NOW. THE SPCA IS ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS CASE TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM. WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR THEM ON OUR WEBSITE FOR YOU@WGAL.COM.

The Conestoga River has been crowned Pennsylvania’s river of the year, winning a public vote and earning $15,000 in funding for activities along its stretch. You can watch News 8 headlines in the video player above. The river, which flows into the Susquehanna River, won the annual contest by just over 200 votes.DCNR makes it official in Lancaster CountyThe announcement was made official by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) at Lancaster County Central Park, where a poster featuring artwork of the river was also unveiled. The award comes with $15,000 from the state to help fund activities over the next year, benefiting the Conestoga River Club. Leaders highlight the importance of waterways“Our waterways are some of the most valuable resources we have. Lancaster works hard to right our wrongs from years of mismanagement of our streams and rivers,” said Lancaster Mayor Jaime Arroyo. “We want Pennsylvania, all over the state to be the place where people live, work and play. And to do that, we’ve got to connect people across the Commonwealth to the rivers, to their trails, to their public lands, their state parks, their Forest Service, Fish and Boat Commission access. It’s their game lands. So, it’s all one big piece, but it really comes into a very, very tight focus right here on the Conestoga right here in Lancaster County because of all your good work,” added DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn.The river offers recreation across 61 milesThe Conestoga River flows for more than 61 miles from Berks County into the Safe Harbor Dam in Lancaster County and eventually into the Susquehanna River.Along the way, it offers opportunities for canoeing, kayaking, tubing, and fishing.

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. —

The Conestoga River has been crowned Pennsylvania’s river of the year, winning a public vote and earning $15,000 in funding for activities along its stretch.

You can watch News 8 headlines in the video player above.

The river, which flows into the Susquehanna River, won the annual contest by just over 200 votes.

DCNR makes it official in Lancaster County

The announcement was made official by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) at Lancaster County Central Park, where a poster featuring artwork of the river was also unveiled.

The award comes with $15,000 from the state to help fund activities over the next year, benefiting the Conestoga River Club.

Leaders highlight the importance of waterways

“Our waterways are some of the most valuable resources we have. Lancaster works hard to right our wrongs from years of mismanagement of our streams and rivers,” said Lancaster Mayor Jaime Arroyo.

“We want Pennsylvania, all over the state to be the place where people live, work and play. And to do that, we’ve got to connect people across the Commonwealth to the rivers, to their trails, to their public lands, their state parks, their Forest Service, Fish and Boat Commission access. It’s their game lands. So, it’s all one big piece, but it really comes into a very, very tight focus right here on the Conestoga right here in Lancaster County because of all your good work,” added DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn.

The river offers recreation across 61 miles

The Conestoga River flows for more than 61 miles from Berks County into the Safe Harbor Dam in Lancaster County and eventually into the Susquehanna River.

Along the way, it offers opportunities for canoeing, kayaking, tubing, and fishing.