100,000 Pennsylvanians could soon get a check in the mail

100,000 Pennsylvanians may soon get a check in the mail

NOW, 11 MONTHS INTO HIS SECOND TERM. IT IS 6:00 ON THIS THURSDAY. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR LANCASTER SKYCAM AND AN ACTIVE DAY, WEATHER WISE, BOTH IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING. SO WE HAVE CHRISTINE TO BREAK THAT DOWN FOR US. GOOD MORNING. I’M MATT BARCARO. I’M KATELYN SMITH. LET’S GO RIGHT OVER TO CHRISTINE. WE’VE BEEN TRACKING THE POSSIBILITY OF FOG OVERNIGHT. AND THE REASON WHY WE’RE GIVING SOME ALARM BELLS TO THIS IS BECAUSE TEMPERATURES ARE WELL BELOW FREEZING. SO FREEZING FOG IS AN ACTUAL WEATHER PHENOMENON, AND IT COULD MAKE SOME ROADS SLICK. BUT RIGHT NOW, I’M STILL SEEING SOME PRETTY GOOD VISIBILITY. I’VE NOTICED VISIBILITY DROPPING IN LANCASTER COUNTY DOWN TO FOUR MILES. OPTIMAL VISIBILITY WOULD BE TEN. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT THIS MORNING. WE’LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE CHANCE FOR SOME FOG FORMING UP. IF IT DOES, IT WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE AND COULD LINGER UNTIL LATE MORNING. BUT BOY, LOOK AT THESE TEMPERATURES. CERTAINLY COLD OUT THERE. 22 IN LANCASTER, 18 IN YORK, 24 DEGREES IN HARRISBURG. OUR 12 HOUR FORECAST TODAY CALLS FOR THAT POTENTIAL AREAS OF FOG. BUT AFTER THAT WE SHOULD SEE INCREASING AND THICKENING CLOUDS TOWARD EVENING. IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT FOR A WALK THIS AFTERNOON, DO ANYTHING OUTDOORS. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A BAD DAY. REGINA. IN FACT, IT COULD BE KIND OF MILD WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S. A WIND PICKS UP OVERNIGHT, THOUGH, AND RAIN MOVES IN. WE HAVE A WIND ADVISORY OVERNIGHT. WE COULD HAVE SOME GUSTS OF 50MPH. YIKES. SO WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT FOR TONIGHT’S FORECAST COMING UP. DEFINITELY DO ALL YOUR PREPARATIONS BEFOREHAND. WATCH THOSE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT CHRISTINE, THANK YOU. AND IT’S 602 ON YOUR THURSDAY MORNING. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. AND HOPEFULLY YOU’RE HAVING A GREAT MORNING. ONE MORE DAY TILL THE WEEKEND. AND YOU KNOW A FEW DAYS TILL THE HOLIDAY. IT’S GOING TO BE EXCITING ONE RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY IS LOOKING GOOD. WE DO HAVE OUR FIRST CRASH OF THE MORNING. THIS IS IN LANCASTER COUNTY IN EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP. ROUTE 30 WESTBOUND AT ROUTE 340. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE TRAFFIC IS FLOWING FINE IN THE AREA THERE. MANHEIM TOWNSHIP LOOKING GOOD. ROUTE TWO, 83 AND 30. THE INTERCHANGE THERE BUSY ON THIS THURSDAY AND ALSO WANTED TO SHOW YOU A DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT HERE OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 283 AT ROUTE 743 AT HERSHEY ELIZABETHTOWN EXIT, YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC FLOWING JUST FINE. SOME DRIVE TIMES FOR YOU IF YOU’RE HEADED OUT OF LANCASTER TO HARRISBURG. 32 MINUTES THERE, JUST UNDER A 40 MINUTE DRIVE TO LEBANON. WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE IN FIVE MINUTES. BREAKING OVERNIGHT. WE ARE NOW LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT LED TO THAT HOURS LONG STANDOFF BETWEEN POLICE AND A MAN IN ADAMS COUNTY. THAT STANDOFF NOW OVER NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS JOINS US LIVE FROM EAST BERLIN WITH WHAT ALL HAPPENED THERE LAST NIGHT, GABRIELLE, GOOD MORNING, MATT AND KATELYN. WELL, SHORTLY AFTER 330 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, POLICE SWARMED THIS AREA ATTEMPTING TO GET A MAN OUT OF THE HOME. HIS NAME IS MATTHEW MILLER. YOU CAN SEE THAT HOME BEHIND ME HERE ON KING NOW. POLICE SAY HE REENTERED A RELATIVE’S HOME AFTER BEING TOLD HE COULD NOT COME BACK, AND NEWS 8 WAS ON THE GROUND WHEN IT ALL HAPPENED. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. YOU CAN SEE THE SUSPECT, MATTHEW MILLER, WHO WAS INSIDE THE HOME, WALKING OUT WITH HIS HANDS UP AFTER POLICE ATTEMPTED TO GET HIM OUTSIDE MULTIPLE TIMES. NOW, ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, MILLER ENTERED A FAMILY MEMBER’S HOME THAT HE’D BEEN STAYING AT, BUT WAS ASKED TO LEAVE EARLIER THAT DAY. NOW, POLICE SAY AFTER BEING TOLD HE WASN’T ALLOWED TO RETURN, MILLER CONTINUOUSLY TRIED TO REENTER THE HOME THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR BEFORE GETTING INSIDE. THROUGH THE BASEMENT WINDOW. THE RELATIVE INSIDE THE HOME LEFT WITH HER CHILDREN AND CALLED FOR HELP, WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO A STANDOFF BETWEEN MILLER AND THE POLICE. MILLER WAS THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. WE SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS WHO SAY ACTIVITY LIKE THIS IS UNUSUAL FOR THIS AREA. WE LIVE IN THIS TOWN. WE RAISE OUR KIDS IN THIS TOWN. I WORK IN THIS TOWN. SO OF COURSE, LIKE THERE’S GOING TO BE CAUSE FOR CONCERN. BUT WITH THIS, MANY POLICE OFFICERS AND THIS MUCH RESPONSE, LIKE I FEEL SAFE FRONT DOOR FOR US NOW. MILLER IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT ADAMS COUNTY PRISON. WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IN EAST BERLIN BOROUGH. AS WE RECEIVE MORE DETAILS, WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON AIR AND ONLINE REPORTING LIVE HERE. IN EAST BERLIN BOROUGH. ADAMS COUNTY I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GABRIELLE, FOR THAT HAPPENING TODAY IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THE D.A. IS SET TO HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE TO ADDRESS A DEADLY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AGO IN CARLISLE. THE DEA SCHEDULED TO TALK ABOUT THE FORMAL ARRAIGNMENT OF WARREN BENNETT AND RASHIDA MOBLEY ON MURDER CHARGES IN RELATION TO THE DEATH OF PAUL LANEY. HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN JULY OF 2020. THAT NEWS CONFERENCE, SET FOR TWO THIS AFTERNOON AT THE CARLISLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE EPHRATA ZONING HEARING BOARD IN LANCASTER COUNTY IS APPROVING A PLAN FOR EPHRATA NATIONAL BANK TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY AT THE MILL SITE ON MAIN STREET. THAT MILL AND ANOTHER BUILDING WILL BE DEMOLISHED. THE BANK HAD ASKED FOR THAT SPECIAL EXCEPTION SO THAT IT COULD STAY DOWNTOWN. IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT EPHRATA NATIONAL BANK, IT’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE COMMUNITY IS THAT EPHRATA NATIONAL BANK IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE DOWNTOWN FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. THAT’S WHAT BEING A COMMUNITY BANK IS. WE BUILD COMMUNITY, AND I THINK WE SAW COMMUNITY BUILDING ON FULL DISPLAY HERE TONIGHT. MEMBERS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST OF LANCASTER COUNTY ALSO SPOKE AT THAT MEETING LAST NIGHT, OPPOSING THAT PLAN TO DEMOLISH THE MILL. HARRISBURG CITY COUNCIL SPOKESPERSON SAYS THAT MULTIPLE OPTIONS ARE BEING CONSIDERED NOW. AFTER A WALL AT THE BROAD STREET MARKETS BRICK BUILDING COLLAPSED ON MONDAY. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE THE MARKET WHERE THAT WALL WAS STANDING. MARKET AND CITY OFFICIALS SAY THAT ENGINEERS INSPECTED THE BUILDING YESTERDAY. THEY HAVEN’T RELEASED THEIR FINDINGS TO THE PUBLIC YET. THE REBUILD OF THE BRICK BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY SET TO BE FINISHED IN MAY OF 2027, BUT THAT TIMELINE, NOW A LITTLE UNCERTAIN AS CITY AND MARKET LEADERS EXPLORE WHAT TO DO THERE. AT THAT SITE. A CITY SPOKESPERSON SAYS THAT ONE OPTION IS TO KNOCK THE BUILDING DOWN, BUT SAYS THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING OTHER OPTIONS AS WELL, AND THEY’RE NOT READY TO DISCUSS ALL OF THEM WITH THE PUBLIC. THE BROAD STREET MARKET ALLIANCE SAID THAT IT IS WAITING THE ENGINEERS REVIEW OF THE BUILDING BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. A LANCASTER COUNTY MAN WILL NOW SPEND AT LEAST 41 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE LATE 1990S, AND THEN TO HAVE BEEN FOUND WITH CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE LANCASTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS. 56 YEAR-OLD ERIC DORWART WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A GIRL AND A BOY IN 1997. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 16 CHARGES FOLLOWING A TRIAL IN SEPTEMBER, AND SAY THAT HE WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO 41 TO 85 YEARS IN PRISON. THE DA’S OFFICE SAYS INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED HIS HOME AND FOUND 1600 PICTURES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON HIS CELL PHONE AND LAPTOPS. A LANCASTER COUNTY MAN CHARGED AFTER MANHEIM BOROUGH POLICE SAY HE HAD CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS. MICHAEL CRESPO, WHO’S 22, WAS CHARGED ON TUESDAY AFTER POLICE SAY HE ADMITTED TO THEM IN NOVEMBER THAT HE CREATED SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAIL ACCOUNTS TO GET CHILD ABUSE. SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL. CRESPO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE NOVEMBER 20TH. HE WAS LAST SEEN IN RAPHO TOWNSHIP. A YORK MAN IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE, FOR WHAT POLICE ARE CALLING A CRIME SPREE. POLICE SAY 44 YEAR-OLD CLYDE FOR TARGETED FOR BUSINESSES SEVERAL TIMES DATING BACK TO OCTOBER 20TH. POLICE SAY IN ONE CASE, HE STABBED A WORKER REPEATEDLY. THEY SAY IN THE OTHER CASES, HE THREATENED WORKERS WITH A GUN. POLICE SAY THEY ARRESTED HIM FOLLOWING A ROBBERY ON NORTH QUEEN STREET. LANCASTER POLICE SAY THEY’RE LOOKING FOR THIS PERSON. YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE ON THE BIKE WHO THEY SAY STOLE A PACKAGE RIGHT AFTER IT WAS DELIVERED. POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY ON HIGH STREET. THEY SAY THAT MAN WAS THEN SEEN MAKING HIS WAY TOWARD EAST KING STREET. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION, YOU SEE THAT NUMBER THERE ON YOUR SCREEN TO CALL ANOTHER THEFT, THIS TIME IN LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. POLICE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IDENTIFYING THIS PERSON WHO THEY SAY STOLE MORE THAN $9,000 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE FROM A COSMETICS STORE. THEY SAY IT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 6TH AT ULTA BEAUTY ON JONESTOWN ROAD. LANCASTER’S POLICE CHIEF ABOUT TO RETIRE AND THE DEPARTMENT LOOKING FOR HIS REPLACEMENT, CHIEF RICHARD MENDEZ, SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH NEWS EIGHT ABOUT HIS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE AS AN OFFICER, HOW HE MADE HISTORY AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR HIM. CHIEF MENDEZ GREW UP ON SOUTH QUEEN STREET IN LANCASTER. THAT’S THE SAME AREA WHERE HE BEGAN PATROLLING AS AN OFFICER. DURING HIS TIME WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HE ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS, EVENTUALLY BECOMING CHIEF THREE YEARS AGO. I THINK OBVIOUSLY IT’S A HUGE HONOR. I KNOW, LIKE IT COMES UP A LOT LIKE THE FIRST HISPANIC CHIEF WITH THE CITY, WHICH IS GREAT. I THINK IT’S JUST EXCITING FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THAT SOMEONE FROM THE SOUTHEAST PART OF LANCASTER CITY WAS ABLE TO BE THE POLICE CHIEF. NEWS EIGHT’S SARAH METZ SAT DOWN WITH THE CHIEF FOR THIS INTERVIEW. YOU CAN WATCH THE WHOLE THING ON OUR WEBSITE, TROOPER JACQUES DOT COM. ALL RIGHT. GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS. WHEN IT COMES TO POWERBALL, IF YOU WERE HOPING TO WIN THAT GRAND PRIZE, YOU’RE OUT OF LUCK. BUT THERE’S STILL A CHANCE FOR YOU. YEAH, NO ONE MATCHED ALL THE NUMBERS THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM THAT BIG JACKPOT. SO THE MONEY CONTINUES TO RISE NOW UP TO A BILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS. BUT LET’S SHOW YOU THE WINNING NUMBERS FROM THE LAST DRAWING IN CASE YOU GOT SOME OF THE MONEY THERE. THE POWERBALL NUMBERS WERE 25, 66, 33, 53, 62, AND THE POWERBALL WAS 17. NOW, AGAIN, NO BIG JACKPOT WINNER, BUT SOMEONE FROM PENNSYLVANIA DID WIN $1 MILLION. THE JACKPOT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT’S DRAWING. NOW, AS WE SAID, OVER $1 BILLION, A BILLION AND A HALF, ACTUALLY. AND THAT WOULD MAKE IT THE FIFTH LARGEST JACKPOT IN POWERBALL HISTORY. IF SOMEBODY WINS IT, MAYBE IT WILL JUST CONTINUE. YES.

Nearly 100,000 Pennsylvanians could soon get a check in the mail. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity said checks totaling nearly $22 million have been mailed out “to all corners of the Commonwealth.” Pennsylvanians are urged to be on the lookout for the checks and to cash or deposit them promptly.The checks are part of the Pennsylvania Money Match program, which is part of the treasury’s unclaimed property program. How does the Pennsylvania Money Match program work?Pennsylvania Money Match allows automatic return of unclaimed property up to $500 for a single owner—no search and no claim filing required.With the final check mailing of the year, the program will have returned more than $50 million automatically in its first year.Money Match was created by Act 81 of 2024, which passed the Pennsylvania House and Senate unanimously.Unclaimed property over $500, or property with multiple owners or other complexities, still requires residents to file a claim and submit required documentation.”I want Pennsylvanians to know that this is a real check, it is real money, and it belongs to them,” Garrity said in a statement. “And as always, I still encourage everyone to regularly search for unclaimed property online, as many claims will not qualify for the Money Match process.”What kind of unclaimed property is included?Unclaimed property can include dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, forgotten stocks, rebates, and unclaimed insurance policy benefits.Other common examples of unclaimed funds include additional financial assets and payments that were never collected.Tangible unclaimed property may also be held by the state, including the contents of abandoned safe deposit boxes.According to the treasury, more than one in ten Pennsylvanians is owed some of the $5 billion in unclaimed property in Treasury’s care. The average value of a claim is more than $1,000.To search for unclaimed property, visit patreasury.gov/unclaimed-property.

HARRISBURG, Pa. —

Nearly 100,000 Pennsylvanians could soon get a check in the mail.

Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.

Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity said checks totaling nearly $22 million have been mailed out “to all corners of the Commonwealth.” Pennsylvanians are urged to be on the lookout for the checks and to cash or deposit them promptly.

The checks are part of the Pennsylvania Money Match program, which is part of the treasury’s unclaimed property program.

How does the Pennsylvania Money Match program work?Pennsylvania Money Match allows automatic return of unclaimed property up to $500 for a single owner—no search and no claim filing required.With the final check mailing of the year, the program will have returned more than $50 million automatically in its first year.Money Match was created by Act 81 of 2024, which passed the Pennsylvania House and Senate unanimously.Unclaimed property over $500, or property with multiple owners or other complexities, still requires residents to file a claim and submit required documentation.

“I want Pennsylvanians to know that this is a real check, it is real money, and it belongs to them,” Garrity said in a statement. “And as always, I still encourage everyone to regularly search for unclaimed property online, as many claims will not qualify for the Money Match process.”

What kind of unclaimed property is included?Unclaimed property can include dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, forgotten stocks, rebates, and unclaimed insurance policy benefits.Other common examples of unclaimed funds include additional financial assets and payments that were never collected.Tangible unclaimed property may also be held by the state, including the contents of abandoned safe deposit boxes.

According to the treasury, more than one in ten Pennsylvanians is owed some of the $5 billion in unclaimed property in Treasury’s care.

The average value of a claim is more than $1,000.

To search for unclaimed property, visit patreasury.gov/unclaimed-property.