Trout season begins Saturday in Pennsylvania

Trout season begins Saturday in Pennsylvania

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, WGAL WAS INVITED INSIDE THE LANCASTER COUNTY PRISON. WHILE INMATE NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING, 95 MALE, 103 FEMALE, ONE NUMBER STAFF ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD ABOUT. THAT HASN’T CHANGED TODAY. IN 2026, WE’VE HAD ZERO INMATE SUICIDES FOR FOUR YEARS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEN AND NOW IS THE MENTAL ILLNESS. WE’RE DOING A BETTER JOB OF DIAGNOSIS. AS A COMMUNITY, WE ARE. SAME GOES FOR INSIDE THE PRISON. THE WARDEN SAYS THEY ARE MAKING SUICIDE RISK DETERMINATIONS DURING INTAKE. IT’S MEETING EACH PERSON’S NEEDS AS THEY COME IN TO THE FACILITY. CLASSIFICATION IS SO IMPORTANT IN WHAT WE DO. THESE PEOPLE ARE AT THEIR MOST VULNERABLE. WE GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE AT THEIR LOWEST TOO LOW. SO. YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THAT AND BEING THAT PERSON THAT’S LIKE, HEY, LIKE, I’M NOT, I’M NOT GOING TO MAKE YOUR DAY ANY WORSE. I WANT TO SEE YOU OUT OF HERE. AND I GENUINELY NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. YEAH. AND IF I DO, IT’S OUTSIDE OF THESE WALLS. SINCE 2023, THE WARDEN SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN SUICIDE ATTEMPTS INSIDE THE PRISON THAT HAVE REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. AND AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THERE ARE ABOUT TEN INMATES ON SUICIDE WATCH. SO WHEN YOU SEE THERE’S A CHAIR PARKED OUTSIDE OF A CELL HERE AND AN OFFICER IS WATCHING AN INMATE, THAT’S THEIR JOB TODAY. THEY’RE WATCHING THAT INMATE BECAUSE THAT INMATE IS SO MENTALLY ILL THAT, YOU KNOW, IT’S UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR. THIS HELPS STAFF STAY PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTIVE. BUT ASIDE FROM STAFF TRAINING, WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE HAS MADE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON SUICIDE RATES? TABLETS, THEIR LIFELINE TO SERVICES WITHIN THE FACILITY, WHICH IS WHY WE TRY TO ENSURE, HOPEFULLY, IF THEY CAN GET DETOX STATUS, SOMETIMES THEY’RE NOT MAYBE INTO IT AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE TRY TO ENSURE THAT THEY ALL HAVE A TABLET AND THEY CAN LOG INTO IT PROPERLY BECAUSE ANY, ANY REQUEST OR ANYTHING THEY WANT SERVICES. CHAPLIN, LIKE THE DEPUTY SENT OVER THERE, ANY OF THE TREATMENT SERVICES LIKE COUNSELORS, VISITATION INFORMATION, ALL THAT STUFF COMES THROUGH THE TABLETS. SO IT’S A CRITICAL RESOURCE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE PRISON OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY TRAINING AND EVENTUALLY A NEW FACILITY, ALL AIMED AT KEEPING THAT COMPLETED SUICIDE NUMBER AT ZERO. I’LL HAVE MORE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE COMING UP AT 6:00 IN LANCASTER. SARAH METZ, WGAL NEWS 8. IF YOU WAITED TO FILL UP YOUR CAR UNTIL THIS MORNING, YOU SAW THE JUMP IN PRICE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS, THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF GAS IN THE UNITED STATES IS MORE THAN $4 A GALLON, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM TRIPLE A. AND TAKE THIS GAS STATION. AN EFFORT TO LANCASTER COUNTY THIS MORNING SHOWING $4.19 FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR. ECONOMISTS SAY IT’S A DIRECT CONSEQUENCE OF OIL TANKERS BEING STUCK IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, AS IRAN HAS ESSENTIALLY SHUT DOWN THE ROUTES SINCE THE WAR BEGAN EARLIER THIS MONTH. WE HEAR YOU, WE SEE YOU. WE ARE TRACKING THIS SHORT TERM FLUCTUATION IN OIL AND DIESEL PRICES. THE WHITE HOUSE, ALL TOO AWARE OF THE IMPACT OF HIGH PRICES ON AMERICANS, SAYING WHEN THE WAR IS OVER, PRICES WILL GO DOWN. PRESIDENT TRUMP WEIGHED IN ON FUEL PRICE ISSUES AROUND THE WORLD AS A RESULT OF THE STRAITS. THE STRAIT CLOSING, URGING ALLIES WHO DID NOT JOIN THE WAR TO, QUOTE, BUILD UP SOME DELAYED COURAGE, GO TO THE STRAIT AND JUST TAKE TAKE IT. WILL THE TRUTH SOCIAL POST WENT ON TO SAY THAT IRAN HAS BEEN ESSENTIALLY DECIMATED. THE HARD PART IS DONE. SO GET YOUR OWN OIL. JOINING US LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE LOCAL GAS STATIONS WITH THE BALLOONING PRICES NEWS EIGHT’S BAYLEE MARTIN. SHE CAUGHT UP WITH SOME DRIVERS PAYING A LOT MORE TO FILL UP TODAY. AND ALSO SPOKE DIRECTLY TO SOMEONE FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS WELL. RIGHT. THE DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY FOR THE WHITE HOUSE TOLD ME TODAY THAT WITH OIL COMES VOLATILITY. IT’S EVER CHANGING. AND THAT’S WHY A LOT OF US SAW A TEN CENT INCREASE IN GAS PRICES OVERNIGHT HERE AT SHEETZ, AT THE CORNER OF CENTERVILLE ROAD AND COLUMBIA AVENUE. WE’RE AT $4.19 PER GALLON FOR REGULAR GAS. NEARING THAT $6 MARK FOR DIESEL. AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TOLD ME DIRECTLY TODAY THAT AMERICANS NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM. HOWEVER, I ASKED PEOPLE HOW THEY’RE FEELING RIGHT NOW. THE COST OF REGULAR GAS IN SOME PARTS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY IS NOW WELL OVER $4, DIESEL NEARING $6. THE DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY FOR THE WHITE HOUSE SAID TODAY THAT THE 4 TO 6 WEEK TIMELINE FOR THE END OF THE WAR IN IRAN IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, AND PRICES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY WHEN THAT TIME COMES. BUT IT DOESN’T HELP PEOPLE LIKE CRAIG WHO HAVE TO GET GAS. NOW I NEED IT. I NEED TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE. SO DEFINITELY GOT TO GET IT, GET IT WHEREVER IT’S CHEAP. HE CHOSE TO FILL UP AT ROYAL FARMS ON ROSSTOWN ROAD. GAS IS STILL $3.99. THERE. I SEE THE CHEAPEST. THAT’S WHERE I STOP. IT’S THE SAME FOR MIKE, WHO NOT ONLY CHOOSES THE CHEAPER GAS STATION, BUT THE CHEAPER RIDE TOO. YES, A NICE DAYS, THAT’S ALL. I’M GOING TO DRIVE MY SCOOTER HERE. IT’S REGULAR UNLEADED. IT GETS ABOUT 75 MILES PER GALLON A LOT CHEAPER THAN DRIVING MY VEHICLE. HE’S ALREADY PLANNING TO SWITCH HIS TRIP TO FLORIDA THIS SUMMER TO SOMEWHERE CLOSER. LIKE DELAWARE. HIS FAMILY DRIVES DOWN THE EAST COAST, BACK AND FORTH. IT’S AROUND $400. THIS YEAR WILL BE ABOUT $560. SO BIG DIFFERENCE. I SPOKE WITH SOME SMALLER GAS STATIONS TODAY TOO, WHO SAY THAT THEY’RE ACTUALLY LOSING MONEY TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH BIG CHAINS HERE LIKE SHEETZ. NOW, THE DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY TELLS ME THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS CONFIDENT ABOUT THE ECONOMIC STATE OF AMERICA AND THAT AFTER THE WAR, GAS PRICES SHOULD BE LOWER THAN THEY WERE BEFORE IT STARTED. LIVE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. BAYLEE MARTIN, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT, BAILEY, THANK YOU. AND SOME GOOD NEWS. DUE TO THESE DEVELOPMENTS, THE STOCK MARKET LOOK AT THAT REBOUNDED FROM SOME OF ITS WARTIME LOSSES. THE DOW UP OVER 1100 POINTS. NASDAQ UP NEARLY 800. S&P 500 ALSO UP ABOUT 1.84. THE IMPACTS OF THESE HIGHER FUEL PRICES GO FAR BEYOND THE ROADS WE’RE ALREADY SEEING TRICKLING DOWN IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY MOST CRUCIAL ECONOMIC PILLAR, AND EVEN SOME PEOPLE’S FAVORITE MEALS. OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES NEXT HALF HOUR ON NOT ONLY WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT WE COULD SEE IN THE FUTURE. AND WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. FEDERAL JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKING CONSTRUCTION FROM MOVING FORWARD AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR WHAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS IS THE NEW BALLROOM. THE JUDGE SAYING IN AN INJUNCTION ABOUT THE $400 MILLION PROJECT, QUOTE, UNLESS AND UNTIL CONGRESS BLESSES THIS PROJECT THROUGH STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION, CONSTRUCTION HAS TO STOP. HE GOES ON TO WRITE THAT CONGRESS HAS TO BE INVOLVED, EVEN IF THE BALLROOM IS FUNDED WITH OUTSIDE CONTRIBUTIONS. THAT ORDER GOES INTO EFFECT IN 14 DAYS TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO APPEAL. LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK OVER LEBANON RIGHT NOW. JUST A GORGEOUS SKY THERE, SUN POURING THROUGH TOMORROW. SKIES COULD BE LOOKING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. LET’S TALK ABOUT TODAY. IT WAS PRETTY NICE. IT WAS PRETTY WARM OUT THERE. THE WINDOWS ARE ROLLED DOWN A LOT OF VEHICLES. MIKE. YEAH. AND TOMORROW WILL BE VERY SIMILAR WITH TEMPERATURES. BRIAN AND LORI, WE’LL SEE THEM GET INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S ONCE AGAIN, BUT WE WILL SEE SOME SHOWERS AND MAYBE EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS AS WE GO TOWARDS THE EVENING HOURS. SO YOUR TIME TO OPEN THE WINDOWS TOMORROW WILL BE EARLIER IN THE DAY. THEN WE’LL HAVE A BRIEF COOLDOWN AS WE GO INTO THURSDAY. AND BY THAT I MEAN WE GO FROM ABOVE AVERAGE TO NEAR AVERAGE BEFORE WE SEE THINGS WARM UP AGAIN TOWARDS THE WEEKEND. HERE’S A LOOK OUTSIDE GETTYSBURG AND ADAMS COUNTY RIGHT NOW. A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE THERE WITH THE FLAG AND CLOUDS ARE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. IT IS VERY WARM. YOU STEP OUTSIDE AND WE’RE IN THE UPPER 70S LOW 80S IN GETTYSBURG. IT’S 8480 IN YORK RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS LEBANON, 79 IN LANCASTER, AS WELL AS HARRISBURG. AND WE ALSO HAD THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH WHERE WE SAW TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S IN PLACES. THE LAST TIME THAT HAPPENED WAS 1998. SO IT’S NOT OFTEN THAT WE’RE WARM THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON. HERE’S A LOOK AT LIVE RADAR NETWORK SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NEW YORK, EVEN A COUPLE SEVERE WARNINGS OUT THERE. AND ALSO IN OHIO. WE EXPECT THOSE STORMS TO STAY TO THE NORTH AND WEST AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT THE 12 HOUR FORECAST. THOSE CLOUDS DO INCREASE AS WE GO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS HERE, WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BACK INTO THE LOW 60S. WE WILL SEE SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BUT THEY ARE NOT LOOKING SEVERE AS WE GO INTO TOMORROW MORNING. ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANKS SO MUCH. A WEEK AFTER A FIRE AT A YORK COUNTY SALVAGE YARD LED TO POLLUTION IN A NEARBY CREEK. CLEANUP EFFORTS DOWNSTREAM ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. NEWS EIGHT’S MEREDITH JORGENSEN IS HERE WITH AN UPDATE ON THE OIL CONTAINMENT AND CLEANUP IN THE DOORS. THAT’S RIGHT. AFTER LOOKING CLOSELY AT THE SHORELINE OF THE CODORUS CREEK, THE AGENCY SPEARHEADING THE CLEANUP AFTER THE J AND K SALVAGE YARD FIRE SAY THEY’VE CLEARED MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AND TODAY REMOVED THE BOOMS FROM THE WATERWAY. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AS THE UNIFIED COMMAND SAYS, IN SOME AREAS THE CLEANUP IS COMPLETE AND THERE IS NO POOLED OIL. CREWS SAY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS RETURNING THE WATERWAYS TO THEIR NATURAL STATE. OIL CONTAINMENT COLLECTION AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS ARE ONGOING IN THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY AND THE CREEK WILL REMEMBER THIS. CLEANUP IS ALL THE RESULT OF THE MASSIVE FIRE AT THE SALVAGE YARD ON KINGSMILL ROAD IN SPRING GARDEN TOWNSHIP AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. THE RAINBOW SHEEN OF OIL COULD BE SEEN IN THE NEARBY CODORUS AFTER THE OWNER SAID 20 CONTAINERS THAT EACH HOLD 300 GALLONS OF OIL WERE DAMAGED BY THAT FIRE. IT EVEN RESULTED IN A LAWSUIT FROM THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER KEEPERS AGAINST J AND K TO CEASE OPERATIONS UNTIL THEY OBTAINED WHAT’S CALLED A POLLUTANT DISCHARGE PERMIT. UNITED COMMAND SAYS RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE ADDITIONAL BOOM MOVEMENT OVER THE NEX

Trout season in Pennsylvania is almost here, with opening day set for Saturday and crews stocking rivers on Monday.There are a few minor changes to this year’s season, most notably the removal of Briar Creek in Columbia County and Middle Spring Creek in Cumberland and Franklin counties from the stocking list due to the presence of forever chemicals previously reported.The hope is to stock more than four million trout into Pennsylvania’s waters.”Opening day is like Christmas morning in a lot of places. It’s been that way in Pennsylvania for a long time, and it still is. So yeah. Opening day, this Saturday at 8 a.m., streams like this will be lined with people looking to have a good time and it ushering in spring,” said an official.Officials also want to remind everyone to wear their life jackets. This is a requirement for anyone on a boat under 16 feet through April.

Trout season in Pennsylvania is almost here, with opening day set for Saturday and crews stocking rivers on Monday.

There are a few minor changes to this year’s season, most notably the removal of Briar Creek in Columbia County and Middle Spring Creek in Cumberland and Franklin counties from the stocking list due to the presence of forever chemicals previously reported.

The hope is to stock more than four million trout into Pennsylvania’s waters.

“Opening day is like Christmas morning in a lot of places. It’s been that way in Pennsylvania for a long time, and it still is. So yeah. Opening day, this Saturday at 8 a.m., streams like this will be lined with people looking to have a good time and it ushering in spring,” said an official.

Officials also want to remind everyone to wear their life jackets. This is a requirement for anyone on a boat under 16 feet through April.