Pittsburgh Penguins fans buy more than 20,000 hot dogs on dollar dog night

Pittsburgh Penguins fans buy more than 20,000 hot dogs on dollar dog night

BREAKING NEWS. A THEFT AT A HARRISBURG CHURCH DAYS BEFORE EASTER. THE PASTOR SAYS HE SAW ONE OF THE THIEVES. I DIDN’T WANT TO TRY TO DETAIN HIM AND HE MIGHT HAVE HAD A GUN OR SOMETHING, BUT. SO I CALLED 911 RIGHT AWAY. WE’RE LIVE ON THE SCENE AS THE INVESTIGATION PLAYS OUT RIGHT NOW. A WRITE IN CAMPAIGN FOR ONE FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CANDIDATE. WHY HIS SUPPORTERS SAY HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHALLENGE STACEY JARRETT. OPEN FOR NOW, BUT NOT FOR LONG. TAYLOR CHIP COOKIES ANNOUNCED THEY’RE CLOSING ALL OF THEIR LOCATIONS. IT’S SAD HOW THEY CAME TO THIS DECISION. AND WHEN YOU CAN GET COOKIES FOR THE LAST TIME UNTIL TODAY HAS BEEN IN A BOX IN OUR ARCHIVES CELEBRATING AMERICA’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY RIGHT HERE IN GETTYSBURG, THE PIECE OF CIVIL WAR HISTORY YOU’LL SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A NEW WAY FOR CROOKS TO RIP YOU OFF. WHEN YOU USE AN ATM. I’M ON YOUR SIDE WITH THE WARNING ABOUT CASH TRAPPING. WGAL NEWS EIGHT STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS AND THAT BREAKING NEWS. A THEFT INVESTIGATION AT A CHURCH IN HARRISBURG. JUST ONE OF THE STORIES WE’RE COVERING IN YOUR COMMUNITY TONIGHT. I CAUGHT THE GUY COMING OUT. HE SAW ONE OF THE THIEVES THIS AFTERNOON. AND TONIGHT THEY’RE ON THE RUN. GOOD EVENING. I’M JERE GISH AND I’M LORI BURKHOLDER. NEWS EIGHT’S SARAH METZ HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE AT THE BETHEL AME CHURCH ALL AFTERNOON. AND I UNDERSTAND YOU JUST GOT A LOOK AT SOME OF THAT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. YEAH. LORI AND JERRY, WE ACTUALLY JUST WALKED OUT OF THE CHURCH WITH THE REVEREND. NOW, HE SHOWED US THIS SECURITY FOOTAGE OF THE TWO MEN BREAKING INTO THE CHURCH THIS AFTERNOON. BUT HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT HE BELIEVES THIS WAS NOT THEIR FIRST TIME BREAKING INTO THE CHURCH HERE. NOW, YOU CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO THE TWO MEN WITH LARGE SUITCASES AND ALSO A WHEELCHAIR WALK THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AND RIGHT UP TO THE CHURCH. NOW, THE REVEREND SAYS HE BELIEVES THOSE SAME MEN ALSO BROKE INTO THE CHURCH ON WEDNESDAY. THROUGH THIS HOLE THAT THEY MADE OUT BACK. HE SAID A GROUP CAME IN FOR CHOIR PRACTICE YESTERDAY, AND THEY NOTICED THAT THE LIGHTS TO THE CHURCH WOULDN’T TURN ON. AFTERNOONS. AND FURTHER, WE FOUND OUT THEY HAD TAKEN OUT PIPES, COPPER PIPES TO THE BUILDING. THEY HAD TAKEN OUT THE AIR CONDITIONING, GUTS. THE GUTS OF THE UNIT FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING AND AS WELL AS THE HEATING SYSTEM, ALL OF THE PIPES FOR THE WATER PIPES THAT GO TO IT. THEY TOOK OUT THE WATER PUMP, THE METER, AND ALL THE PIPES CONNECTED TO IT. SO WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO WATER IN THE CHURCH AND WE DON’T KNOW HOW TO GET THE ELECTRICAL ON YET. WE STILL GOT TO RESEARCH THAT, BUT IT’S MAJOR DAMAGE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE. NOW, THE REVEREND ACTUALLY CAUGHT THE MEN IN ACTION TODAY. HE SAID HE’S USUALLY NOT HERE ON THURSDAYS, BUT WHEN THEY NEEDED TO HAVE A MEETING ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH EASTER SERVICE THIS SUNDAY, WITH NO WATER, HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONING. HE THEN STARTED HEARING A LOUD BANG AND THAT’S WHEN HE THEN STARTED LOOKING AROUND AND ACTUALLY CAME FACE TO FACE WITH ONE OF THE SUSPECTS AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED POLICE. NOW POLICE WERE HERE FOR HOURS. THEY HAD CANINES AND ALSO A FIRST PERSON VIEW DRONE INSIDE THE CHURCH BECAUSE AT THAT MOMENT THEY BELIEVED ONE OF THE SUSPECTS COULD STILL BE INSIDE. HOWEVER, NOT LONG AFTER THAT, THEY PACKED UP THEIR THINGS AND THEY DID LEAVE. NOW, THE REVEREND TELLS ME THAT NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE YET, BUT THEY DO BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE THE IDENTITY OF ONE OF THE SUSPECTS. AND AGAIN, POLICE STILL HAVE NOT CONFIRMED TO US ANY ARRESTS OR ANYTHING AT ALL AT THIS MOMENT. ALL THEY SAID IS THAT THIS WAS AN ACTIVE POLICE INVESTIGATION. AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS COMING FROM THE REVEREND. HE’S THE ONE WHO IS SAYING THAT THERE ARE NO ARRESTS YET, BUT HE HOPES THAT ONE OF THE MEN OR BOTH OF THEM, CAN GET IDENTIFIED BY THE SECURITY FOOTAGE THAT HE IS SHOWING US THIS AFTERNOON. IN HARRISBURG, SARAH METZ, WGAL NEWS 8. SARAH, THANK YOU. HARRISBURG POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING AT THE UPTOWN CAFE LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY THEY GOT THE CALL AROUND 10 P.M. THEY SAY A MAN IN A MASK WENT INSIDE AND ROBBED THE BAR. AND THEN, WHILE TRYING TO ROB A CUSTOMER, POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT SHOT THEM AND RAN AWAY. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES TO FRANKLIN COUNTY, WHERE FIREFIGHTERS SAY SOMEONE DIED IN A TRENCH COLLAPSE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRANKLIN FIRE COMPANY SAYS THEY WERE CALLED OUT TO CLOVER DRIVE IN HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, WITH A REPORTED PATIENT TRAPPED UP TO THEIR WAIST. WE DID REACH OUT TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY CORONER FOR ANY KIND OF IDENTITY ON THE VICTIM INVOLVED, AND WE’RE ALSO WORKING TO LEARN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THAT COLLAPSE. THE 11 YEAR OLD PERRY COUNTY BOY ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS FATHER WAIVED AN ARRAIGNMENT TODAY, THE NEXT COURT DATE FOR CLAYTON DIETZ IS NOW ON MAY 14TH. DIETZ IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS FATHER, DOUGLAS DIETZ, ON JANUARY 3RD AT THE HOME IN DUNCANNON, ACCORDING TO ONLINE COURT DOCUMENTS. DIETZ WAS CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE, BUT NOW HE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER. WE REACHED OUT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ALSO DIETZ’S ATTORNEY, TO FIND OUT WHY THE CHARGE WAS CHANGED, BUT SO FAR HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. LANCASTER COUNTY JUDGE SENTENCED A MAN FOR SHOOTING AND KILLING ANOTHER MAN IN 2023. THE JUDGE SENTENCED 40 YEAR OLD TERRENCE MCCAIN JUNIOR TO 19 TO 39 YEARS IN PRISON. A JURY FOUND MCCAIN GUILTY OF SHOOTING 38 YEAR OLD EDWARD GARNER THREE TIMES IN A PARKING LOT ON SOUTH DUKE STREET IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, BEFORE BEING SENTENCED, MCCAIN TOLD THE COURT HE DID A HORRIBLE THING AND APOLOGIZED TO THE VICTIM’S FAMILY. THE FAMILY SAID THEY DOUBTED THE SINCERITY OF THE APOLOGY. A MAN REPORTED MISSING BY HIS FAMILY WAS ARRESTED IN HERSHEY TODAY AFTER POLICE SAY HE HAD A KNIFE AND THREATENED OFFICERS. POLICE CHARGED 49 YEAR OLD EFRAIN VALENTINE, JUNIOR OF HUMMELSTOWN, WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER. THERE WAS ALSO AN ACTIVE ARREST WARRANT FOR VALENTINE BECAUSE HE DID NOT APPEAR FOR A SCHEDULED COURT DATE. POLICE SPOTTED VALENTINE ON CHERRY DRIVE AND WHEN OFFICERS TRIED TO STOP HIM, THEY SAY HE PRODUCED A KNIFE AND THREATENED ARRIVING OFFICERS. AN OFFICER TASED VALENTINE AND TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. THE NEARBY KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTER WENT INTO LOCKDOWN FOR ABOUT 4 OR 5 MINUTES BECAUSE IT WAS NEAR WHERE ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING. A BUSINESS WITH SEVERAL STORES ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY IS NOW CLOSED. BAYLEE MARTIN JOINS US LIVE WITH WHY TAYLOR CHIP IS SHUTTING DOWN. BAYLEE. LORI AFTER OVER SEVEN YEARS. THE POPULAR COOKIE BUSINESS ANNOUNCED IN A POST ON FACEBOOK TODAY THAT THEY WERE CLOSING ALL OF THEIR LOCATIONS, A DECISION THEY SAY WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE AND ONE THAT THEY SAY THEY’VE PUT OFF FOR AS LONG AS THEY COULD. JUDY MARGOT STOPPED BY TAYLOR CHIP COOKIES ON MANHEIM PIKE FOR THE LAST TIME. EVEN THOUGH IT’S THE LAST DAY, I’M GOING TO SUPPORT HIM ON THE LAST DAY. TAYLOR CHIP COOKIES OWNERS SARAH AND DOUG TAYLOR ANNOUNCED IN A FACEBOOK POST THAT THEY WERE CLOSING ALL OF THEIR LOCATIONS, WRITING WHEN THEIR AD ACCOUNT AND FACEBOOK PAGE WERE HACKED TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. IT WAS DEVASTATING TO THEIR BUSINESS. THEY SAY THEY LOST 150,000 FOLLOWERS AND HAVE BEEN WORKING TO COME BACK. THEY CERTAINLY HAD CUSTOMERS. IT SEEMED LIKE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THEY REALLY EXPANDED. SO I DON’T KNOW IF THEY GOT OVER THEIR HEAD. IN FEBRUARY, TAYLOR CHIP FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY AND CLOSED THEIR PHILADELPHIA LOCATIONS. CEO DOUG TAYLOR SAYS THEY PUT EVERYTHING THEY HAD INTO THE BUSINESS, EVEN CHANGING THEIR HOME EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT. BUT QUOTE, IN MARCH, OUR SALES DROPPED BY OVER 35% AND WE JUST DIDN’T HAVE THE CAPITAL TO CONTINUE. WE’RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE BUILT, THE TEAM AND CULTURE WE HAD, AND ALL THE FRIENDS WE MADE. WE ARE WILLING TO SELL THE BRAND IF SOMEONE WANTS TO CONTINUE IT. THE HERSHEY AND MANHEIM PIKE LANCASTER COUNTY LOCATIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL APRIL 11TH. I GOT FOUR COOKIES, TWO CHOCOLATE CHIP, AND THEY WERE VERY GOOD. AND TWO SNICKERDOODLES. THE INTERCOURSE LOCATION OFFICIALLY CLOSED. I HATE TO SEE BUSINESSES GO. WOW. THEY WERE GOOD. BUT SOMETHING WENT WRONG. UNFORTUNATELY. TAYLOR CHIP ACTUALLY POSTED A CODE ON THAT FACEBOOK POST TODAY, GIVING EVERYONE 50% OFF OF ALL ONLINE ORDERS UNTIL APRIL 8TH. THEIR YORK LOCATION IS CLOSING ON SATURDAY, AND THEIR LOCATIONS AT HERSHEY AND HERE ON MANHEIM PIKE IN LANCASTER COUNTY ARE OPEN UNTIL APRIL 11TH. LIVE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. BAYLEE MARTIN WGAL NEWS 8. ALL RIGHT, BAILEY, THANK YOU. IF YOU’VE BEEN WATCHING US FOR QUITE SOME TIME, YOU MAY REMEMBER WE FIRST INTRODUCED YOU TO TAYLOR CHIP COOKIES IN 2023, WHEN FORBES MAGAZINE HONORED OWNER SARA TAYLOR FOR ITS 30 UNDER 30 AND IN SEPTEMBER 2024, THE STATE GAVE TAYLOR CHIP $3.5 MILLION IN A GRANT AND A LOAN, WHICH WAS TO HELP WITH THE COMPANY’S EXPANSION AT THE TIME. THE $15.1 MILLION EXPANSION PLAN TO CREATE AT LEAST 35 NEW FULL TIME JOBS AND RETAIN ANOTHER 23 JOBS STATEWIDE. STATE TREASURER STACY GARRITY IS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR WHO WILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT IN MAY’S PRIMARY ELECTION, BUT SUPPORTERS OF THE PREVIOUS NOMINEE ARE PUSHING FOR PEOPLE TO WRITE IN HIS NAME INSTEAD. 8 ON YOUR SIDE POLITICAL REPORTER TOM LEHMAN JOINS US LIVE FROM THE STATE CAPITOL IN HARRISBURG. WHEN THE WRITE IN CAMPAIGN FOR STATE SENATOR DOUG MASTRIANO. TOM? YEAH. JERRY, I TALKED TO ORGANIZERS OF THAT WRITE IN CAMPAIGN AND THEY TOLD ME THE CONSERVATIVE STATE SENATOR FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY IS NOT BEHIND THIS CAMPAIGN, THOUGH HE DOES SUPPORT THE MESSAGE BEHIND IT. ORGANIZERS OF THIS CAMPAIGN SAY THEY’RE FRUSTRATED THAT AN EARLY ENDORSEMENT WAS GIVEN TO STATE TREASURER STACY GARRITY. THEY FEEL LIKE VOTERS GOT SHORTCHANGED BECAUSE THE TRADITIONAL PRIMARY SIMPLY WASN’T GOING TO HAPPEN, AND THEY ARE HOPING TO SEND A MESSAGE. IT’S A LIFE CHANGING DECISION. IT’S BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE DOUG MASTRIANO SAID HE WOULD NOT SEEK ANOTHER BID FOR GOVERNOR, BUT SOME OF HIS SUPPORTERS ARE MOUNTING A WRITE IN BID FOR THE STATE SENATOR. AN ORGANIZER TOLD ME OVER THE PHONE, WE ARE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT TRYING TO GET ENOUGH VOTES TO GET DOUG MASTRIANO THE PRIMARY VICTORY. HE SAID THE GRASSROOTS EFFORT THAT LANDED MASTRIANO THE GOP NOMINATION IN 2022 IS STILL THERE. IF YOU WANT TO GET ON THE GET ON THE BALLOT, HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ON THE BALLOT. IF THEY WANT TO DO WRITE IN, LET HIM DO WRITE IN. STATE TREASURER STACY GARRITY TOLD ME SHE’S UNCONCERNED WITH THE WRITE IN CAMPAIGN. SHE’S WRITING INTO THE PRIMARY WITH THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE STATE GOP, AS WELL AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WHO RECENTLY HOSTED HER AT MAR A LAGO. I AM VERY UNIMPRESSED WITH SHAPIRO. I WATCHED HIM ON AN INTERVIEW. HE’S A STIFF. I MEAN, IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER TO ME. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WILL UNIFY AND DOUG’S SUPPORTERS ARE VERY PASSIONATE AND I ADMIRE THEM FOR THAT. REACHED OUT TO THE PENNSYLVANIA GOP AND THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TOLD ME IN A STATEMENT THAT STACEY HAS ALREADY GOTTEN THE ENDORSEMENT OF BOTH THE STATE COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, AS YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT EARLIER. AS A RESULT, PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS WHO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT, IN THEIR WORDS, SHOULD SUPPORT STACY GARRITY. I SHOULD ALSO REACH OUT. EXCUSE ME, POINT OUT THAT I REACHED OUT TO SENATOR MASTRIANO EARLIER TODAY BUT DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM HIM. THE ORGANIZERS OF THAT CAMPAIGN, BY THE WAY, SAY THEY WILL SUPPORT GARRITY I

Pittsburgh Penguins fans buy more than 20,000 hot dogs on dollar dog night

Updated: 6:40 PM EDT Apr 2, 2026

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The Pittsburgh Penguins got a big win over the Detroit Red Wings earlier this week at home, but the headline from the game was made at the food stands.You can view News 8 highlights in the video player above. It was dollar dog night at PPG Paints Arena, and more than 20,000 hot dogs were sold.To put that into perspective, that’s about 2,000 more hot dogs than there are seats in the arena.

The Pittsburgh Penguins got a big win over the Detroit Red Wings earlier this week at home, but the headline from the game was made at the food stands.

You can view News 8 highlights in the video player above.

It was dollar dog night at PPG Paints Arena, and more than 20,000 hot dogs were sold.

To put that into perspective, that’s about 2,000 more hot dogs than there are seats in the arena.