Racist graffiti at Pennsylvania bus stop leads to security upgrades
C1 MORE THAN A MONTH. SO MUCH HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM MANY OF US SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE, PUSHING TO OPEN THE WINDOW FOR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS PASSED WHERE IT ALREADY IS IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. THEIR CALL TO LAWMAKERS CHANGES AT HERSHEY PARK. WHILE YOU MAY HAVE TO GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE AND COME BACK TO THE PARK, YOU’RE BEING TOLD TO HAND YOUR CASH OVER TO A STRANGER IN ORDER TO PROTECT IT. I’M ON YOUR SIDE WITH SCAMMERS WHO ARE TRYING TO SCARE THEIR MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET AND INTO THEIR HANDS. WGAL NEWS EIGHT AT SIX STARTS NOW. LIVE TONIGHT A PUSH TO ALLOW SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE TO SEEK JUSTICE. BUT WE BEGIN IN LEBANON COUNTY, WHERE NEW DETAILS ABOUT A WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN HER LEBANON COUNTY HOME LAST WEEK. INVESTIGATORS SAY HER HUSBAND LIVED WITH HER DECOMPOSING BODY FOR AT LEAST A MONTH. GOOD EVENING. I’M JERE GISH AND I’M MEREDITH JORGENSEN. NEWS 8 GOT THE COURT DOCUMENTS DETAILING WHAT POLICE SAY HAPPENED BEFORE HER BODY WAS FOUND LAST WEEK. WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW SOME MAY FIND THESE DETAILS DISTURBING. NEWS EIGHT’S SARAH METZ JOINS US LIVE FROM THE HOME IN SOUTH LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP WITH MORE TONIGHT. SARAH. POLICE SAY THAT THEY FOUND CHARLENE MCCULLOUGH’S DECAYING BODY INSIDE THE FORECLOSED HOME BEHIND ME AFTER A WELFARE CHECK LAST WEEK. NOW, I DID SPEAK TO HER FAMILY JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO. THEY TELL ME THAT THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY HEARTBROKEN BY HER DEATH. THEY ALSO CALLED IT TRAGIC AND HORRIFIC. THEY SENT ME A STATEMENT THIS AFTERNOON THAT READS, AS WE GRIEVE THIS UNIMAGINABLE LOSS, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY. WE ARE AWARE THAT AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE AND WE ARE PRAYING FOR JUSTICE TO BE DONE. NOW, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY PERSON CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO CHARLENE’S DEATH IS HER HUSBAND, MICHAEL MCCULLOUGH. DESPITE THE FLIES AND FOUL ODOR, SOUTH LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY 68 YEAR OLD MICHAEL MCCULLOUGH LIVED INSIDE THE TIMBER LANE HOME WITH HIS WIFE’S DECOMPOSING BODY FOR WEEKS. OFFICERS WERE SPOTTED LEAVING THE HOUSE TODAY WITH BAGS AND A BOX OF EVIDENCE. ACCORDING TO CHARGING DOCUMENTS, WHICH LIST THE OFFENSE DATE AS FEBRUARY 15TH, MCCULLOUGH TOLD OFFICERS HE WOKE UP ONE DAY TO HER DEAD, BUT, QUOTE, HE DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG. OFFICERS SAY HE TOLD THEM PRIOR TO HER DEATH, SHE STRUGGLED WITH HER APPETITE. MEDICAL RECORDS SHOW THAT SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED AT A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS LAST YEAR. DETECTIVES SPOKE TO CHARLENE’S FAMILY, WHO SAID THEY REQUESTED WELFARE CHECKS IN THE PAST ONE AS RECENTLY AS FEBRUARY, BECAUSE SHE ALSO STRUGGLED WITH HER MENTAL HEALTH. NOW, IT’S NOT CLEAR IF THAT REQUEST WAS EVER COMPLETED. HER FAMILY SAID THE LAST TIME THEY SAW HER, SHE WAS THIN, NOT BATHING AND HAD SCABS FROM PICKING AT HER SKIN. ACCORDING TO CHARGING DOCUMENTS, DETECTIVES SAY HER HUSBAND WAS CHARGED WITH ABUSE OF CORPSE AFTER ALLEGEDLY ADMITTING HE MOVED. CHARLENE’S BODY WITH SHOVELS AND TAMPERED WITH EVIDENCE FOR CLEANING UP BLOOD THAT WAS FOUND AROUND HER BODY. IT’S STILL NOT CLEAR HOW CHARLENE DIED. CHARGING DOCUMENTS SAY DUE TO THE STATE OF HER DECOMPOSING BODY, THE EXAM WITH THE AUTOPSY WAS HINDERED. NOW, THE CORONER SAYS HER CAUSE AND MANNER OF DEATH WILL BE WILL BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IN LEBANON COUNTY, SARAH METZ, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. THANK YOU. SARAH. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH, YOU CAN CALL OR TEXT NINE EIGHT, EIGHT AT ANY TIME. STATE POLICE JUST ANNOUNCED THEY’RE INVESTIGATING AN INMATE DEATH AT THE YORK COUNTY PRISON AS AN INMATE COMMITTED HOMICIDE. THEY SAY 19 YEAR OLD JACOB BRADY DIED LAST TUESDAY OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA AND STRANGULATION. STATE POLICE DID NOT ANNOUNCE ANY CHARGES. SURVIVORS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE ARE CALLING ON LAWMAKERS TO PASS LEGISLATION THEY SAY IS NEEDED TO ALLOW THEM TO SEEK JUSTICE. IT’S BEEN A DISCUSSION WITHIN THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. NEWS EIGHT’S A.J. SISON IS LIVE NOW FROM THE STATE CAPITOL. MEREDITH, THE DISCUSSION IS TO OPEN THE WINDOW FOR SURVIVORS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE WHO ARE BARRED FROM SUING THEIR ABUSERS BECAUSE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS RAN OUT. AND ADVOCATES IN THE CAPITOL TODAY SAID THAT IT CAN TAKE DECADES FOR A VICTIM TO FEEL READY TO FACE THEIR ABUSER. CHOOSING INSTITUTIONS OVER THE LITTLE SOULS WHO WERE FAILED. THAT IS NOT WHAT THE LAW IS SUPPOSED TO DO. THE SURVIVORS MESSAGE TO STATE LAWMAKERS REOPEN THE WINDOW. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THAT, AND HISTORY WILL REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW YOU USED IT. ADVOCATES ARE PUSHING FOR A TWO YEAR WINDOW TO ALLOW SURVIVORS TO. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS EXPIRED. THE CHANCE TO SEEK JUSTICE. THIS STARTED AFTER THE 2018 GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION INTO CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE DIOCESE OF HARRISBURG. BUT SURVIVORS SAY THIS FIGHT GOES FAR BEYOND THAT. YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY COMING FROM POWERFUL INSTITUTIONS, NOT JUST THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. WE’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED FOR ALL VICTIMS, WHICH HAS NOT HAPPENED IN PENNSYLVANIA YET. ADVOCATES AND SURVIVORS TOOK TO THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA STEPS TO SHARE THEIR STORIES, INCLUDING SARAH KLEIN, AN ATTORNEY NOW WHO SAYS SHE WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY CONVICTED FORMER USA GYMNASTICS DOCTOR LARRY NASSAR. HAVING GONE THROUGH MY OWN CASE AGAINST LARRY NASSAR IN THE INSTITUTIONS WHO FAILED ME, IT’S NOT ABOUT MONEY. IT’S NOT ABOUT REVENGE. IT’S ABOUT TRUTH. IT’S ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. LEGISLATION THAT’S BEEN VETTED AND DEBATED ON FOR THE LAST DECADE, MOST RECENTLY LAST SUMMER AFTER THE HOUSE PASSED THIS BILL, BUT NEVER MADE IT TO LAW. IF THERE ARE TIME BARRED, THEN INDIVIDUALS DON’T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK JUSTICE. AND THEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMMITTED THOSE CRIMES CONTINUE TO GO ON WITHOUT ANY ACCOUNTABILITY. NOW, TRACKING THE BILL, WE FOUND IT PASSED THE STATE HOUSE LAST JUNE. AND THEN IN THE SENATE, THEY SENT IT TO ITS JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, WHERE THE BILL DID STALL. THE ADVOCATES IN THE CAPITOL TODAY SAID THEY WILL CONTINUE THE FIGHT UNTIL LEGISLATION IS PASSED IN HARRISBURG. AJ SISON, WGAL NEWS 8 AJ, THANK YOU. LOOKING LIVE NOW AT OUR LANCASTER SKY CAM A CHILLY, BLUSTERY DAY AND A COLD NIGHT ON TAP. LET’S GO TO STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST ETHAN HUSTON ETHAN TIME IT OUT FOR US. IT’S GOING TO FEEL MORE LIKE MARCH AGAIN AS WE HAVE A FREEZE WARNING GOES INTO EFFECT FOR ALL OF OUR COUNTIES STARTING IN MIDNIGHT, AND REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 A.M. TOMORROW. WE’RE TALKING TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. SO THAT MEANS FROST IS POSSIBLE. SO IF YOU WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT SOME IMPATIENS OR SOME MARIGOLDS AND THEY’RE SITTING THERE ON YOUR FRONT PORCH, OR YOU’VE ALREADY PUT THEM IN THE GROUND, YOU NEED TO COVER THEM UP OR BRING THEM INDOORS. YOU CAN SEE THOSE LOWS TONIGHT, ANYWHERE FROM 27 TO JUST ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. BUT AREA WIDE WE’RE TALKING A FREEZE IS LIKELY OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. IT IS PRETTY CHILLY OUT THERE. WE’RE AT 47 DEGREES IN LANCASTER, 48 IN HARRISBURG. ALL IS DRY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PERHAPS SOME SPRINKLES IN EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY INTO BERKS COUNTY. AT THIS HOUR, WE WILL SEE THE WINDS RELAX, SKIES WILL CLEAR AND LOOK FOR THOSE TEMPERATURES TO DIP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. AND THEN FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON, A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN TODAY, WE’LL TOP OFF CLOSER TO 60 DEGREES, BUT STILL CHILLY. FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSER TO AVERAGE ON THURSDAY AND THEN INTO THE 70S FOR OUR FRIDAY, WE’LL TALK ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE WEEKEND AHEAD. COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, ETHAN. THANK YOU. NEW AT 6:00, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER TELLS NEWS EIGHT IT’S MAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO ITS FINANCIAL DIVISION AND STAFFING. FOLLOWING THE DISTRICT’S MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET SHORTFALL. LET’S BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE CHANGES. THE DISTRICT SAYS IT’S SEARCHING FOR A NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND IT’S CREATING AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POSITION. THE CURRENT CFO WILL MOVE TO A DIFFERENT ROLE, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WILL RETIRE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THE DISTRICT NEEDS BETTER ACCOUNTABILITY, STRONGER INTERNAL CHECKS AND MORE TRANSPARENCY. HARRISBURG POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING SATURDAY NIGHT THAT INJURED A 17 YEAR OLD BOY. OFFICERS SAY THEY SAW SOMEONE RUNNING FROM THE SCENE IN THE AREA OF HALL MANOR, BUT COULD NOT CATCH THE PERSON. BUT THEY DID FIND A DISCARDED PISTOL WHERE THAT PERSON WAS RUNNING. POLICE SAY THE TEEN, WHO HAD BEEN SHOT APPROACHED OFFICERS A SHORT TIME LATER, AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. HARRISBURG POLICE SAY AN 11 YEAR OLD WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE ON SATURDAY, AND THE DRIVER TOOK OFF. IT HAPPENED ON DERRY STREET. POLICE SAY THEY SEARCHED AND FOUND THE CAR A SHORT TIME LATER AND IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER AS 36 YEAR OLD RYAN STEWART AND
Racist graffiti at Pennsylvania bus stop leads to security upgrades
Updated: 7:52 PM EDT Apr 20, 2026
Racist graffiti at a bus stop in Ambridge, Beaver County, has led the local transit authority to install security cameras in response to repeated vandalism. You can view News 8 headlines in the video player above. Police say someone spray-painted racist messages and symbols, including swastikas and offensive language, at the bus stop. Riders noted this was the second time the same stop has been targeted. “All types of swastikas, kill and rape all n-word, kill all blacks, things of that nature. We are here, we have risen,” one person said. Another individual shared their concerns about the impact of such messages. “It gets to a point where your speech can incite violence and hurt people. That’s when it becomes a responsibility to make sure that stops because it could be anybody,” Maiya Cobb said. The Beaver County Transit Authority announced plans to install new security cameras to deter repeat vandalism and identify those responsible.
AMBRIDGE, Pa. —
Racist graffiti at a bus stop in Ambridge, Beaver County, has led the local transit authority to install security cameras in response to repeated vandalism.
You can view News 8 headlines in the video player above.
Police say someone spray-painted racist messages and symbols, including swastikas and offensive language, at the bus stop. Riders noted this was the second time the same stop has been targeted.
“All types of swastikas, kill and rape all n-word, kill all blacks, things of that nature. We are here, we have risen,” one person said.
Another individual shared their concerns about the impact of such messages. “It gets to a point where your speech can incite violence and hurt people. That’s when it becomes a responsibility to make sure that stops because it could be anybody,” Maiya Cobb said.
The Beaver County Transit Authority announced plans to install new security cameras to deter repeat vandalism and identify those responsible.