Pennsylvania named a top destination for sports tourism

Pennsylvania named a top destination for sports tourism

WEEK. BUT THEN 80S AND 90S ON THE HORIZON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT. TODAY STARTS NOW. YOU’RE SAYING IT’S UP FROM HERE FOR SURE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 5:00 ON MATT BARCARO. I’M KATELYN SMITH REGINA IS GOING TO GET TO THE REPORT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN A BIT, BUT SHE ALSO HAS A LOOK ON TRAFFIC. AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, WE WANT TO GET TO OUR FORECAST BECAUSE YEAH, ALL THOSE STORMS AND THE FOG STORMS ARE OUT. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FOG THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY IN LANCASTER COUNTY. I’M SEEING IT A LITTLE BIT IN YORK COUNTY, EVEN SAW A BIT IN LEBANON COUNTY. SO MAINLY WHERE WE’RE SEEING THAT CLEARING, THAT’S WHERE SOME FOG IS SETTING IN. AS FAR AS OUR STORM TEAM LIVE NETWORK GOES, JUST A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS HANGING OUT IN SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES, AND WE SHOULD SEE SPOTTY SHOWERS LATER TODAY. TEMPERATURE WISE, 40S AND 50S ON OUR TEMPERATURE MAP, WE’RE AT 52 IN HARRISBURG, 51 IN CHAMBERSBURG, 44, THOUGH IN SELINSGROVE. AND LOOK AT OUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. THE CLOUDS WILL FILL BACK IN. THEY’LL HANG TOUGH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THAT’S GOING TO KEEP US IN THE 50S FOR OUR HIGHS. OUR AVERAGE HIGH IS 73 DEGREES, BUT WE WON’T GET THERE UNTIL WE GET TO THE WEEKEND AND WILL BE ABOVE THAT, ACTUALLY. AND THEN WE SAW NEXT WEEK WE COULD BE IN THE 90S AND THAT’S EARLY, RIGHT? FOR 90S. YEAH. JUNE 1ST IS ABOUT OUR AVERAGE 91ST 90 DEGREE DAY. SO JUST ABOUT A WEEK EARLIER. YEAH, THAT’S NOT THAT FAR AWAY. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? WOW. VERY EXCITING THOUGH FOR SURE. ALL RIGHT. 501 ON THE CLOCK, EVERYONE. ON YOUR THURSDAY MORNING. AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY GOT SOME REST. I KNOW IT WAS KIND OF A LOUD OUT THERE OVERNIGHT, ESPECIALLY WHERE I AM LIVING. SO IT WAS SOMETHING TO EXPERIENCE FOR SURE. RIGHT NOW, GOOD NEWS IS NO CRASHES ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. YOU’RE GOOD TO GO AT 501. WANT TO GIVE YOU A PEEK FROM OUR LIVE PENNDOT CAMERAS ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. WITH THAT FOG, SOME PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING EPHRATA, LANCASTER COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF FOG THERE TO 22322 SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP AND YORK COUNTY THOUGH LOOKING OKAY. ROUTE 30 AT MOUNT ZION ROAD THERE. IF YOU’RE TRAVELING THROUGH DAUPHIN COUNTY, SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP I 81 THERE, EXIT 67 B, YOU CAN SEE NOT TOO BAD THERE IN DAUPHIN COUNTY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF FOG IF YOU’RE HEADED THROUGH EAST PENNSBORO TOWNSHIP AND SOME DRIVE TIMES FOR YOU. IF YOU’RE HEADING INTO YORK FROM YORK, SPLIT 17 MINUTE DRIVE THERE. WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE IN JUST A BIT. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. ALL RIGHT. YOU’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW. WE SHOULD BE SEEING THE LEBANON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THAT IS WHERE A MAN ACCUSED OF MAKING THREATS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AGAINST STATE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN COURT. THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS MORNING. REGINA IS BACK WITH US WITH SOME REACTION FROM THOSE LAWMAKERS WHO WERE THREATENED. KATELYN KATELYN AND MATT, STATE POLICE ARRESTED ADAM BERRYHILL OF LEBANON, SAYING HE MADE THREATS ON HIS X ACCOUNT, SHOWED A GUN AND MENTIONED A, QUOTE, MEMORIAL DAY OPERATION. STATE POLICE SAY BERRYHILL POSTED A HIT LIST OF 20 LAWMAKERS, ALL DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, AND POSTED POLITICALLY VIOLENT POSTS ON HIS X ACCOUNT. AMONG THEM WAS SENATOR STEVE SANTARSIERO AND SENATOR JUDY SCHWANK, WHO BOTH SERVED DISTRICTS IN BUCKS COUNTY. IT HAPPENS IN THIS IN THIS BROADER ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE’VE SEEN ACTS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THREATS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE ESCALATE OVER JUST THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND I THINK ALL OF US, WHETHER WE’RE DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS OR INDEPENDENTS, NEED TO BE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THAT WHENEVER IT OCCURS. I AM VERY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THERE MUST BE TWO OF YOU BECAUSE YOU’RE EVERYWHERE IN THIS. YOU KNOW, IN BERKS COUNTY, AND I INTEND TO DO MY JOB THAT WAY. BUT IT SURE MAKES YOU THINK TWICE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT WHAT I MAY BE EXPOSING MYSELF TO AND OR MY FAMILY AS WELL. GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO, WHOSE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE WAS TARGETED IN A FIREBOMBING LAST YEAR, SAID HIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD WORK WITH LAWMAKERS TO PROTECT THEM. LAWMAKERS FOUND OUT ABOUT THOSE THREATS YESTERDAY, EVEN THOUGH THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK. IN A STATEMENT TO NEWS EIGHT, SENATE REPUBLICANS NOTED THE DELAY IN NOTIFYING THE THREAT, SAYING, QUOTE, THE COMMUNICATION PROCESSES BETWEEN STATE POLICE AND THE SERGEANTS AT ARMS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE CHAMBERS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW AND BEING UPDATED TO ENSURE LEGISLATORS ARE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED AND MADE AWARE OF ANY THREATS, AS WE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO HAVE OCCURRED. THE SUSPECT, ADAM BERRYHILL, IS DUE TO APPEAR AT THE LEBANON COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT 8 A.M. NEWS EIGHT WILL HAVE A CREW THERE, AND WE’LL BRING YOU ANY UPDATES ON AIR AND ONLINE. KATELYN. THANK YOU. REGINA DOES COME AS DAUPHIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER JUSTIN DOUGLAS SAYS HE WAS HARASSED AND THREATENED BY SOMEONE AS WELL. THE DEMOCRAT AND CANDIDATE FOR PENNSYLVANIA’S 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SHARED THIS DURING YESTERDAY’S COMMISSIONERS MEETING. HE SAID IT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY. THE INTERACTION INCLUDED REPEATED INTIMIDATION AND THREATENING LANGUAGE, CLEARLY MEANT TO COMMUNICATE THE ABILITY TO DO HARM TO ME, HE SAID IN PART, AND I QUOTE, I CAN TOUCH YOU EVERYWHERE. I CAN TOUCH YOU EVERYWHERE. I’M A MOTHER, BLANKING GANGSTER, END QUOTE. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I DO NOT WANT RETALIATION OR HOSTILITY DIRECTED TOWARD ANYONE INVOLVED. IT IS IN THE HANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW AND WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS. VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES OR OUR POLITICS. DOUGLAS DID NOT NAME THE PERSON INVOLVED. NEW THIS MORNING. LANCASTER TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY A SOCIAL MEDIA POST ABOUT A SHOOTING IN STERLING PLACE DID NOT HAPPEN IN LANCASTER COUNTY. POLICE SAY THEY DETERMINED THAT SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA WAS NOT TRUE, SAYING THE ACTUAL SHOOTING HAPPENED IN ANOTHER STATE. OFFICERS SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO CONFIRMED SHOOTINGS IN THE STERLING PLACE AREA CONNECTED TO THAT SOCIAL MEDIA POST. POLICE SAY THIS IS A REMINDER, THOUGH, TO BE CAUTIOUS WHEN YOU’RE SHARING INFORMATION THAT’S NOT VERIFIED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ALSO, IN LANCASTER COUNTY, THE CORONER SAYS THE DEATH OF A FIVE MONTH OLD AT A HOTEL IN LEACOCK TOWNSHIP WAS AN ACCIDENT AND THE BABY DROWNED. STATE POLICE SAY THE BABY DIED INSIDE A HOTEL ROOM AT THE BEST WESTERN HOTEL ON EAST NEWPORT ROAD MONDAY NIGHT AND NOT IN THE POOL. THE BABY’S NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. POLICE SAY THE MOTHER IS COOPERATING. A JUDGE SENTENCED A YORK MAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD IN 2019. 34 YEAR OLD ADRIAN MOY WAS SENTENCED TO 17.5 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HAVING A GUN. AS A PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED FELON, AND ALSO FOR HAVING COCAINE WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE IT. INVESTIGATORS SAY MOY LEFT THAT BOY, ELIAS LANDRUM, UNATTENDED IN A CAR ON PHILADELPHIA STREET. HIS LOADED HANDGUN, ACCORDING TO POLICE, WAS ALSO IN THAT CAR. AND INVESTIGATORS SAY THE GUN ACCIDENTALLY WENT OFF, KILLING THE BOY. COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN YORK GATHERED FOR A PRAYER WALK IN PEN PARK FOLLOWING THE DEADLY SHOOTING THERE LAST WEEK. YORK POLICE SAY 15 YEAR-OLD MICHAEL HARRIS WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT THE PARK ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 5TH. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID ANYTHING ABOUT ARRESTS OR SUSPECTS. REVIVE MINISTRIES. THAT’S A CHURCH IN THE AREA ORGANIZED LAST NIGHT’S WALK SAYING THEY WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER. WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE LOVED. THEY’RE NOTICED. THEY’RE LOVED. YOU’RE NOT FORGOTTEN. SOMEBODY DOES CARE ABOUT YOU. I THINK THAT IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE, THE CHURCH, COME OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND BEGIN TO BE SEEN BY THE INDIVIDUALS IN WHICH WE SERVICE, OKAY? TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE GRIEVING WITH YOU. WE LOVE YOU, WE CARE ABOUT YOU, AND WE SUPPORT YOU AS WELL. PASTOR OF REVIVE CHURCH SAYS THEY’RE HOPING TO HAVE THESE PRAYER WALKS EVERY WEEK. 507 NOW WE HAVE SEEN BIKE CRASHES ACROSS THE STATE. JUST LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIED ON BICYCLES FROM CRASHES WAS 28. THAT WAS UP FROM 19 THE YEAR BEFORE. THESE NUMBERS FROM PENNDOT, A BIKE SHOP IN YORK COUNTY, SAYS IT WANTS TO CONTINUE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS. AND NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIEL THOMAS IS JOINING US LIVE IN MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP WITH WHAT THAT BIKE SHOP IS DOING TO HELP. GOOD MORNING GABRIELLE. GOOD MORNING MATT AND KATELYN WILL GUNG-HO BIKE SHOP HERE IN MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP SAYS A LITTLE BIT OF AWARENESS GOES A LONG WAY, ESPECIALLY WHILE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE ON THE ROAD, BECAUSE IT’S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT BOTH CYCLISTS AND DRIVERS ARE SAFE. NOW I HAVE JAY ZACH JOINING ME THIS MORNING. HE IS THE OWNER HERE AT GUNG-HO BIKE SHOP. COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME SOME OF THE BIGGEST MISTAKES THAT YOU’VE SEEN DRIVERS MAKE WHEN THEY ARE SHARING THE ROAD WITH CYCLISTS? WELL, BICYCLES SHOULD BE STAYING AS FAR TO THE RIGHT AS THEY CAN. THAT IS FAR TO THE RIGHT, AS IS SAFE. AND SOMETIMES THAT IS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STUFF. SO WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE CARS GIVE BICYCLES ROOM. OKAY, YOU CAN’T BE PASSING AT LESS THAN A FOOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND MAKE THAT CYCLISTS FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE. SO GIVING A CYCLIST ROOM IS ONE. ALSO, DON’T ASSUME WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE DOING. YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST WE DON’T WANT IF THEY’RE TURNING LEFT OR TURNING RIGHT, THEY HAVE A THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME OUT ON THE ROAD AND MAKE THOSE TURNS. SO IT IS JUST A SHARE THE ROAD KIND OF THING. WHAT ARE SOME BASIC SAFETY TIPS THAT YOU ALWAYS FOLLOW? BECAUSE YOU USUALLY RIDE VERY OFTEN, RIGHT. AS MUCH AS I CAN. ONE HAVE THAT HELMET ON EVERY SINGLE TIME. YOU CAN’T. YOU. IT IS THE ONLY THE BIGGEST SAFETY FEATURE THAT YOU HAVE. BE VERY COGNIZANT OF WHERE CARS ARE. YOU CAN HEAR THEM OR SEE IF YOU HAVE MIRRORS ON YOUR BIKE. YOU CAN SEE THEM AND STUFF. CARS GOING TO WIN ANY ALTERCATION. CARS ARE GOING TO WIN EVERY SINGLE TIME. SO YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE ANY KIND OF ALTERCATION. STAY AS FAR TO THE RIGHT ALWAYS AS YOU. YOU POSSIBLY CAN. BUT THERE IS TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOU KNOW, WHEN IT IS SAFEST TO BE THE CAR. MOVE OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND, AND, AND BECAUSE THE SIDE IS TOO ROUGH AND IT’S DANGEROUS FOR YOU, MOVE OUT THERE AND LET THE CARS KNOW THAT YOU’RE JUST TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE SAFE. JAY, THANK YOU FOR THOSE SAFETY TIPS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN SOME MORE SAFETY TIPS, I HAVE A LINK ON MY FACEBOOK THAT TELLS YOU IN DETAIL WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO STAY SAFE OUT THERE ON THE ROAD. WHETHER YOU ARE A DRIVER OR YOU’RE A CYCLIST. REPORTING LIVE HERE IN MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. THANK YOU GABRIELLE. WE KNOW THE WEATHER CAN ALSO IMPACT CONDITIONS ON THE ROAD. SOME FOGGY SKIES IN PARTS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THIS MORNING. THIS IS OUR LEBANON SKYCAM THAT WE’RE SEEING HERE. YEAH, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FOG BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME CLEARING. AND BECAUSE OF THE DAMP GROUND. THAT’S WHY THE FOG HAS FORMED UP. WHERE WINDS ARE LIGHT. YOU CAN SEE LOW PRESSURE RIGHT NOW MOVING AWAY FROM US. IT’S GOING TO CRANK UP LIFT UP INTO THE NORTHEAST AND KEEP US CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY. BUT THIS MORNING WE DO HAVE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS. JUST A SPRINKLE OR TWO. AN ISOLATED SHOWER CAN’T RULE THAT OUT THIS MORNING, BUT TEMPERATURES AREN’T BAD TO TAKE. WE HAVE SOME 40S NORTHWEST 50S FOR MOST OF US. 52 IN HARRISBURG, 51 IN YORK, 54 DEGREES IN GETTYSBURG. WIND SPEEDS TODAY, THEY’RE GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 TO 20MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SO A BREEZY DAY AND A COOL DAY. LOOK AT THE HIGHS HERE. WE DON’T GET OUT OF THE 50S IN MOST SPOTS TODAY. AN ISOLATED SPOT MIGHT HIT 60, BUT I THINK AS THE CLOUDS THICKEN UP LATER THIS MORNING AND WE GET THAT COOL FLOW OUT OF THE NORTH, IT IS GOING TO GIVE US OUR COOLEST DAY OF THE WEEK. NOW AFTER TODAY, WE’LL START TO WARM THINGS UP, ESPECIALLY THIS WEEKEND. STICK AROUND FOR THE TEN DAY FORECAST. I HAVE 80S, I EVEN HAVE SOME 90S IN THERE. GUYS, BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS CHRISTINE FOR THAT. CARLISLE BOROUGH LEADERS SAY THAT GRANT MONEY FROM THE STATE WILL BE USED FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF A PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECT. THEY SAY THIS IS FOR A STRETCH OF ROUTE 74 NEAR SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE KNOWN FOR SPEEDING AND CRASHES. THIS IS BETWEEN ASH AVENUE AND BEL AIR DRIVE. CARLISLE MAYOR SHAWN SCHULTZ SAID THE PROJECT WILL CREATE SEPARATE SPACES FOR WALKING AND BIKING. AS YOU SEE FROM THE MAP HERE, IMPROVING SAFETY FOR EVERYBODY, BUT ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS IN THE AREA. A RESIDENT WHO USED TO TEACH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL SAYS HE’S WORRIED ABOUT STUDENT SAFETY IN THIS AREA, BUT HE’S GLAD SOMETHING IS BEING DONE. SAFETY SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE WITH EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE KIDS, YOU KNOW, IN A PRETTY ACTIVE AREA. I’M REALLY GRATEFUL SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY IS BANDING TOGETHER AND USING THE GRANT AND HOPEFULLY IN THIS AREA TO INCREASE THAT SAFETY. MAYOR SCHULTZ SAYS THERE ARE MORE THAN 150 CRASHES IN THAT AREA IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. IN HARRISBURG. CITY LEADERS SAY THAT THEY ARE APPROVING THE BROAD STREET MARKET FUNDING RESOLUTION. THIS WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE ON THEIR PART. LAST WEEK, WE TOLD YOU ABOUT HOW THE COST TO REBUILD DID INCREASE BY $3 MILLION. IT’S NOW UP TO ABOUT 23.7 MILLION IN ALL. IT’S PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE OF A WALL LAST FALL THAT WAS DAMAGED BY THE FIRE

Pennsylvania has been recognized as one of the top destinations for sports tourism, ranking fourth in the nation, according to “Sports ETA’s 2020-2026 State of the Industry Report.” You can view News 8 headlines in the video player above. The report covers all levels of sports, including youth, amateur, and professional events. Major events still ahead for Pennsylvania this year include the PGA Championship, currently happening just outside of Philadelphia, as well as World Cup games, the MLB All-Star Game, and more.

Pennsylvania has been recognized as one of the top destinations for sports tourism, ranking fourth in the nation, according to “Sports ETA’s 2020-2026 State of the Industry Report.”

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

The report covers all levels of sports, including youth, amateur, and professional events.

Major events still ahead for Pennsylvania this year include the PGA Championship, currently happening just outside of Philadelphia, as well as World Cup games, the MLB All-Star Game, and more.