Governor orders flags to fly at half-staff in honor of officer who died
All U.S. and Pennsylvania flags on all commonwealth grounds are to be flown at half-staff.
WHEN WE SEE 80 RETURN IN MY FULL FORECAST. BREAKING OVERNIGHT, A POLICE OFFICER IN BERKS COUNTY DIED AFTER A CRASH WHILE RESPONDING TO A SERVICE CALL. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CRASH HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST PHILADELPHIA AVENUE AND MONOTONY ROAD IN EARL TOWNSHIP JUST BEFORE 8:00 LAST NIGHT. STATE POLICE SAY. 42 YEAR-OLD KRISTEN YEAGER FROM BOYERSTOWN WENT INTO A DITCH, HIT A TREE, AND WAS EJECTED FROM THE POLICE VEHICLE THAT SHE WAS DRIVING. EMS WAS ON SCENE TO TREAT YEAGER BEFORE TAKING HER TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT SHE DIED FROM HER INJURIES, CENTRAL BERKS POLICE POSTED ON THEIR FACEBOOK SAYING THEIR DEPARTMENT MOURNS THE LOSS OF OFFICER YEAGER. THEY ADDED THAT OFFICER YEAGER SERVED THE COMMUNITY WITH COMPASSION AND DEDICATION, AND SHE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. A CHILD DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A VEHICLE IN HARRISBURG THURSDAY NIGHT. THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 630 ON DERRY STREET. OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY GAVE MEDICAL AID TO THE CHILD AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER OF THE CAR. THAT CHILD LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. THE HARRISBURG POLICE TRAFFIC SAFETY UNIT IS INVESTIGATING. I LOOK DOWN THE STREET DOWN THERE AND I SAW SOMEBODY LYING ON THE STREET AND KIDS AROUND HIM SCREAMING. POLICE IN HARRISBURG ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT THAT SHOT AND KILLED A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHILE GETTING OFF A SCHOOL BUS. POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED AROUND 315 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO THE AREA OF NORTH SIXTH AND EMERALD STREETS. POLICE SAY A STUDENT WAS A YOUNG BOY AT JOHN HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL. POLICE SAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, THEY TRIED TO TREAT HIM AS WELL AS NEIGHBORS WHO WERE NEARBY, BUT HE WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED. I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF BYSTANDERS OUT HERE AS WELL HELPING. YES. I MEAN, THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT. THEY’VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE, HELPING ESTABLISH A VERY LARGE CRIME SCENE. I KEPT CALLING HIS NAME, SAYING, WAKE UP, STAY AWAKE. YOU KNOW, I DON’T I DON’T REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT I SAID, BUT I KNOW I SAID HIS NAME MULTIPLE TIMES SO HE WOULD HEAR ME AND TRY TO STAY FOCUSED. THE HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT RESPONDED TO THE DEADLY SHOOTING, SAYING THAT THE REMAINING STUDENTS ON THE BUS WERE TAKEN HOME AND THEIR PRAYERS ARE WITH THE STUDENT THAT WAS SHOT AND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. YOU CAN READ THEIR FULL STATEMENT ON OUR WEBSITE, WGAL.COM. A NEW TRIAL FOR A SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY MAN ACCUSED OF DROWNING HIS WIFE AND STAGING AN ATV CRASH TO COVER UP HER DEATH. JOSEPH FITZPATRICK, FROM FAWN GROVE, WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON AFTER A 2015 FIRST DEGREE MURDER CONVICTION IN THE DEATH OF ANNE MARIE FITZPATRICK. DURING HIS FIRST TRIAL, A NOTE ON HER DESK CALENDAR READING, QUOTE, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME. JOE WAS A KEY PART OF THE PROSECUTION’S CASE THAT WAS RULED HEARSAY ON APPEAL, AND A NEW TRIAL WAS ORDERED. THAT TRIAL IS NOW SET FOR DECEMBER, AND FITZPATRICK IS IN THE YORK COUNTY PRISON. A 79 YEAR OLD FRANKLIN COUNTY MAN IS ACCUSED OF FIRING A GUNSHOT AS EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDED TO HIS HOME. STATE. POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE AT THE NOVA DRIVE, HOME OF IRA GOLDBERG THURSDAY NIGHT AFTER NO ONE CAME TO THE DOOR. WHEN EMS ARRIVED, CREWS FORCED ENTRY AND THAT’S WHEN CHARGING DOCUMENTS SAY GOLDBERG FIRED ONE SHOT FROM A SEPARATE BEDROOM. EMS THEN BACKED AWAY AND POLICE SET UP A PERIMETER. GOLDBERG IS CHARGED WITH FELONY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING ANOTHER PERSON. RIGHT NOW, PENNDOT IS WORKING ON SEVERAL TRAFFIC PROJECTS THAT COULD IMPACT YOUR COMMUTE THIS WEEKEND ON I. 83 IN NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, THERE’S A LANE RESTRICTION FROM THE SHRINES TOWN EXIT TO THE NEWBERRY TOWN EXIT. PENNDOT IS REPLACING A DRAIN AND MEDIAN BARRIER THAT’S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY MONDAY AT 6 A.M. ALSO IN YORK COUNTY, A SINKHOLE WILL BE REPAIRED IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP LANE. RESTRICTIONS START AT 7:00 THIS MORNING AND ARE SET TO FINISH BY 5:00 TONIGHT. NUYS ROAD BETWEEN CONWAY ROAD AND WILLOUGHBY ROAD IN SOUTH HANOVER TOWNSHIP. DAUPHIN COUNTY WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL 5 A.M. MONDAY MORNING. PENNDOT IS DETOURING DRIVERS TO REPLACE A BRIDGE. YOU CAN FIND DETOUR INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE WGAL.COM. A MORE THAN 60 YEAR OLD BRIDGE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY CLOSED IN MARCH FOR RENOVATIONS, IS BACK OPEN AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. GRAHAM’S BRIDGE, BUILT IN 1961, CARRIES BRIDGE ROAD OVER THE CONODOGUINET CREEK IN UPPER FRANKFORT IN WEST PENNSBORO TOWNSHIP. THE BRIDGE NOW HAS NEW DECKS, WATERPROOFING MEMBRANES AND EXPANSION JOINTS. THE REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTIES BRIDGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT INCLUDES OVER $40 MILLION WORTH OF REPLACEMENT OR REPAIRS ON THE COUNTY’S 28 BRIDGES. CONSTRUCTION IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY ON A NEW HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN YORK. FROM THE BONES OF A HISTORIC BUILDING. DEVELOPERS SAY THE STRUCTURE ON SOUTH GEORGE STREET IN CONTINENTAL SQUARE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND NOW WORK IS STARTING ON A 20 ROOM HOTEL IN THAT BUILDING. DEVELOPERS SAY THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE HOTEL WILL BE A NEW HOME OF NOMA SUSHI, A YORK RESTAURANT THAT’S OPERATING OUT OF YORK CENTRAL MARKET RIGHT NOW. WE’RE REALLY HOPING THAT IT HONORS THE SPIRIT OF THIS BUILDING. YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING HAD BEEN MORE STORIES AND IT WAS TAKEN BACK DOWN. SO WE REALLY WANT TO HONOR WHAT WAS HERE AND BRING PEOPLE TO CENTRAL DOWNTOWN WHEN THEY’RE STAYING, NOT HAVE THEM STAY ON THE OUTSKIRTS, BUT REALLY BEING ABLE TO EXPLORE AND TO SEE WHAT DOWNTOWN HAS TO OFFER THROUGH THE ARTWORK AND THROUGH THE BUSINESSES LOCALLY. DEVELOPERS SAY IT WILL BE INVISIBLE SERVICE STYLE. THAT MEANS EVERYTHING A GUEST WILL NEED RIGHT AT THEIR FINGERTIPS WITHOUT THE HELP OF SOMEONE ELSE. THE HOTEL IS SET TO OPEN IN SPRING OF 2027. YORK COUNTY HOLDS A UNIQUE DISTINCTION CONNECTED TO AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT YORK BEING THE ORIGINAL CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES. CAMP SECURITY IS THE LAST UNDEVELOPED PRISONER OF WAR CAMP FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. AND NOW ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE GETTING A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT’S LEFT AT ITS PEAK. THE CAMP IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP HELD OVER 1000 BRITISH, CANADIAN AND HESSIAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN LOG HUTS SURROUNDED BY A STOCKADE SURROUNDING SEVERAL ACRES. BETWEEN THE SUMMER OF 1781 AND THE SPRING OF 1783, PRISONERS WHO WERE CONSIDERED TRUSTWORTHY WERE GIVEN PASSES TO TRAVEL TO YORK TO SELL ITEMS THEY MADE INSIDE THE CAMP. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY TRACE THEIR HERITAGE BACK TO THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD HERE IN YORK COUNTY AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND SO IT’S REALLY SPECIAL TO BE WORKING ON THIS. DURING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY AND EXAMINING THIS FROM AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR HERITAGE AS AMERICANS IN A COMMON PRACTICE AT THAT TIME, THE WIVES AND CHILDREN OF MANY OF THE PRISONERS WERE HOUSED AT THE CAMP AS WELL AND WERE GUARDED BY YORK COUNTY MILITIA AND CONTINENTAL TROOPS UNTIL IT WAS CLOSED AT THE END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN 1783, THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GAVE BIRD LOVERS A FRONT ROW PERCH TO ONE OF SPRING’S MOST EXCITING TRADITIONS. THIS WEEK, THEY BANDED THREE PEREGRINE FALCON NESTLINGS THAT LIVE ATOP THE RACHEL CARSON BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN HARRISBURG. THIS BODY FROM THE BANDING DOES NOT HURT THE BABY FALCONS, BUT THEY CERTAINLY DON’T CARE FOR THE PROCESS. AS YOU CAN TELL BY THAT VIDEO THERE. THE BANDS ALLOW BIOLOGISTS TO TRACK THE BIRDS AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR FLIGHT PATTERNS AND NESTING SITES. ENDANGERED BIRD SPECIALIST PATTY BARBER LED THE TEAM IN BRINGING THE NESTLINGS IN FROM THE 15TH FLOOR LEDGE. SOON, THE YOUNG FALCONS WILL BE READY T
Governor orders flags to fly at half-staff in honor of officer who died
All U.S. and Pennsylvania flags on all commonwealth grounds are to be flown at half-staff.
Updated: 10:59 AM EDT May 30, 2026
GOV. SHAPIRO STATEMENT ON OFFICER DEATH:Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.”Lori and I are praying for the family of Central Berks Regional Police Officer Kristen Yeager, who died in the line of duty last night. The women and men who wear the uniform put their lives on the line every day to keep our communities safe and we owe them our deepest gratitude. Our hearts are with her loved ones and the entire Central Berks Regional Police family as they recover from this tragedy. I’ve ordered U.S. and Pennsylvania flags on all Commonwealth grounds to fly at half staff in honor of her memory — may it forever be a blessing.”
HARRISBURG, Pa. —
GOV. SHAPIRO STATEMENT ON OFFICER DEATH:
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.
“Lori and I are praying for the family of Central Berks Regional Police Officer Kristen Yeager, who died in the line of duty last night. The women and men who wear the uniform put their lives on the line every day to keep our communities safe and we owe them our deepest gratitude. Our hearts are with her loved ones and the entire Central Berks Regional Police family as they recover from this tragedy. I’ve ordered U.S. and Pennsylvania flags on all Commonwealth grounds to fly at half staff in honor of her memory — may it forever be a blessing.”