Vice President J.D. Vance to address economy in Pennsylvania visit

LIVE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, 5:00 RIGHT NOW ON MATT BARCARO, I’M KATELYN SMITH AND REMEMBER, YOU MAY RUN INTO SOME ICY CONDITIONS AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR FOR THIS MORNING’S COMMUTE. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING NEARLY 200 CLOSINGS OR DELAYS BECAUSE THOSE ROADS MAY BE SLIPPERY. AND SO WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE AGAIN THIS MORNING OF THIS. TAYLOR HESS IS IN YORK COUNTY. REGINA IS KEEPING AN EYE ON THE ROADS IN THROUGHOUT THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. LET’S START WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA WITH THE STORM TEAM FORECAST ON THIS IMPACT DAY, HERE WE GO AGAIN. ANOTHER TRICKY MORNING COMMUTE FOR US. WE HAD THAT BURST OF SNOW YESTERDAY EVENING ACROSS THE AREA AND THAT LAID ON ROADS THAT WERE IN THE 20S. DEFINITELY COLD ROAD CONDITIONS. YOU CAN SEE ON OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. IT IS CLEAR IT IS DRY NOW, BUT WATCH OUT FOR SOME SLICK LEFTOVER SPOTS. RIGHT NOW IT’S ONE DEGREE IN YORK, 11 IN LANCASTER, 12 IN LEBANON, FRIGID FOR CARLISLE. YOU’RE AT 11 DEGREES AND WE DON’T HAVE MUCH OF A WIND CHILL TODAY. THE WINDS ARE GENERALLY CALM OR EXTREMELY LIGHT. SO OUR 12 HOUR FORECAST I WANT YOU TO WATCH OUT FOR THOSE SLICK SPOTS. SOME ROADS, SIDE STREETS ARE STILL SNOW COVERED FROM YESTERDAY, SO WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS IT’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE HARD TO GET THAT CLEARED OFF THIS MORNING. WE DO HAVE SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH. THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS. TEMPERATURES DO GET ABOVE FREEZING, SO THINGS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET CLEANED UP NICELY LATER TODAY. JUST USE CAUTION THIS MORNING. TAKE TIME AND IF THE ROADS LOOK A LITTLE WET THEY COULD BE SLICK. SO TREAT THEM AS IF THEY COULD BE ICY IN PATCHES. TAKE IT EASY BACK TO YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. FOR ME THIS MORNING IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SLICK IN SOME SPOTS, ESPECIALLY TURNING INTO THE HIGHWAY. SO WATCH OUT FOR THAT. GIVE YOURSELF SOME TIME THIS MORNING IT’S 501 RIGHT NOW. NO CRASHES OR INCIDENTS. SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS. WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PEEK OUTSIDE CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THIS IS THE PA TURNPIKE THERE. MILEPOST 230 6.1 ALSO WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE SOUTH BRIDGE. I-83 LOOKING BUSY ON THIS TUESDAY MORNING THERE IN HARRISBURG AND ALSO WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME DRIVE TIMES IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN OR OUT OF HARRISBURG, HUMMELSTOWN, HARRISBURG ON 322 WESTBOUND, TEN MINUTES THERE AND IT IS A 33 MINUTE DRIVE IF YOU’RE HEADED TO HARRISBURG FROM LANCASTER ON 283 AND JUST A 21 MINUTE DRIVE FROM HARRISBURG TO CARLISLE, WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE FOR YOU IN FIVE MINUTES. SO IT’S THE BACK ROADS AND RESIDENTIAL ROADS THAT REALLY COULD BE A CONCERN THIS MORNING. AND THE FREEZING TEMPS WE’RE HAVING, MAKING IT HARD FOR CREWS TO MAKE SURE THOSE ROADS ARE CLEAR. NEWS EIGHT’S TAYLOR HESS IS JOINING US FROM SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP IN YORK COUNTY. AND, TAYLOR, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THERE? YEAH. GOOD MORNING, MATT AND KATELYN. THESE ROADS DEFINITELY ARE A SERIOUS CONCERN HERE. STILL THIS MORNING, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, MANY MAIN ROADS ARE PRETTY CLEAR. BUT THEN IF WE TAKE A LOOK OVER HERE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE SIDE STREETS. STILL PRETTY SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. WE’RE RIGHT OFF OF EAST MARKET STREET. FROM WHAT WE’VE SEEN AGAIN, HIGHWAYS, MAIN ROADS PRETTY CLEAR, BUT THESE SIDE STREETS CAN REMAIN A LITTLE SLICK. SO WHEN YOU HEAD OUT THIS MORNING TO WORK, WATCH FOR THOSE SLICK SPOTS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE TAKING BACK ROADS OR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN, GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME, AND WATCH OUT FOR THOSE HIDDEN ICY PATCHES. PENNDOT SAYS CREWS HAVE BEEN OUT TREATING THESE MAIN ROADS, AND MOST MAJOR ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE NOW CLEAR. PENNDOT ALSO SAYS THAT WHEN THESE TEMPERATURES DROP, THIS LOW SALT SIMPLY DOESN’T WORK AS EFFECTIVELY, ALLOWING THE ICE ON ROADWAYS TO REFREEZE QUICKLY BELOW A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS AROUND THE THE LOW TO MID 20S. SALT DOESN’T WORK QUITE AS QUICKLY, SO MIXING IT IN WITH SOMETHING ELSE TO HELP GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF TRACTION ALLOWS IT TO BE KIND OF GROUNDED AND WORK BETTER. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THE CONCERN FOR BLACK ICE COMING UP AT 530 IN YORK COUNTY. TAYLOR HESS, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. I CERTAINLY NOTICED ON TURNS, MY BACK KIND OF WENT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN I WANTED IT TO. YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ROADS TO ENCOUNTER THIS MORNING. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, TAYLOR. STAY WARM. THE LEBANON COUNTY COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS ISSUED A CODE BLUE THROUGH TEN THIS MORNING. THAT MEANS ANYONE WHO NEEDS ASSISTANCE FINDING A PLACE TO STAY CAN CONTACT LEBANON COUNTY CRISIS INTERVENTION TO FIND SOME ACCOMMODATIONS. THE LEBANON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP, ALSO AVAILABLE DURING THE WEEK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 830 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 430 IN THE AFTERNOON. NEW THIS MORNING, STATE POLICE SAY A SCAMMER STOLE MORE THAN $1 MILLION FROM TWO PEOPLE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. TROOPERS SAY THE SCAMMER CONTACTED THE VICTIMS IN PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, PRETENDING TO BE THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. STATE POLICE SAY THE SCAMMER TOLD ONE OF THE VICTIMS THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER HAD BEEN COMPROMISED AND TOLD THEM TO LIQUIDATE THEIR RETIREMENT ASSETS AND BUY GOLD. STATE POLICE SAY SCAMMERS THEN COLLECTED THE GOLD, WORTH $1.3 MILLION, AS PAYMENT FOR THE NEW SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, WHICH OF COURSE WAS A SCAM. TROOPERS SAY AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. HARRISBURG CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE NEXT YEAR’S BUDGET, BUT NOT BEFORE MAKING SOME AMENDMENTS. THE BUDGET DID NOT INCLUDE THE PAY RAISES MAYOR WANDA WILLIAMS HAD ASKED FOR. FOR HER AND FOR HER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SOME OF THEM MAYOR WILLIAMS PREVIOUSLY ASKED TO RAISE HER SALARY FROM $80,000 TO $100,000. SHE NOW HAS TEN DAYS TO SIGN OR VETO THE BUDGET THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED. A WALL AT THE BROAD STREET MARKET BRICK BUILDING COLLAPSED. THIS IS A VIEW FROM HYNER VIEW EIGHT. YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED THERE ON THE GROUND. THE COLLAPSE AT THE BRICK BUILDING HAPPENED YESTERDAY. THAT BUILDING UNDERGOING RESTORATION FOLLOWING THE FIRE THERE IN JULY OF 2023. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE COLLAPSE. MAYOR WILLIAMS SAYS ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS ARE ASSESSING THE DAMAGE AND ANY POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE RESTORATION PROJECT. THE MAYOR SAYS THAT PROCESS COULD TAKE SEVERAL DAYS. IT’S HIGHLY CONCERNING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE MONEY ALLOCATED WAS TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC BUILDING. IF WE NEEDED TO JUST TEAR IT DOWN AND FORMULATE A NEW PLAN THAT COULD HAVE SAVED THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND WE COULD HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER WAY. SO IT’S JUST UNFORTUNATE TO GET THIS HAPPENING NOW. THIS IS UNRELATED TO THE COLLAPSE, BUT AT LAST NIGHT’S HARRISBURG CITY COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED TO EXTEND A ONE YEAR LEASE FOR THE BROAD STREET MARKET WITH THE BROAD STREET MARKET ALLIANCE. THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION CONFIRMS HARRISBURG MAYOR WANDA WILLIAMS HAS PAID MORE THAN $900 NOW, AS PART OF A SETTLEMENT OVER THE USE OF A CITY DUMPSTER. THE ETHICS COMMISSION SAYS THE PAYMENT WAS RECEIVED DECEMBER 9TH. MAYOR WILLIAMS WAS ORDERED TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT TO SETTLE AN ETHICS COMPLAINT AFTER SHE INSTRUCTED CITY EMPLOYEES TO PROVIDE HER WITH A CITY-OWNED DUMPSTER FOR PERSONAL USE. NEW. THIS MORNING, PENN STATE IS WAIVING SOME FEES FOR STUDENTS AT BRANCH CAMPUSES THAT ARE SET TO CLOSE IN A YEAR AND A HALF. THE SCHOOL SAYS STARTING NEXT SEMESTER, STUDENTS CAN SCHEDULE UP TO 24 CREDITS WITHOUT PAYING THE FEE FOR TAKING MORE THAN 19 CREDITS. THE SCHOOL’S ALSO WAIVING THE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES FEE THAT STUDENTS USUALLY PAY $315 FOR EACH SEMESTER. ALL STUDENTS WILL STILL HAVE FULL ACCESS TO CAMPUS ACTIVITIES, EVEN THOUGH THAT FEE IS WAIVED. THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE SET TO CLOSE AFTER THE SPRING SEMESTER IN 2027 INCLUDE MONT ALTO AND YORK IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE IS COMING TO PENNSYLVANIA TODAY. HE IS EXPECTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND THE COST OF LIVING. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA SAYS THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL MAKE HIS SPEECH AT ULINE SHIPPING SUPPLIES. THAT’S IN LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP IN LEHIGH COUNTY, WHICH IS NEAR ALLENTOWN. THAT IS SET TO HAPPEN AT 10:00 THIS MORNING. ALL RIGHT. 507 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE LEBANON SKY CAM BEHIND US, CHRISTINE. AND, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE ON ON A NORMAL WINTER DAY, IF IT SNOWED LIKE IT DID YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WOULDN’T BE A PROBLEM THIS MORNING, BUT IT NEVER WENT PAST FREEZING. YESTERDAY. WE WERE IN THE 20S YESTERDAY. 25 I BELIEVE WAS THE HIGH OFFICIALLY IN HARRISBURG AND THE ROADS WERE SUFFICIENTLY COLD SO THAT SNOW STUCK IMMEDIATELY IT SNARLED THE EVENING COMMUTE IN SOME AREAS AND IT’S STILL OUT THERE THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE ROADS AND SIDE STREETS THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN PLOWED OR TREATED. NOW YOU’LL FIND VARYING CONDITIONS ON YOUR MORNING DRIVE. I DROVE ON SOME SNOW COVERED ROADS AND THEN WET ROADS AS I WAS COMING INTO WORK. BUT JUST BE MINDFUL. IT’S IN THE TEENS OUTSIDE. THOSE ROADS THAT APPEAR WET COULD HAVE SOME SLICK SPOTS, SO JUST REDUCE YOUR SPEED AND TAKE IT EASY AND YOU’LL GET TO YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. WE HAVE HIGH PRESSURE RIGHT NOW ANCHORED OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC. THAT’S GOING TO HELP OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO GIVE US MORE OF A SOUTHERLY WIND AND HELP TO WARM OUR TEMPERATURES. SO SAY GOODBYE TO THE 20S, EVEN 30S AFTER TODAY AND HELLO TO SOME 40S FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES NINE DEGREES RIGHT NOW IN HARRISBURG, ONE IN YORK, 11 IN LANCASTER, 12 IN LEBANON WITHOUT MUCH WIND. THE WINDS ARE CALM OR VERY LIGHT. THERE’S NOT MUCH OF A WIND CHILL THIS MORNING, THANKFULLY, SO WE CAN SEE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AROUND ONE IN CARLISLE WHERE YOU HAVE THAT GENTLE BREEZE. SO TEMPERATURES VERSUS THE WIND CHILL TODAY NOT QUITE AS HARSH AS YESTERDAY. NOTICE THE WIND CHILL DOESN’T VARY MUCH FROM THE TEMPERATURE, SO THAT INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. OUR HIGH TODAY IS 34 DEGREES. WE DO GET PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, BUT WATCH OUT FOR THOSE SLICK ROADS UNTIL ABOUT 10 A.M., UNTIL THE SUN CAN HIT THOSE ROADS AND TEMPERATURES GET ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. BACK TO YOU. OKAY, THANKS FOR THAT, CHRISTINE. HAPPENING TODAY. GOVERNOR SHAPIRO VISITING THE HARRISBURG BUREAU OF FIRE TO TALK ABOUT SOME FUNDING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR’S STATE BUDGET. THE HARRISBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THE PRIMARY AGENCY THAT RESPONDED AFTER THE ATTACK ON THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE IN APRIL. THE DEPARTMENT IS RECEIVING $7 MILLION FROM THIS STATE BUDGET, UP FROM 2 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR’S BUDGET. GOVERNOR SHAPIRO, SET TO BE AT THE FIRE STATION THIS AFTERNOON. THE HELLAM TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT IN YORK COUNTY ORGANIZED WHAT’S CALLED A RUCK WALK. THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE SEEING HERE. THIS IS IN HONOR OF ONE OF THEIR OWN, SERGEANT JUSTIN GOLDER. SERGEANT GOLDER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COLON CANCER, AND HE STARTS HIS FIRST ROUND OF CHEMOTHERAPY TODAY. THAT WALK WITH SOME WEARING HEAVY PACKS, WAS 26.3 MILES. IN HONOR OF GOLDEN BADGE NUMBER 26, DASH THREE. HE’S A STAPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. HE DOES A LOT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, AND I THINK IT’S THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO SHOW HIM SOME SUPPORT. THIS IS SERGEANT GOLDER’S SECOND CANCER DIAGNOSIS. HE BATTLED TESTICULAR CANCER OVER A DECADE AGO, NEARLY FOUR MONTHS AFTER THREE YORK COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS WERE KILLED IN AN AMBUSH. A BLOOD DRIVE IS LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY NOW FROM HAPPENING. TO HONOR THEIR MEMORY, THE BLOOD DRIVE WILL HONOR DETECTIVE SERGEANT CODY BECKER, DETECTIVE ISAIAH EMENHEISER, AND DETECTIVE MARK BAKER AT THE NORTHERN YORK COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM NINE UNTIL FOUR. NOW, SIGNUPS ARE ENCOURAGED, WHICH IS WHY WE’RE LETTING YOU KNOW A WEEK IN ADVANCE. BUT WALK INS ARE WELCOME AS WELL. WE HAVE A LINK TO SIGN UP FOR THE BLOOD DRIVE AT DOT COM. THE BLOOD DONATIONS COLLECTED DURING THAT DRIVE WILL STAY IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY TO GO TO HOSPITALS, THE CENTRAL PA BLOOD BANK SAYS THAT ONE PINT OF BLOOD CAN SAVE THREE LIVES. IT’S 511 RIGHT NOW, AND NOW IT’S UP TO YOU TO VOTE FOR THE NEXT WINNER OF THE VOICE. ONLY HAVE TWO HOURS TO GET YOUR VOTES IN. THAT’S RIGHT. THE TOP SIX ARTISTS TOOK THE STAGE FOR SEASON 28 FINALE LAST NIGHT, INCLUDING SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY NATIVE AUBRY NICOLE. LITTLE SISTER. DON’T MISS WHEN SHE AIMS A GUN. SING IT. THE DELONE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRAD PERFORMED THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA, COVERED BY HER COACH, REBA MCENTIRE, AND ALSO TILL YOU CAN’T BY CODY JOHNSON AND BACK IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, HER ALMA MATER GATHERED TO CHEER HER ON IN THE SAME AUDITORIUM WHERE SHE PERFORMED IN CONCERTS, PLAYS AND MUSICALS. A NICE CROWD FOR AUBRY. THERE YOU CAN WATCH THE VOICE FINALE TONIGHT AT 8:00 ON G, A L, AND HOPEFULLY WE SEE AUBRY CROWNED THE WINNER. SHE WILL BE BACK, BY THE WAY, IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY TO PERFORM AT THE EICHELBERGER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN HANOVER ON DECEMBER 27TH. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FOR THAT PERFORMANCE. YOU CAN FIND M

Vice President J.D. Vance to address economy in Pennsylvania visit

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Updated: 10:14 AM EST Dec 16, 2025

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Vice President J.D. Vance is visiting Pennsylvania to speak about the economy and the cost of living. The Republican Party of Pennsylvania said the vice president will make his speech at Uline Shipping Supplies in Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, near Allentown.The event is scheduled for 10 a.m.Trump visitThe vice president’s visit comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s stop in Pennsylvania last week. Trump held a rally in Mount Pocono, Monroe County. He told supporters in Pennsylvania that inflation is no longer a problem and that Democrats are using the term “affordability” to harm his reputation.”They use the word affordability, and that’s their only word. They say affordability, and everyone says, oh, that must mean Trump has high prices. No, our prices are coming down tremendously,” Trump said.The economy has shown resilience, with the stock market up this year and overall growth looking solid for the third quarter. The challenge for the president is how to address voter concerns about the economy while also claiming the economy is enjoying a historic boom.Many Americans see prices of housing, groceries, electricity, and other basic needs swallowing their paychecks.A recent poll by the AP-NORC Center found that only a third of American adults approve of Trump’s handling of the economy.The Trump administration said it expects prices to decrease next year with more investments in artificial intelligence and manufacturing.

LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

Vice President J.D. Vance is visiting Pennsylvania to speak about the economy and the cost of living.

The Republican Party of Pennsylvania said the vice president will make his speech at Uline Shipping Supplies in Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, near Allentown.

The event is scheduled for 10 a.m.

Trump visit

The vice president’s visit comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s stop in Pennsylvania last week.

Trump held a rally in Mount Pocono, Monroe County. He told supporters in Pennsylvania that inflation is no longer a problem and that Democrats are using the term “affordability” to harm his reputation.

“They use the word affordability, and that’s their only word. They say affordability, and everyone says, oh, that must mean Trump has high prices. No, our prices are coming down tremendously,” Trump said.

The economy has shown resilience, with the stock market up this year and overall growth looking solid for the third quarter. The challenge for the president is how to address voter concerns about the economy while also claiming the economy is enjoying a historic boom.

Many Americans see prices of housing, groceries, electricity, and other basic needs swallowing their paychecks.

A recent poll by the AP-NORC Center found that only a third of American adults approve of Trump’s handling of the economy.

The Trump administration said it expects prices to decrease next year with more investments in artificial intelligence and manufacturing.