656 TIME FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT TO GO TO NEWS EIGHT TODAY. TEAM IS ALL HERE TO HELP YOU START YOUR DAY. AND WE BEGIN WITH GABRIELLE. GOOD MORNING, I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, LIVE HERE AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN HARRISBURG. AND IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS BATTLING WITH ADDICTION, THE STATE IS ROLLING OUT A NEW FREE ONLINE PROGRAM. IT’S A RESOURCE THAT YOU CAN ACCESS RIGHT IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME. IT HAS SEVEN MODULES FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH. THAT HELP WILL HELP YOU THROUGH TREATMENT AND RECOVERY. WE ALREADY HAVE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE WGAL.COM. A WOMAN SENTENCED TODAY IN LEBANON COUNTY AFTER POLICE SAY SHE HANDCUFFED HER CHILD TO AN OIL TANK IN A BASEMENT FOR 17 HOURS AS PUNISHMENT. JOSHUA CANDELARIO PLED NO CONTEST TO MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING CHILD ENDANGERMENT. LEBANON COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE SAY LAST YEAR, THE BOY GOT FREE CALLED 911. CANDELARIO IS SET TO BE SENTENCED AT 830 THIS MORNING. WE’VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOG THIS MORNING. YOU CAN SEE IT BEHIND ME HERE IN OUR YORK SKY CAM TIME LAPSE, BUT NOW THE VISIBILITY HAS IMPROVED. WE’RE STILL SEEING SOME FOG LINGERING THOUGH, SO PLEASE BE MINDFUL AS YOU HEAD OUT. VISIBILITY MAY CHANGE FROM COUNTY TO COUNTY, ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. THAT’S WHERE WE ARE STILL SEEING VISIBILITY DOWN TO A HALF MILE OR A QUARTER MILE. LANCASTER, LEBANON AND YORK COUNTIES. MAINLY TEMPERATURES ALL OVER THE MAP WHERE THE WIND HAS INCREASED. LIKE IN LEWISTOWN, IT’S 46, BUT OTHER SPOTS ARE COOLER CLOSER TO THE FREEZING IN YORK AT 31 DEGREES, WINDS WILL INCREASE, THOUGH, AND THAT’S GOING TO GET RID OF THE FOG THIS MORNING. NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, THE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20MPH. TODAY WE’RE AIMING FOR THAT 50 MARK. EVEN WITH CLOUDS LINGERING, IT’S GOING TO BE A MILD DAY TONIGHT. NOT TERRIBLY COLD, DOWN TO 34 DEGREES. WE SHOULD BE IN THE 20S. AND THEN TOMORROW WE’RE BACK UP TO THE 50 MARK. LIGHTER WINDS, MORE SUNSHINE. THAT’S MY PICK OF THE WEEK FOR YOU. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT RAIN CHANCES AT THE END OF THE WEEK. COMING UP. WE ARE FOLLOWING SEVERAL CRASHES FOR YOU AT THIS HOUR IN LANCASTER COUNTY. YOU SEE THE YELLOW BOX. THAT MEANS THAT THERE IS A CRASH IN ELIZABETHTOWN BOROUGH THAT IS AT EAST SUMMIT STREET AND NORTH MARKET STREET, AND WE HAVE TWO PROBLEM SPOTS IN THE HARRISBURG AREA. THE FIRST ON 283 SOUTH NEAR THE TURNPIKE. THERE’S A CRASH THERE WITH THE SHOULDER BLOCKED. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CAMERA THAT THERE IS A SLOWDOWN IN THAT AREA. WE ALSO HAVE A CRASH ON 322. THAT’S PAXTON STREET EASTBOUND AT WITTMER DRIVE. THE UNION REPRESENTING FRANKLIN COUNTY JAIL OFFICERS SAYS CASES OF VIOLENCE CONTINUE TO GO UP. SAYS AN INMATE HIT AN OFFICER WITH A TABLET TUESDAY. AN OFFICER SPIT ON LAST WEEK. IT SAYS THE JAIL CONTINUES TO OPERATE, WITH LESS THAN HALF THE OFFICERS NEEDED TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE THERE. THE UNION NOW CALLING ON FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO INVEST MORE IN RECRUITING AND RETAINING OFFICERS. NEW. THIS MORNING, THE GREENMOUNT COMMUNITY FIRE COMPANY IN ADAMS COUNTY IS HOSTING A COMMUNITY MEETING AS ITS CHIEF IS FACING CHARGES. LIBERTY TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY DARRYL CORNETT JUNIOR IS CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING TWO FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN MARYLAND. POLICE SAY HE WAS ARRESTED ON NEW YEAR’S DAY. THE GREENMOUNT FIRE COMPANY SAYS THAT MEETING WILL BE HELD TOMORROW NIGHT AT 730. IT WILL BE AT ITS FIRE HALL ON EMMITSBURG ROAD. THAT’S IN FREEDOM TOWNSHIP. COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT THE FIRE CHIEF. AND YOU KNOW, SUNRISE TODAY IS AT 730. IT’S BEEN AT 730 FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY WE’LL SEE THAT LATE SUNRISE AT 730. SO THOSE SUNRISES WILL CONTINUE TO GET EARLIER AND EARLIER. NOW HERE’S A LOOK AT THE TEN DAY FORECAST. TEMPERATURES. THEY’RE GOING TO BE IN THE 50S TODAY TOMORROW EVEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THOUGH FEATURE A CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND RAIN. AFTER THAT WE’RE BACK DOWN INTO THE 40S, WHICH IS STILL A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AVERAGE. AND THEN I SEE THOSE 30S CREEPING BACK TOWARD THE END OF THE TEN DAY, WITH A CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. SO WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED AT THE END OF T
Pennsylvania Game Commission asks residents to report wild turkey flock sightings
Updated: 9:24 AM EST Jan 7, 2026
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking residents to report sightings of wild turkey flocks to support ongoing research and population monitoring. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.The Winter Turkey Sighting Survey asks residents to provide the date and location of the sighting, along with the type of land where the birds were seen. Reports will be accepted through March 15.The Game Commission said crews will then assess the reported sites for the potential to trap turkeys. As in the past six winters, officials said male turkeys will be fitted with leg bands and will be released on site without being relocated. The commission also asks hunters who harvest a banded turkey, or anyone who finds one dead, to report the band number online or by calling the agency.According to the commission, the trapping is part of their ongoing population monitoring. “By reporting banded turkeys, hunters provide us with important information on harvest rates for our population model,” said Reina Tyl, the Game Commission’s wild turkey biologist. “In return, the hunter gets to learn when and approximately where the turkey was banded. If the turkey was banded the first winter after it hatched, we can also provide the hunter with an exact age of the turkey they harvested.”While no turkeys will be fitted with transmitters this winter, as the research projects tracking turkeys for survival, productivity and movement are concluding, males will continue to be banded to monitor harvest rates.”Finding birds to trap is key to accomplishing the work. That’s where the public comes in,” the Game Commission said. “Fortunately, Pennsylvanians have a history of helping in this way.”To report a wild turkey flock sighting, click here. Did you spot a wild turkey flock and have photos or video that you would like to share with News 8? Send them here: https://www.wgal.com/upload.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking residents to report sightings of wild turkey flocks to support ongoing research and population monitoring.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
The Winter Turkey Sighting Survey asks residents to provide the date and location of the sighting, along with the type of land where the birds were seen. Reports will be accepted through March 15.
The Game Commission said crews will then assess the reported sites for the potential to trap turkeys. As in the past six winters, officials said male turkeys will be fitted with leg bands and will be released on site without being relocated.
The commission also asks hunters who harvest a banded turkey, or anyone who finds one dead, to report the band number online or by calling the agency.
According to the commission, the trapping is part of their ongoing population monitoring.
“By reporting banded turkeys, hunters provide us with important information on harvest rates for our population model,” said Reina Tyl, the Game Commission’s wild turkey biologist. “In return, the hunter gets to learn when and approximately where the turkey was banded. If the turkey was banded the first winter after it hatched, we can also provide the hunter with an exact age of the turkey they harvested.”
While no turkeys will be fitted with transmitters this winter, as the research projects tracking turkeys for survival, productivity and movement are concluding, males will continue to be banded to monitor harvest rates.
“Finding birds to trap is key to accomplishing the work. That’s where the public comes in,” the Game Commission said. “Fortunately, Pennsylvanians have a history of helping in this way.”
Did you spot a wild turkey flock and have photos or video that you would like to share with News 8? Send them here: https://www.wgal.com/upload.