Susquehanna Valley shelters extend hours under Code Blue alerts
WE HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS BREAK DOWN FOR YOU. WGAL NEWS EIGHT STARTS NOW. MILKSHAKES WOULD NOT BE MELTING TODAY. IT’S 430 ON THIS IMPACT DAY ON MATT BARCARO. I’M KATELYN SMITH. YEAH, MANY DELAYS AND MAYBE EVEN CANCELLATIONS TODAY, BUT DEFINITELY WE’VE GOT MORE THAN 100, I THINK, ON OUR WEBSITE SO FAR BECAUSE IT’S SO COLD OUT THERE. CHRISTINE. IT IS INCREDIBLY COLD AND WE WILL SEE WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO OR SUBZERO THIS MORNING. I WANT TO SHOW YOU OUR CLEAR SKIES ON OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. IT IS DRY, CLEAR AND BOY IS IT BRISK OUTSIDE WIND SPEEDS RIGHT NOW. AFTER AFTER YOU SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS IN MOST SPOTS ARE ABOUT 10 TO 15MPH. WHEN YOU FACTOR THAT IN, IT FEELS LIKE SIX. BELOW IN LEWISTOWN. FEELS LIKE ONE IN LANCASTER. FEELS LIKE ONE DEGREE IN HARRISBURG AND CHAMBERSBURG. AND THOSE WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY GET COLDER AS THE MORNING GOES ON. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE KIDS AS THEY HEAD OUT TO THE BUS STOP LATER. IMPACT DAY BECAUSE THE WIND CHILLS REALLY DON’T IMPROVE MUCH THIS AFTERNOON. THEY WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AND FINALLY, THE WIND DOES DIMINISH TONIGHT. BUT THAT 10 TO 20 MILE PER HOUR BREEZE THAT WILL BE WITH US ALL DAY LONG. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, CHRISTINE, THANK YOU. ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ARE UNDER WHAT IS CALLED A CODE BLUE ALERT THIS MORNING. THAT’S TO ALLOW SHELTERS TO EXTEND HOURS. LEBANON COUNTY’S COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS ENDS THURSDAY MORNING AT 10:00. THEIR CODE BLUE. THE LANCASTER COUNTY HOMELESSNESS COALITION HAS ITS CODE BLUE UNTIL NINE TOMORROW MORNING. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT ANCHOR. LANCASTER, THE LANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB, AND AT THE OUTER VINE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH THAT’S ON CLAY STREET, ALSO IN YORK COUNTY. LIFEPATH CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES SET UP ADDITIONAL BEDS AT ITS OVERNIGHT EMERGENCY SHELTER ON WEST MARKET STREET, AND IF IT DOES REACH CAPACITY, IT TELLS US IT WILL SET UP AN OVERFLOW SHELTER ON CLARK STREET. AND THE NEWS 8 TEAM IS HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE OKAY DURING THIS COLD WEATHER. YOU CAN GET THE LATEST FORECAST AND ALL THE COLD WEATHER INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE. G.COM. AND AS THERE ARE SCHOOL RELATED DELAYS. WE’LL HAVE THEM FOR YOU ON AIR. YOU SEE THEM SCROLLING ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN. THEY’RE ALSO LISTED ON YOUR APP. YOU CAN SEARCH FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 103 DELAYS AND CLOSINGS AS OF RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT MIGHT CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND WITH THE STRETCH OF WINDY AND COLD TEMPERATURES. ALSO, A GOOD TIME TO REMIND YOU ABOUT LIEBER’S LAW. THAT’S THE LAW PROTECTING PETS IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE LAW SAYS THAT DOGS MAY BE TIED OUTSIDE FOR NO MORE THAN 30 MINUTES WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE LOWER THAN 32 DEGREES. OWNERS WHO VIOLATE THAT LAW FACE A FINE OR EVEN JAIL TIME. IT IS 433 AND HAPPENING TODAY. THE VERITAS ACADEMY WILL START CONSTRUCTION ON AN ADDITION TO ITS SCHOOL AND UPPER LEACOCK TOWNSHIP THAT’S IN LANCASTER COUNTY. A SCHOOL SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE EXPANSION WILL ADD A GYMNASIUM AND MORE CLASSROOMS. THE SPOKESPERSON SAYS THIS GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS SET FOR 830, BUT EVEN IT IS UNDER A DELAY. IT’S NOW GOING TO BE AT 1015 THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL’S TWO HOUR DELAY. ALSO TODAY, THERE WILL BE A LANE RESTRICTION ON THE I-83 SOUTH BRIDGE IN HARRISBURG. THE SOUTHBOUND RIGHT LANE WILL BE CLOSED STARTING AT NINE THIS MORNING FOR AN INSPECTION. THE OTHER LANES AND ALL THE RAMPS, THOUGH, WILL STAY OPEN, AND THAT RIGHT LANE IS EXPECTED TO REOPEN BY THREE THIS AFTERNOON. A PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE IN LANCASTER COUNTY IS NOW BEING PUSHED BACK. WILLOW ROAD, BETWEEN GREENFIELD ROAD AND FURY ROAD IN EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, WILL NOW BE CLOSED NEXT MONTH. THE ROAD WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED YESTERDAY FOR BRIDGE WORK, BUT A PROJECT MANAGER SAYS THE UTILITY ISSUE IS DELAYING THAT WORK. A DUMP TRUCK DRIVER LOST CONTROL ON ROUTE 322 NEAR REEDSVILLE IN MIFFLIN COUNTY, YESTERDAY, CRASHED AND LOST A LOAD OF STONES. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SIDE THERE. THAT CRASH HAPPENED NEAR EXIT 655. THE STONES SPREAD ACROSS THREE LANES. IT HAPPENED AROUND 1130. CLOSED THAT ROAD FOR OVER THREE HOURS. POLICE TELL US THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. A CRASH DAMAGED A MONUMENT ON THE GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. THE PARK SAYS THE CRASH AT EMMITSBURG AND WHEATFIELD MILLERSTOWN ROADS DAMAGED THE MONUMENT FOR THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. THIRD CORPS HEADQUARTERS. THAT BIG BLOCK THERE. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SAYS THAT IT’S ASSESSING THE DAMAGE THIS WEEK TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESET THE MONUMENT. NEW. THIS MORNING, THE CITY OF YORK IS INTRODUCING A YOUTH COUNCIL COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE WILL BE AN ADVISORY BOARD FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. CITY LEADERS SAY THE INITIATIVE IS TO HELP STUDENTS GET INVOLVED IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE COMMITTEE IS INTRODUCED TONIGHT AT 530 AT CITY COUNCIL. IN LANCASTER COUNTY. A NEW APP IS HELPING GROUPS THAT PROVIDE FAMILIES WITH FOOD SHARE RESOURCES. THE LANCASTER COUNTY FOOD EXCHANGE APP WAS CREATED AFTER A FOOD PANTRY GOT ALMOST 5000 CONTAINERS OF BLUEBERRIES BY MISTAKE. IT WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO GET ABOUT 500. IN THEORY, THIS WILL GET TO THEM AND SAY, OH, HERE’S SOMEBODY WITH BLUEBERRIES. HERE’S SOMEBODY WHO HAS 30 GALLONS OF MILK, HERE’S SOMEBODY YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO INSIDE THE EXCHANGE, THEY CAN MAKE A CONNECTION AND EITHER GO PICK IT UP OR HAVE IT DELIVERED. THAT’S WHY IT’S CALLED AN EXCHANGE. AND IT’S FREE TO EVERYBODY. ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, IT’S FREE TO THEM. THEY JUST HAVE TO MAKE THE CONNECTION. ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY ON THAT APP INCLUDE THE CENTRAL PA FOOD BANK, MIDWEST FOOD BANK THAT’S BASED IN MIDDLETOWN, AND THE COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY. NOW THE FARM SHOW IS OVER. WE HAVE SOME OF THE NUMBERS TO TELL YOU ABOUT. ESTIMATED 500,000 VISITORS AND SPECIAL GUESTS. THAT’S A HALF MILLION PEOPLE PASSED THROUGH THE FARM SHOW COMPLEX DURING THE EIGHT DAY SHOW. DELEGATIONS FROM 37 COUNTRIES WORKED WITH PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURE TRADE LEADERS. 18 CALVES ACROSS FOUR FAMILY RUN FARMS WERE BORN IN THE CALVIN CORNER, AND AFTER THE FOOD PENNSYLVANIA FFA FOUNDATION SOLD 25,000 SLICES OF PIZZA, THE PENNSYLVANIA COOPERATIVE POTATO GROWERS TREATED VISITORS TO 23,000 POUNDS OF FRESH CUT FRENCH FRIES. 90,000 PIEROGIES AND 20,000 POUNDS OF POTATO DONUTS. THE MUSHROOM FARMERS OF PENNSYLVANIA SOLD 10,000 POUNDS OF MUSHROOMS IN SIX OF THEIR MENU ITEMS, AND THE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION, THEY SERVED UP MORE THAN 20,000 GALLONS OF MILKSHAKES AND 7,200 POUNDS OF MOZZARELLA CHEESE CUBES. MAKES ME FEEL FULL JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THAT. IF YOU DID MISS ANY OF OUR FARM SHOW COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, WE DO HAVE IT ALL FOR YOU ON WGAL.COM. YOU CAN JUST SCAN THAT QR CODE THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. IT WILL TAKE YOU TO OUR WEBSITE AND THE ARE
Susquehanna Valley shelters extend hours under Code Blue alerts
Updated: 5:57 AM EST Jan 20, 2026
Shelters across the Susquehanna Valley are extending their hours under Code Blue alerts to provide additional resources during the cold weather. Watch forecast: Bitterly cold temperatures and sub-zero wind chills are headed for south-central Pennsylvania. Lebanon County’s Coalition to End Homelessness will end its alert on Thursday at 10 a.m. The Lancaster County Homelessness Coalition will continue its alert until 9 a.m. Wednesday, with additional resources available at Anchor Lancaster, the Lancaster County Food Hub, and Otterbein United Methodist Church on Clay Street.LifePath Christian Ministries in York County has set up additional beds at its overnight emergency shelter at 367 West Market St. If it reaches capacity, an overflow shelter will be set up at 370 W. Clarke Ave. Anyone who is seeking shelter during this time can call the hotline at 717-472-8911 or go to 367 West Market St. in downtown York for immediate assistance, or visit LifePath’s website at www.lifepathyork.org.
Shelters across the Susquehanna Valley are extending their hours under Code Blue alerts to provide additional resources during the cold weather.
Watch forecast: Bitterly cold temperatures and sub-zero wind chills are headed for south-central Pennsylvania.
Lebanon County’s Coalition to End Homelessness will end its alert on Thursday at 10 a.m.
The Lancaster County Homelessness Coalition will continue its alert until 9 a.m. Wednesday, with additional resources available at Anchor Lancaster, the Lancaster County Food Hub, and Otterbein United Methodist Church on Clay Street.
LifePath Christian Ministries in York County has set up additional beds at its overnight emergency shelter at 367 West Market St. If it reaches capacity, an overflow shelter will be set up at 370 W. Clarke Ave.
Anyone who is seeking shelter during this time can call the hotline at 717-472-8911 or go to 367 West Market St. in downtown York for immediate assistance, or visit LifePath’s website at www.lifepathyork.org.