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<\/p>\nGov. Shapiro to announce 2026 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFOR THE COMMUNITY. YOU WILL NEED A COAT AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR, AND YOU WILL HAVE TO KEEP IT ON ANYTIME YOU GO OUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY. AS WE ARE LOOKING LIVE OVER OUR HERSHEY SKY CAM ON THIS MONDAY MORNING AT 6:00, I\u2019M KATELYN SMITH. WE\u2019RE GLAD YOU\u2019RE WITH US. WE\u2019VE GOT REGINA CHECKING ON OUR MORNING COMMUTE AND MIKE IS TELLING US ABOUT THE COLD TEMPERATURES BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, THAT\u2019S THE WARMEST IT\u2019S GOING TO GET FOR THE WHOLE DAY. YEAH. PRETTY MUCH. THIS IS IT HERE. AND TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY. YEAH, YEAH. QUOTATIONS ARE WARM RIGHT. BECAUSE IT\u2019S CHILLY WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE. IT FEELS LIKE THE LOW 20S RIGHT NOW. SO YEAH KATELYN IS RIGHT ON THAT. IT WILL BE ACTUALLY DROPPING A LITTLE BIT HERE AS WE GO THROUGH THE MORNING. AND THEN TEMPERATURES KIND OF JUST STAY STEADY. BUT IT\u2019S GOING TO FEEL LIKE THE TEENS AND 20S THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. MOSTLY CLOUDY, STILL COLD TOMORROW, BUT A TAD WARMER. AND BY THAT I MEAN WE ACTUALLY GET TO THE FREEZING MARK ON TUESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS RETURN ON WEDNESDAY, AND THAT INCLUDES FOR CARLISLE HERE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. TEMPERATURES AT THE MOMENT UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S. THIS IS ABOUT AS WARM AS IT\u2019S GOING TO GET OUT THERE. 32 IN GETTYSBURG, 29 IN LANCASTER AND HARRISBURG AND 25 IN LEWISTOWN. THAT WIND YOU SEE? YEAH, THAT\u2019S NOT HELPING RIGHT NOW. 5 TO 10MPH HERE. THAT\u2019S ADDING A WIND CHILL TO THE AIR, MAKING IT FEEL LIKE THE UPPER TEENS AND LOW 20S FOR MOST OF US. AS YOU STEP OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING. STORM TEAM, LIVE RADAR NETWORK HERE. A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS. OTHERWISE THE CLOUDS INCREASE. WE HAVE SNOW TO THE SOUTHWEST AND A FEW SNOW SHOWERS NORTHEAST. BUT WE ARE DRY AND WE STAY DRY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TODAY YOU CAN SEE THAT AGAIN. THOSE TEMPERATURES DROPPING A LITTLE BIT HERE AS WE GO INTO THE MORNING AND THEN KIND OF JUST HOLDING THE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. REGINA BUT THOSE TEMPERATURES WITH THE WIND TAKE ABOUT TEN DEGREES OFF OF THAT. AND THAT\u2019S PROBABLY WHAT\u2019S GOING TO FEEL LIKE TODAY. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN\u2019T WATCH THE FIVE, YOU HAD A GREAT ANALOGY. WE\u2019RE ALL IN THE FREEZER TODAY. YEAH, PRETTY MUCH YEAH, BECAUSE WE DON\u2019T GET ABOVE FREEZING AT ALL. HOPEFULLY I WON\u2019T BE FROZEN BY THE END OF THE DAY. YEAH, WELL, IF YOU DO JUST GET HOT CHOCOLATE OR HOT COFFEE. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU. AND IT\u2019S 602. EVERYONE ON YOUR MONDAY MORNING. HELLO TO YOU. AND HOPEFULLY YOU\u2019RE FEELING REFRESHED ON THIS MONDAY MORNING AND HAD A NICE WEEKEND RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. FOR THE MAJORITY OF US WE\u2019RE LOOKING GOOD. WE DO STILL HAVE THAT SHOULDER BLOCKED ON I-81 NORTH OF LINGLESTOWN PAXTONIA EXIT THERE IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. IT LOOKS LIKE IT REALLY HASN\u2019T IMPEDED TRAFFIC AT ALL THIS MORNING. SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS AND WANTED TO SHOW YOU AS WELL. MANHEIM TOWNSHIP GOOD MORNING TO YOU, LANCASTER COUNTY ROUTE TWO, 83 AND 30. THE INTERCHANGE THERE LOOKING JUST FINE. NO ISSUES THERE. WE LOVE TO SEE THAT. AND IF YOU\u2019RE HEADED OUT OF LANCASTER TO HARRISBURG, 31 MINUTES THERE, 35 IF YOU\u2019RE HEADED TO LEBANON AND 24 MINUTES IF YOU\u2019RE HEADED TO YORK. WE\u2019LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE FOR YOU IN ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES. WELL, THIS MORNING, A YORK COUNTY FAMILY IS WITHOUT A HOME AFTER AN ELECTRICAL FIRE DESTROYED THEIR TRAILER IN LOWER WINDSOR TOWNSHIP. BRADEN RITTER WAS WORKING AT RIVERSIDE SUBS IN WRIGHTSVILLE WHEN HE GOT THE CALL ABOUT THIS. HIS HOME CATCHING FIRE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 1:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HE SAYS THAT HE AND HIS MOM RAN A SMALL CAT SHELTER INSIDE THAT HOME, AND NOW ONLY ONE OF THREE CATS WHO WERE INSIDE AT THE TIME SURVIVED. HE SAYS THAT THE FIRE ALSO SPARED A FAMILY HEIRLOOM. I DID LOSE MY KEYS TO MY WEAPON CABINET THAT HAD MY GRANDFATHER\u2019S RIFLE IN IT AFTER HE PASSED. THAT\u2019S WHAT HANDED DOWN TO ME. AND THAT\u2019S THE LAST THING I HAVE OF HIM. YEAH, THAT\u2019S PRETTY MUCH IT. SO HIS EMPLOYER, AS WE MENTIONED, RIVERSIDE SUBS IN WRIGHTSVILLE, IS NOW COLLECTING DONATIONS TO TRY TO HELP HIM AND HIS MOM. YOU CAN DONATE CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. YORK COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE ARE WARNING ABOUT A SCAM THAT THEY SAY THEY\u2019RE HEARING ABOUT FROM YOU. OFFICERS SAY SCAMMERS ARE CLAIMING TO BE A LIEUTENANT WITH THE YORK COUNTY SHERIFF\u2019S DEPARTMENT. CIVIL PROCESSING DIVISION. POLICE SAY THE SCAMMERS WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU MISSED A JURY DUTY OR HAVE UNPAID FINES, AND THEN TRY TO GET YOU TO SEND THEM MONEY OR GIVE THEM PERSONAL INFORMATION. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT IS USING A PHONE NUMBER APP TO MAKE THE CALLS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE COMING FROM A717 AREA CODE. POLICE ARE REMINDING YOU THAT THEY WILL NOT CALL YOU TO ASK FOR MONEY, AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT GIVE SCAMMERS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. LANCASTER TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY A WOMAN IS NOW BEHIND BARS IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING FROM MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. INVESTIGATORS SAY 20 YEAR-OLD MONET CLARK FACES CHARGES FOR HER ROLE IN A SHOOTING THAT HURT ONE CHILD AND AN ADULT. IT HAPPENED AT THE CREEKSIDE APARTMENTS ON PASSING LANE ON NOVEMBER 20TH OF LAST YEAR. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AFTER AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY DURING A DRUG DEAL. IT\u2019S 605 AND NOT ONE MORE IS THE NAME AND MESSAGE OF A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED IN YORK COUNTY. THE GROUP SAYS ITS MESSAGE IS TO PREVENT OVERDOSES AND HELP THOSE WHO ARE DEALING WITH ADDICTION. AND NOW THAT ORGANIZATION HAS A NEW BUILDING. IT CELEBRATED THE OPENING OF ITS FIRST LOCATION ON EAST MARKET STREET IN YORK CITY. IT WILL OCCUPY THE FIRST FLOOR, AND IT\u2019S CALLED THE NOT ONE MORE YORK FAMILY CENTER. WE\u2019VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT AND TO CREATE THIS FAMILY CENTER WHERE FOLKS CAN COME AND, YOU KNOW, IN A COMFORTABLE SPACE AND A WELCOMING SPACE. THEY CAN TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES. WELL, THE CENTER WILL PROVIDE A SPACE FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT IT SUPPORTS. THERE ARE THREE GROUPS. ONE IS CARES, WHICH STANDS FOR COMPASSION, ADVOCACY, RESOURCES, EMPOWERMENT, SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FAMILY CONNECTIONS. AND THE THIRD IS CALLED FENCES AND BRIDGES. MANY HOME AND PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY COULD SEE YOUR TAXES GOING UP SOON. DAUPHIN COUNTY IS LOOKING AT A 15% TAX HIKE. YORK COUNTY A 14% HIKE. AND LANCASTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALREADY ADVANCED A 10% TAX HIKE. KYLE KOPKO WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, SAYS THE COUNTIES ARE FACING HIGHER COSTS FOR HEALTH INSURANCE FOR WORKERS. ALSO, INFLATION AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT STATE BUDGET DELAY COMING OFF OF A PROTRACTED BUDGET IMPASSE. SO COUNTIES LOST OUT ON ANY INTEREST THAT THEY WOULD HAVE EARNED ON THEIR RESERVES. SOME OF THEM HAD TO TAKE OUT LOANS. SO THEY\u2019RE PAYING INTEREST ON THAT. HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS ARE GOING UP. INFLATION IS STILL SOMEWHERE AROUND 3%. SO JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS ACROSS THE BOARD IS MORE EXPENSIVE. AND OF COURSE WE\u2019RE HEARING ABOUT THIS NOW BECAUSE DECEMBER IS TYPICALLY THE TIME THAT COUNTIES VOTE ON THEIR BUDGETS. IT\u2019S 607 AND WE ARE NOW AN HOUR INTO THE 31ST ANNUAL COATS FOR KIDS TELETHON. WE ARE RAISING MONEY TO BUY COATS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED, AND NEWS EIGHT\u2019S GABRIELLE THOMAS HAS BEEN JOINING US FROM THE SALVATION ARMY IN LANCASTER ALL MORNING LONG, SHOWING US THIS NEED. GABRIELLE, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING KATELYN. WELL, THANKS TO YOUR DONATIONS, THE SALVATION ARMY AND WGAL HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR YEARS TO PROVIDE COATS TO CHILDREN IN NEED. TAKE A LOOK AROUND. IF YOU OR YOUR CHILD IS IN NEED OF A COAT. THERE ARE SO MANY COATS HERE AND DIFFERENT SIZES AND COLORS FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM AS WELL. NOW I HAVE MAJOR SUSAN JOINING ME THIS MORNING. SHE\u2019S WITH THE SALVATION ARMY HERE IN LANCASTER. MAJOR SUSAN, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE SALVATION ARMY HAS FACED THIS YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING COATS? I THINK SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES ARE THE GREAT NEED. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE THAT NEED COATS WHEN IT CAME TO SNAP BENEFITS THIS YEAR, AND AND WHEN THAT WAS, I DON\u2019T KNOW, CUT FOR A WHILE OR A TERM. THEN PEOPLE WERE PANICKING. AND YOU KNOW THAT A COAT IS SOMETHING THAT TAKES A BIG CHUNK OUT OF THE BUDGET. SO THAT WAS A BIG NEED AND THAT WAS A BIG HELP. SO THAT WAS WE WERE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. HOW DOES DISTRIBUTION, IF A FAMILY COMES IN AND THEY NEED COATS FOR THEIR CHILDREN? WELL, THEY COME. AND WHEN IT WHEN IT COMES TO THE DISTRIBUTION ITSELF, THEY COME THEY SIGN UP. I THINK IT\u2019S ONLINE. THEY SIGN UP ONLINE AND THEN THEY COME AND THEY JUST CHOOSE. THEY GET TO SHOP AND CHOOSE WHICHEVER COAT THEY WOULD LIKE. BUT SINCE THEN, BECAUSE AFTER THAT, ANYTIME AFTER THE DISTRIBUTION, THEY\u2019RE ABLE TO COME AND CALL IN. IF THEY STILL NEED A COAT AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS LET US KNOW. WE DISTRIBUTE UNTIL MARCH. MAJOR SUSAN, THANK YOU. KATELYN. GABRIELLE, I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT CHILDREN SIZES OUT THERE. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE YOU SHOULD BRING IN OR DONATE MONEY FOR? WELL, RIGHT NOW THE SALVATION ARMY IS IN NEED OF LARGER COATS SIZE 16 AND UP. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK HERE. THESE ARE ALL MALE COLORS, MAINLY BLACK, ORANGE AND YELLOW, BUT THEY\u2019RE ALSO ASKING FOR SOME LIGHTER GIRLY COLORS AS WELL TO HELP OUT THE GIRLS. REPORTING LIVE HERE IN LANCASTER. I\u2019M GABRIELLE THOMAS, WGAL, NEWS EIGHT, AND I KIND OF MENTIONED IT. IF YOU DON\u2019T WANT TO WORRY ABOUT THE SIZES AT ALL, YOU CAN JUST GIVE MONEY, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, GABRIELLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET\u2019S CHECK OUR CURRENT TOTAL OF HOW MUCH MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN DONATED TO OUR COATS FOR KIDS TELETHON WITH THE SALVATION ARMY, AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL THERE. $3,000 IN JUST ABOUT THE LAST HOUR. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO HAS DONATED ALREADY. KEEP IT COMING SO WE CAN HELP KEEP CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY WARM OVER THE WINTER MONTHS. LET\u2019S GET TO THE POWERBALL DRAWING NOW BECAUSE THE NEXT ONE IS TONIGHT. AND THAT JACKPOT STANDS AT $875 MILLION. NO TICKET MATCHED ALL SIX NUMBERS IN SATURDAY NIGHT\u2019S DRAWING. THE JACKPOT NOW RANKS AS THE SEVENTH LARGEST IN POWERBALL HISTORY. THE POWERBALL JACKPOT HAS NOT BEEN WON SINCE SEPTEMBER 6TH. THAT\u2019S WHEN A TICKET IN MISSOURI AND TEXAS SPLIT THE $1.8 BILLION JACKPOT. JUST THINK OF HOW MANY COATS WE COULD BUY FOR THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT, LET\u2019S GO OVER TO MIKE AND REGINA. BECAUSE, MIKE, IT IS COLD OUT. IT IS. AND YOU\u2019LL DEFINITELY WANT THE COAT TODAY BECAUSE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE AROUND 30 DEGREES HERE. SO IT\u2019S A GOOD WEATHER FOR PICKING THAT PERFECT TREE. BUT IT WILL BE BLUSTERY. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. IF YOU\u2019RE HEADING OUT TODAY HERE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE\u2019RE GOING TO REMAIN WITH A FEW CHANCES OF RAIN AND SNOW AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. VERY LIGHT. NOTHING TOO CRAZY, BUT A FEW CLIPPER SYSTEMS COME THROUGH. AND THEN, AS YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER, REGINA WE STAY IN THE FREEZER HERE WITH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR SEVERAL DAYS HERE. IN FACT, THE WARMEST IT GETS IS\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Gov. Shapiro to announce 2026 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 12:00 PM EST Dec 8, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n