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<\/p>\nPenn State hires AI-focused provost to lead ethical strategy<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tON C1 C1 COMMUNITY C1 C1 STREETS WITH A LOT OF FAMILIES. C1 COULD BE AT RISK. WATER GUSHING UP INTO THE AIR AFTER A WATER MAIN BREAK IN LEBANON, WHERE IT HAPPENED, AND WHAT PEOPLE LIVING NEARBY NEED TO KNOW. A LETTER THAT CLAIMS TO BE FROM THE IRS ABOUT UPDATING YOUR BANK INFORMATION. I\u2019M ON YOUR SIDE WITH WHAT THAT\u2019S ALL ABOUT. WGAL NEWS EIGHT AT SIX STARTS NOW. LIVE TONIGHT. A PUSH TO HELP FARMERS AFFECTED BY A CROP FREEZE LAST MONTH. BUT WE BEGIN WITH CHARGES JUST FILED AFTER NEARLY 100 ANIMALS WERE REMOVED FROM A LANCASTER COUNTY HOME. 75 DOGS IN A HOME IS IS CERTAINLY A LOT. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THOSE DOGS THAT WERE RESCUED. NOW, WEST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP COUPLE FACES MORE THAN 100 ANIMAL CRUELTY AND NEGLECT CHARGES. GOOD EVENING TO YOU. I\u2019M LORI BURKHOLDER AND I\u2019M JERE GISH NEWS EIGHT. SARAH METZ JOINS US LIVE FROM THE DISTRICT JUDGE\u2019S OFFICE IN COLUMBIA, WHERE THOSE CHARGES WERE FILED. SARAH. LAURIE. JERRY. THESE CHARGES WERE JUST FILED TODAY. BUT THIS INVESTIGATION STARTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AFTER COURT DOCUMENTS SAY AN HVAC TECHNICIAN WHO VISITED THE HOME TIPPED OFF THE SPCA ABOUT HIS CONDITIONS. ULTIMATELY, THAT SAVED 93 LIVES. SO THAT\u2019S NO SMALL FEAT. 75 DOGS AND PUPPIES, 16 CATS AND KITTENS AND TWO RABBITS THAT THE SPCA SAYS NEEDED TO BE RESCUED AND RECOVERED FROM THIS HOME ON HIGH RIDGE ROAD. OUR VETERINARY STAFF HAD TO EXAMINE EVERY SINGLE ANIMAL CALLED FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS, TO DETERMINE RELEVANT CHARGES FOR EACH CASE OF NEGLECT OR CRUELTY. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY\u2019RE LOOKING AT THEIR OUTWARD APPEARANCE. THEY\u2019RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THEIR BODY CONDITIONS. ANOTHER PROCESS THAT THE SPCA SAYS, TAKE SOME TIME, THINK ABOUT THERE\u2019S 93 ANIMALS. THAT\u2019S 93 EXAMINATIONS. AND SOME OF THOSE, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE TO HAPPEN TWICE. OR THE ANIMALS MAY HAVE TO BE SEDATED. JILLIAN KOCHER SAYS ANIMALS THAT WERE ZIP TIED IN THEIR CAGES AND COVERED IN FECAL MATTER SUFFERED FROM EXTREME MATTING, FUR STAINING, HAIR LOSS, AND SCABBING. OTHER ANIMAL CONDITIONS INCLUDE SERIOUS INFECTIONS AND FLEA INFESTATIONS. THIS ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN A TOTAL OF 146 CHARGES BEING FILED AGAINST JESSICA TREXLER AND 146 AGAINST ANDREW COLE. CHARGES RANGE FROM SUMMARY COUNTS OF ANIMAL NEGLECT TO FELONIES IN THE THIRD DEGREE FOR CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO A GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPY NAMED AND A KITTEN NAMED MEGATRON. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THOSE TWO ANIMALS, BUT EVERY ANIMAL THAT CAME IN, YOU KNOW, HAS A CHANCE AT A NEW BEGINNING. AND THE BEST CHANCE AT THAT. NOW, THE COUPLE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD FOR HAVING A 16 YEAR OLD LIVING INSIDE THE HOUSE UNDER, QUOTE, DEPLORABLE AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS. NOW, DRECHSLER AND KOLB ARE EXPECTED TO BE BACK AT THE MT. JOY OFFICE FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING NEXT FRIDAY AT 9 A.M. IN LANCASTER COUNTY. SARAH METZ, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SARAH, THANK YOU. THE LEWISTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTED TO CHARGE A MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A DEADLY ARSON IN MIFFLIN COUNTY. THEY EXPECT TO FILE CHARGES TODAY AGAINST 40 YEAR OLD ROBERT ZIMMERMAN. HE WAS DETAINED ON AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THAT ZIMMERMAN WAS UPSET AFTER BEING REJECTED BY A WOMAN AND STARTED SETTING SEVERAL ITEMS ON FIRE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE HOME. THAT FIRE STARTED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY ON BRIGHTON AVENUE. THE CORONER HAS IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 44 YEAR OLD BRANDY PHILLIP. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION DETERMINED SHE TRIED TO FLEE THAT HOME BUT WAS UNABLE TO ESCAPE. POLICE ALSO SAY A MAN WAS INJURED WHILE JUMPING OUT OF A WINDOW, AND A WOMAN WAS HURT AFTER FALLING FROM A WINDOW. THE MIFFLIN COUNTY CORONER IDENTIFIED A MAN KILLED IN A MOBILE HOME COLLAPSE IN JUNIATA COUNTY AS LEVI YODER. THE 68 YEAR OLD WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT GEISINGER LEWISTOWN HOSPITAL AFTER THE COLLAPSE WEDNESDAY MORNING ON KAUFFMAN HILL ROAD IN MIFFLINTOWN. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA DUE TO THE COLLAPSE, AND HIS DEATH HAS BEEN RULED AN ACCIDENT. A MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING A BYSTANDER IN A GANG RELATED SHOOTING IN YORK COUNTY BACK IN 2021, WAS SENTENCED TODAY. A JUDGE SENTENCED 21 YEAR OLD ELIJAH PENN OF YORK TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE FOR KILLING 20 YEAR OLD JUSTIN GRIFFITH IN KESSLER PARK. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL\u2019S OFFICE SAYS PENN WAS A GANG MEMBER TARGETING A MEMBER OF A RIVAL GANG. IN JULY OF 2021, PENN APPROACHED A GROUP OF PEOPLE PLAYING BASKETBALL AT THE PARK. INVESTIGATORS SAY PENN FIRED AS MANY AS 16 SHOTS, KILLING GRIFFITH AND WOUNDING HIS INTENDED TARGET. YORK\u2019S POLICE COMMISSIONER SAYS FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A 15 YEAR OLD EARLIER THIS WEEK, THERE WILL BE A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE ACROSS THE CITY. MICHAEL MULDROW POSTED ON FACEBOOK SAYING, QUOTE, WE ARE HITTING THE STREETS OF YORK TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE MESSAGE WILL HELP YOU. IF YOU LET US, WE WILL STOP YOU IF YOU MAKE US. HE SAYS THIS COORDINATED EFFORT INCLUDES DRONES, STATE POLICE, HELICOPTERS AND RESPONSE TEAMS ON THE GROUND, AND THAT EFFORT WILL BE HAPPENING UNTIL PEACE IS RESTORED. THAT 15 YEAR OLD, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS SHOT AND KILLED TUESDAY NIGHT AT PENN PARK. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ARRESTS SINCE LAST YEAR. HARRISBURG HAS BEEN INSTALLING SPEED BUMPS AROUND THE CITY, BUT ARE THEY STREET LEGAL? WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK. 8 ON YOUR SIDE POLITICAL REPORTER TOM LEHMAN JOINS US LIVE FROM THE 15TH STREET AREA NEAR ARSENAL BOULEVARD, WITH MORE ON A RIFT THAT\u2019S BEEN BREWING BETWEEN PENNDOT AND THE CITY. TOM. JERRY, YOU KNOW, THIS ALL STARTED BACK IN NOVEMBER. SOME PENNDOT EMPLOYEES WERE DRIVING AROUND IN THE AREA, AND THEY SPOTTED THESE RUBBER SPEED BUMPS RIGHT HERE ALONG 15TH STREET. AND SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PENNDOT AND THE CITY. AND PENNDOT SAYS THESE SPEED BUMPS, WHICH ARE NOT SPEED HUMPS, AS THE AGENCY SAYS, AND THIS SIGN WOULD OTHERWISE TELL YOU, CERTAINLY AREN\u2019T LEGAL BECAUSE THEY DON\u2019T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ROADS THAT GET FUNDING THROUGH THE LIQUID FUELS FUND. BUT THIS IS CREATING A RIFT BETWEEN THE CITY AS WELL AS THE STATE OVER AN ISSUE. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY JUST LIKE TO SEE RESOLVED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THERE\u2019S NO DOUBT THE SPEED BUMPS SLOW DOWN. DRIVERS ON BERRY HILL STREET, MANY NEIGHBORS LOVE THEM. YOU HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE IT\u2019S NOT JUST A SCHOOL BUS. COME DOWN HERE, KIDS, COME DOWN HERE. PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK A CERTAIN WAY ON THE ROAD. BUT OTHER DRIVERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH LOW RIDING VEHICLES, SAY THE SPEED BUMPS, WHICH CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON DIVISION STREET AND THIRD STREET, THINK THERE ARE DRAWBACKS? IT\u2019S A GIFT AND A CURSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT HELPS THE KIDS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT HURTS YOUR CAR, TOO. PENNDOT SAYS THE SPEED BUMPS WERE INSTALLED WITHOUT THE PROPER APPROVALS FOR ROAD, SUPPORTED BY LIQUID FUEL FUNDS, AND THAT TEMPORARY SPEED BUMPS LIKE THIS ONE ARE NOT TYPICALLY ALLOWED. PENNDOT ALSO RAISED ISSUE WITH THE BUMPS IN GENERAL, SAYING THEY\u2019RE TOO SHORT, AS EMPHASIZED IN THIS PENNDOT VIDEO FOR MUNICIPALITIES. CAN WE PUT A SPEED BUMP ON THE ROADWAY? NO. SPEED BUMPS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ROADS OPEN TO PUBLIC TRAVEL. CONVERSELY, A PROPERLY DESIGNED AND INSTALLED SPEED HUMP CAN BE USED. PENNDOT GAVE THE CITY A DEADLINE OF JANUARY 1ST TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES, OR RISK LOSING SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN LIQUID FUEL FUNDING FROM THE GAS TAX. A CITY SPOKESPERSON SAID THE CITY ENGINEER DECIDED TO INSTALL THE TEMPORARY SPEED BUMPS AT THE MAYOR\u2019S DIRECTION AND MAINTAIN THE CITY HAS JURISDICTION FOR CITY OWNED ROADS AND DID NOT NEED PENNDOT APPROVAL FOR TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CALMING DECISIONS, AND THEY WOULD BE REPLACED WITH PERMANENT ASPHALT INSTALLATIONS. EITHER WAY, SOME NEIGHBORS HOPE BOTH SIDES FIND A WAY TO SLOW CARS DOWN, WHICHEVER WAY THEY HAVE TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. THEY NEED TO DO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT, SO IT\u2019S WORTH NOTING THAT TRAFFIC LOGIX, THE COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURES THE RUBBER PADS THAT MAKE UP THESE SPEED BUMPS, ACTUALLY SAYS IT\u2019S UNUSUAL TO SEE SPEED BUMPS DEPLOYED ON LOCAL STREETS. CITY SPOKESPERSON MICHELLE MOYER SAID THE CITY PREFERS TO LOOK AT THEM AS SPEED HUMPS. JUST LIKE THAT SIGN BEHIND ME WOULD TELL YOU. BUT WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF MEASURING. PENNDOT SAYS SPEED HUMPS, WHICH ARE LONGER AND TEND TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT FLATTER OF A SERVICE, A LITTLE MORE RUNWAY. THEY\u2019RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT LEAST 12FT LONG. WE MEASURED THESE ONES EARLIER TODAY, AND THEY\u2019RE REALLY ONLY\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Penn State hires AI-focused provost to lead ethical strategy<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 6:24 PM EDT May 8, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n