Beccah Hendrickson
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Lancaster, PA, United States
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Northern Dauphin County Takes Large Hit From Wednesday's Storms
Dana Reed's House is surrounded by downed trees and wires after Wednesday's severe storms, but she calls herself fortunate tonight. "Is it on my house? Are the dogs okay? Is it sparking? Is it gonna catch fire," she said. "You have to be careful there are wires. They say they're not live because they're not arching or anything. My adorable little dogs and I was so worried about that. And when I… → Read More
Northern Dauphin County Takes Large Hit From Wednesday's Storms
HALIFAX, Pa. -- Dana Reed's House is surrounded by downed trees and wires after Wednesday's severe storms, but she calls herself fortunate tonight. "Is it on my house? Are the dogs okay? Is it sparking? Is it gonna catch fire," she said. "You have to be careful there are wires. They say they're not live because they're not arching or anything. My adorable little dogs and I was so worried about… → Read More
100 Nights of Taps in Gettysburg honors service members who died in line of duty
100 Nights of Taps in Gettysburg honors service members who died in line of duty FROM GETTYSBURG. REPORTER: IT TAKES MORE THAN JUST ONE DAY TO HONOR THE 35 HUNDRED SOLDIERS LAID TO REST IN GETTYSBURG. BUT WHAT BETTER DAY TO START, THAN ONE CENTERED AROUND REMEMBERING. >> WERE WILLING TO LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR SOMETHING THEY THOUGHT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. REPORTER: MASTER SGT. JOHN BAKER… → Read More
Non-Profit Helping Addicted, Pregnant Mothers In Lancaster County Prison
Behind the barbed wire and stone walls, addiction runs rapid at Lancaster County Prison. "Oh, it's huge," Mark Unger of Bethany Christian Services said. "It's huge in our country, it's huge in our culture."Pregnant mothers behind bars are no exception. "They're so scared about their own addiction, they're so scared of relapse, they're so scared of what it's doing for their baby," Jen… → Read More
Woman who says she was abused by nun hopes for new chance at justice
Woman who says she was abused by nun hopes for new chance at justice → Read More
New Cumberland woman overcoming addiction starts after-school program
For Saundra Colello, addiction started with a cigarette. "Even though I gagged and threw up, I liked them! And I kept smoking them," Colello said. "You don't ever set out to say, oh you know, one day i'm going to be a heroin addict."That one choice she made as a teenager gripped her for years, through the birth of her daughter, until her mom gave her an ultimatum. "She said if you do not get… → Read More
New Cumberland Woman Overcoming Addiction, Starts Child Support Group
For Saundra Colello, addiction started with a cigarette. "Even though I gagged and threw up, I liked them! And I kept smoking them," Colello said. "You don't ever set out to say, oh you know, one day i'm going to be a heroin addict. 46> That one choice she made as a teenager gripped her for years, through the birth of her daughter, until her mom gave her an ultimatum. "She said if you do not… → Read More
Cumberland County Emergency Responders: Drug Crisis Isn't Over Despite Drop In Overdoses
May of 2016 was the height of the opioid crisis in Cumberland County. Ambulances from one company responded to 43 overdoses in seven days."That was a crazy month," overdose tracker Nathan Harig said. "We were going through naloxone like candy there." In March 2019, Cumberland Goodwill EMS gave out just one dose of Naloxone. Harig says it was one of their lowest months ever. Harig has been… → Read More
Harrisburg School Board Candidates Debate Less Than Two Weeks Before Primary
A dozen candidates were in the spotlight on Wednesday night, hoping to be elected to the five open seats on the Harrisburg School Board. The debate comes as the current school board is at risk of losing power, with the state saying it wants to take over. The state has already taken away 10 million dollars in funding.Sylvia Regal is a concerned grandmother in the district. She wants the board to… → Read More
3 firefighters injured in house fire
The fire started Thursday afternoon in Columbia, Lancaster County. → Read More
Judge throws out ex-Penn State president's conviction
One day before he was due to report to jail, a federal judge has thrown out the former Penn State president Graham Spanier's child-endangerment conviction.U.S. Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick in Scranton, Pennsylvania, issued a decision Tuesday evening that gave state prosecutors three months to retry Spanier.Mehalchick agreed with Spanier’s argument he was improperly charged under a 2007… → Read More
Shots fired along busy street in front of shopping center
Police in Springettsbury Township, York County, are trying to figure out who opened fire Friday afternoon along a busy street.Police blocked off part of Market Street to put down markers where they found shell casings. The shots were fired around 1:30 p.m. in front of the Village Green Shopping Center.A witness told WGAL he was driving when he saw people in front of him and behind him take out… → Read More
Crash damages historic bridge
A historic bridge in Lancaster County was damaged this week when a car smashed into it.Investigators said a driver in small sedan took out one of the walls of the Rock Hill Road Bridge in Conestoga Tuesday. The person was taken to a hospital."You should have seen this car," said resident Dana Malkin. "It looked like somebody chewed it up and spit it out in the front. I mean, we're finding parts… → Read More
Some York County residents warned that water may contain toxic chemicals
Water company has installed water treatment system to deal with potential problem → Read More
Propane truck overturns; driver taken to hospital
The driver of a propane truck was taken to a hospital after a crash Wednesday morning in Reading Township, Adams County.Police said the 56-year-old man hit a mailbox along East Berlin Road, lost control and hit a utility pole. The truck then overturned along the side of the road.The driver had bumps and bruises, police said.The crash knocked out power to some customers in the area. MetEd… → Read More
Police: Person confesses to using Bible, gasoline to set small fires outside church
Police: Person confesses to using Bible, gasoline to set small fires outside church BECCAH: WE ARE AT TRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN GLEN ROCK, WHERE YOU CAN SEE SPOTS ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE POLICE SAY THE FIRES WERE SET. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT USED GASOLINE AND A BIBLE TO SET SEVERAL SMALL FIRES OUTSIDE OF THIS CHURCH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. INVESTIGATORS SAY A WITNESS SAW THE WHOLE THING AND… → Read More
How President Trump’s executive order on pipeline construction will impact Lancaster County
How President Trump’s executive order on pipeline construction will impact Lancaster County IMPACT ON LANCASTER COUNTY. BECCAH: A LITTLE SIGN IN MARK CLATTERBUCK’S BACKYARD IS A REMINDER HIS FIGHT ISN’T OVER. EVEN THOUGH THE ATLANTIC SUNRISE PIPELINE WAS NEVER BUILT ON HIS LAND IT WENT IN THE GROUND A FEW MILES AWAY. >> IT JUST MOVED FROM THESE WOODS TO OTHER WOODS THA SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN… → Read More
Project CommUNITY: Pedal 4 Peace
WGAL NEWS 8’S BECCAH HENDRICKSON TELLS US ABOUT PEDAL FOR PEACE. >> THIS ALL STARTED BECAUSE I SEEN A PACK OF KIDS DOING WHEELIES UP THE MIDDLE OF MARKET STREET AND I THOUGHT ON ONE HAND THIS IS DANGEROUS, BUT THEN I SAW THE SAME JOY I GET ON MY FACE WHEN I RIDE MY BIKE BECCAH: THAT’S WHEN THE WHEELS STARTED TURNING FOR BRANDT KINGSLEY AND HE THOUGHT WHY NOT TURN THAT SHARED LOVE, INTO A… → Read More
York County man biking across country in honor of late wife
Dave Watkins' wife died of ovarian cancer, and he's using the journey to raise money for cancer research. → Read More
Musical will go on at high school thanks to help from community
Musical will go on at high school thanks to help from community → Read More