Crash shuts down Lancaster County road

Crash shuts down Lancaster County road Dispatch: Crews on the scene of a crash on Penn Grant Road in West Lampeter Township Crash shuts down Lancaster County road Dispatch: Crews on the scene of a crash on Penn Grant Road in West Lampeter Township THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. THE 60 DAY TIMETABLE FOR NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN HAS BEGUN, BUT THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A SETBACK, AND VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE WAS SCHEDULED TO TRAVEL OVERNIGHT TO MEET IRANIAN LEADERS IN SWITZERLAND. BUT THAT TRIP WAS CALLED OFF. NEWS EIGHT’S RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER IS JOINING US LIVE IN RACHEL. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR NEGOTIATIONS NOW? KATELYN AND REGINA. GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. THE WHITE HOUSE ACTUALLY ISSUED A STATEMENT NOTING THESE NEGOTIATIONS ARE FAR FROM SIMPLE AND CAN BE REALLY UNPREDICTABLE. RIGHT NOW. IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL BE MEETING FACE TO FACE WITH THE IRANIANS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT HERE THAT SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE SINCE THE PRESIDENT SIGNED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, OR MOU, THE VICE PRESIDENT CONFIRMED THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE HAS LIFTED AND IRAN HAS NOT FIRED ON ANY SHIPS TRANSITING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ FOR TWO STRAIGHT DAYS. HE ALSO TOLD REPORTERS NEARLY 13 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL MADE IT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND HAS HELPED DRIVE DOWN GAS PRICES, WHICH ARE NOW BELOW $4 A GALLON, ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A, THE MOU ONLY GUARANTEES FREE TRADE THROUGH THE STRAIT FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, BUT THE VICE PRESIDENT, HE WAS VERY CLEAR WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS WILLING TO ACCEPT. WE BELIEVE INTERNATIONAL WATERWAYS SHOULD BE FREE OF TOLLS, AND THAT’S BEEN OUR POSITION. THAT’S WHAT YOU SEE, OF COURSE, IN THE 60 DAYS OF THE MOU, WE HAVE ALL THE CARDS. IF THE IRANIANS WANT THE BENEFITS OF THE BARGAIN, THEY HAVE TO GIVE US THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO GET THOSE BENEFITS. NOW, MAKING THIS DEAL EVEN MORE CHALLENGING IS THE FIGHTING BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANT GROUP HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON. NOW, JUST OVERNIGHT, THE ISRAELI MILITARY LAUNCHED ADDITIONAL STRIKES EVEN AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENT ISSUED A BLUNT WARNING. KATELYN AND RACHEL. MULTIPLE OUTLETS ARE REPORTING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE DID SEND CONGRESS THAT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO WHAT DO THE LAWMAKERS THINK ABOUT THAT AGREEMENT? WELL, LOOK, KATELYN, THERE ARE MANY REPUBLICAN LEADERS ON CAPITOL HILL WHO ARE NOW VOICING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS DEAL, PARTICULARLY THIS $300 BILLION DEVELOPMENT FUND TO REBUILD IRAN. WE EVEN HEARD FROM A REPUBLICAN SENATOR, TED CRUZ, WHO WAS CALLING THIS EXCEPTIONALLY BAD IDEA. NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR THOM TILLIS ALSO SPEAKING OUT YESTERDAY SAYING THAT HE IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC EVEN THOUGH THE WHITE HOUSE IS CALLING THIS DEAL A WIN FOR THE UNITED STATES. BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING ALL OF THAT FOR US THIS MORNING. RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER REPORTING FROM OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU. IT’S 602 AND LANCASTER COUNTY’S NETWORK OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IS NOW COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO TRY TO GET MONEY THROUGH A TAX. THEY’RE HOPING TO PUT THIS INITIATIVE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. NEWS EIGHT’S CAMERON LEE JOINING US LIVE IN STUDIO. AND CAMERON, WHY IS THE LIBRARY NETWORK HOPING TO SECURE THAT EXTRA FUNDING? KATELYN REGINA. I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE LIBRARY WORKERS THAT’S HELPING HEAD UP THIS CAMPAIGN. VOTE YES FOR LIBRARIES. IT’S CALLED. SHE SAYS THE WAY LOCAL LIBRARIES ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED HASN’T SEEN MUCH CHANGE OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, SHE SAYS, LIBRARIES AROUND THE COUNTY HAVE HAD A TOUGH TIME FIGURING OUT WHERE THE MONEY THAT THEY DO HAVE SHOULD END UP GOING BETWEEN THINGS LIKE MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE, STOCKING SHELVES AND, OF COURSE, KEEPING EMPLOYEES PAID. NOW, TO EASE THOSE CHALLENGES, THIS REFERENDUM IS PROPOSING A 0.55 MILL TAX THAT WORKS OUT TO ROUGHLY ANOTHER $5,055 IN PROPERTY TAX BILLS FOR EVERY $100,000 OF ASSESSED VALUE. I ASKED THOSE BEHIND THIS INITIATIVE ABOUT HOW RECENT PROPERTY REASSESSMENTS IN THE COUNTY COULD AFFECT SUPPORT FOR THE REFERENDUM MOVING FORWARD. HERE’S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT IN RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE COMMONLY PAYING FOR OTHER THINGS, IT IS AN AMAZING BARGAIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE HAS ACCESS, SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ENROLLED IN AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE PART OF A CERTAIN CLUB. EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES. NOW VOTE YES FOR LIBRARIES SAYS THEY’LL WORK TO GET SOME MORE SUPPORT FOR THE INITIATIVE THROUGHOUT THIS WEEKEND IN STUDIO, I’M CAMERON LOEBLI, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. CAMERON. THANK YOU. LANCASTER CITY LEADERS ARE RAISING A JUNETEENTH FLAG TO KICK OFF DIFFERENT EVENTS HAPPENING TODAY IN HONOR OF THE HOLIDAY. THIS VIDEO IS FROM A PREVIOUS FLAG RAISING. TODAY’S CEREMONY IS AT 9:00 THIS MORNING AT CITY HALL. THE THADDEUS STEVENS AND LYDIA HAMILTON SMITH CENTER IS FREE TODAY FROM 10 TO 5. TONIGHT, THEY’RE HAVING A COMMUNITY STORYTIME AND A PANEL ABOUT REIMAGINING FREEDOM. AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY ON ROCKLAND STREET BETWEEN LOCUST STREET AND HOWARD AVENUE. THAT’S FROM 2 TO 6 THIS AFTERNOON. LET’S TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUNETEENTH, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT MARKS THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND TO HONOR THE HOLIDAY HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OF COLOR IN HARRISBURG, THEY’RE HOLDING AN ANNUAL JUNETEENTH JUBILEE NEWS 8 GABRIEL THOMAS LIVE IN HARRISBURG NOW WITH WHAT’S IN STORE THIS YEAR. GOOD MORNING. GABRIEL. GOOD MORNING. REGINA AND KATELYN. WELL, JUNETEENTH ISN’T JUST ABOUT MAKING HISTORY. IT’S ABOUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY COMING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE AND JUST HIGHLIGHT BLACK EXCELLENCE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT YOU CAN ALSO LEARN A LOT ABOUT EDUCATION. IF YOU PLAN TO COME TO THE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE, TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME. THESE BANNERS WILL BE THROUGHOUT SOUTH RIVERFRONT PARK TODAY, HIGHLIGHTING BLACK PIONEERS SO YOU CAN LEARN A THING OR TWO AND ALSO GET SOME TASTY FOOD AS WELL. NOW ASHLEY SMITH JOINING ME THIS MORNING, SHE IS THE ORGANIZER FOR JUNETEENTH JUBILEE. HOW DID YOU GUYS COME UP WITH THIS IDEA? THIS IS A SCAVENGER HUNT RIGHT? TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORY. IT IS A SCAVENGER HUNT. I FOUND SOME FLAGS AND I SAID, LET’S HANG THEM ON THE TREES. AND ONE OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS DECIDED, LET’S DO A SCAVENGER HUNT. AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN. WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK HISTORY WITH THE HARRISBURG COMMUNITY? I THINK YOU HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR HISTORY IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD, TO MOVE PAST AND CONTINUE JUST OUR GREATNESS. RIGHT? BUT I THINK YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR HISTORY. ASHLEY. THANK YOU. SO AS I SAID, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT TO THE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE, IT WILL BE HERE TODAY AT RIVERFRONT STARTING AT 2:00. YOU CAN LEARN A THING OR TWO, YOU CAN GET SOME TASTY FOOD. YOU CAN EVEN DANCE. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW HARRISBURG AS WELL. SO ALL AROUND, JUST A GOOD TIME HERE IN HARRISBURG TODAY REPORTING LIVE HERE IN HARRISBURG. I’M GABRIEL THOMAS, WGAL NEWS EIGHT GABRIEL. SHE WAS DANCING THE LAST TIME WE CHECKED IN WITH HER, BUT I WAS. YEAH, THE EDUCATION ASPECT OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL. AND THE SCAVENGER HUNT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN LEARNING THE HISTORY TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE FUTURE. I LOVE THAT GABRIEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT TODAY AND TOMORROW. SHAPIRO ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WILL BE IN YORK COUNTY TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AT A HISTORIC UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SITE. A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION WILL BE HELD TODAY ABOUT THE HUNDREDS OF PENNSYLVANIANS WHO SERVED IN THE 54TH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. THAT’S ONE OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN REGIMENTS IN THE UNION ARMY. THEN TOMORROW, OFFICIALS WILL LEAD PEOPLE ALONG THE PATH OF FREEDOM SEEKERS USED WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH WRIGHTSVILLE AND COLUMBIA. THERE WILL BE A HIKE THROUGH WRIGHTSVILLE TO THE SUSQUEHANNA R