Harrisburg to host first-ever Juneteenth parade

EXPECT THE SHOWERS IN THE UPDATED TEN DAY FORECAST? WELL, RIGHT NOW A MAN IS DEAD AFTER A FIRE IN YORK COUNTY, WITH OFFICIALS SAYING THE VICTIM WAS BEDRIDDEN AND COULD NOT ESCAPE. WELCOME TO NEWS EIGHT AT FIVE. I’M LORI BURKHOLDER AND I’M BRIAN ROACH. NEWS EIGHT’S ED WEINSTOCK IS LIVE AT THE PRINCETOWN COMMUNITY FIRE COMPANY IN CONEWAGO TOWNSHIP WITH WHAT WE KNOW TONIGHT. ED? YEAH. BRIAN. VERY SAD STORY FOR THE YORK COUNTY FAMILY WHO LOST A LOVED ONE IN THAT FIRE. FIRE. THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS THAT THE MAN WAS BEDRIDDEN AND TRAPPED INSIDE HIS BURNING HOME. IT WAS ABOUT 930 █MONDAY NIGHT WHEN FIREFIGHTERS RUSHED TO THE BURNING HOME. NEIGHBORS SAY FLAMES WERE SHOOTING THROUGH THE ROOF. IT HAPPENED SO QUICK. IT WAS JUST WENT UP. WITHIN SECONDS. IT WENT UP ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE 64 YEAR OLD VICTIM WAS LYING ON A BED. THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS HE WAS BEDRIDDEN. HIS 16 YEAR OLD GRANDSON HEARD HIM SCREAM FOR HELP AND TRIED TO RESCUE HIM. HE CAME, SAID HE CAME OUTSIDE AND HE ATTEMPTED TO BREAK THE WINDOW. HE FIGURED THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST WAY TO GET HIM OUT. THE TEENAGER CUT HIS ARM DURING THE RESCUE ATTEMPT. HIS HAND WAS CUT PRETTY BAD, AND HIS WRIST WHERE HE BROKE THE WINDOW. I’M NOT HEARING ANYTHING. NOW. FIREFIGHTERS RECOVERED, MANAGED TO SAVE SOME CATS AND DOGS THAT WERE IN THE FIRE. SO FORTUNATELY, THAT IS SOME GOOD NEWS. FIREFIGHTERS ALSO TELL US THAT THERE WERE NO THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE DETECTORS INSIDE THE HOME IN YORK COUNTY. ED WEINSTOCK WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AND WE’RE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS IN HARRISBURG. HOUSE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THIS. MONTH’S ARSON ATTACK AT THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE TO BE RELEASED TO THEM WHEN IT’S COMPLETED. THIS LETTER FROM HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP READS IN PART, THIS WHILE WE APPLAUD THE EFFORT TO HAVE A HIGHLY QUALIFIED THIRD PARTY PROVIDE A FULL PICTURE REVIEW OF HOW THIS ATTACK OCCURRED, WE ARE TROUBLED THAT ONLY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE AND THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE WILL RECEIVE A DETAILED WRITTEN REPORT. FORMER STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER JEFFREY MILLER AND HIS CONSULTING COMPANY WILL BE CONDUCTING THIS SECURITY REVIEW. THE LAWMAKERS ARE REQUESTING THE REPORT BE PROVIDED IN FULL AND UNREDACTED TO LEGISLATIVE LEADERS AND APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES. MEANWHILE, THE GOVERNOR ALSO PENNED AN OP ED, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED TODAY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE ATTACK. THE PIECE IS CALLED FINDING MORAL CLARITY AFTER AN ARSONIST ATTACK, AND IN THE SEGMENT OF THAT ARTICLE IT SAYS THIS QUOTE, WILLIAM PENN FOUNDED OUR COMMONWEALTH AS A PLACE WHERE ALL WOULD BE WELCOME. A PLACE OF TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING, WHERE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITHS COULD LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE. IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT THIS EXPERIENCE HAS MADE ME MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER TO NOT ONLY WELCOME PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS BACK TO THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE, WHERE WE’VE LIT CHRISTMAS TREES, HELD IFTARS, AND DANCE AT A BAT MITZVAH, BUT ALSO TO DO MY PART TO ADDRESS THE POLITICAL DIVISION AND THE VIOLENCE IN AMERICA TODAY. AND FINALLY, THE GOVERNOR SAYS THAT I BELIEVE OUR POLITICAL DIVIDE CAN BE REPAIRED, BUT OUR LEADERS MUST ACT WITH MORAL CLARITY AND TAKE THEIR CUES FROM THE GOOD PEOPLE IN THIS NATION WHO, IN TIMES OF TRAGEDY, ALWAYS SEEM TO FIND OUR BETTER ANGELS. AND TONIGHT, THE U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL IS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A MAKE A CONNECTION FROM THIS ALLEGED FIRE BOMBING IN HARRISBURG TO OTHER INCIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT TESLA DEALERSHIPS. NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT WHAT THEY DID, CHAIRMAN, WITH TESLA. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FIREBOMBING AND THOSE THOSE BOMBS ARE A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION. IT’S CRAZY TO ME WHAT THEY’VE DONE. AND WE’VE MADE SIX ARRESTS. AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT 20 YEARS IN PRISON EACH. AND WE ARE NOT NEGOTIATING. AND THEY HAVE STOPPED THE BOMBINGS HAVE STOPPED. AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THEIR STATE CHARGES. BUT WE’RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT WHAT THEY DID TO GOVERNOR SHAPIRO. YOU KNOW, IN PENNSYLVANIA, INCIDENTS INVOLVING TESLA VEHICLES AND SHOWROOMS HAVE HAPPENED IN AT LEAST NINE STATES. THE FBI SAYS THOSE WERE DONE BY LONE OFFENDERS. AND THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN HARRISBURG IS CONNECTED TO ANY OF THOSE INCIDENTS. WELL, ANOTHER MEMBER OF TRUMP’S CABINET WAS IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY TODAY. U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH SPOKE TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AT THE U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE IN CARLISLE. HEGSETH SPOKE TO MORE THAN 100 SOON TO BE GRADUATING STUDENTS, AND HE TOUTED THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING REBUILDING THE MILITARY AND GETTING RID OF WHAT HE CALLED WOKENESS AND WEAKNESS. AMERICA IS BACK AT THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT. THAT MEANS NO MORE DISTRACTIONS, NO MORE SOCIAL ENGINEERING, NO MORE CLIMATE CHANGE WORSHIP, NO MORE ELECTRIC TANKS, NO MORE GENDER CONFUSION, NO MORE PRONOUNS, NO MORE EXCUSES. NO MORE QUOTAS, NO MORE WOKE. THAT UNDERMINES COMMANDERS AND COMMAND CLIMATES. WE ARE LASER FOCUSED ON OUR MISSION OF WARFIGHTING. AND HEGSETH ALSO SAID DURING HIS SPEECH AT THE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO REHIRE MORE THAN 8000 SERVICE MEMBERS WHO WERE FORCED OUT FOR NOT TAKING THE COVID VACCINE, WITH HIM REFERRING T

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Harrisburg to host first-ever Juneteenth parade

Harrisburg will host its first-ever Juneteenth parade this year.The event will launch the 6th Annual Juneteenth celebration.Video above: Headlines from News 8Local businesses, organizations, performers and residents are invited to march in honor of Black freedom, culture and excellence.The parade is scheduled to step off at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, at the Downtown Capitol Complex. Get involvedThere is a $100 entry fee for businesses.Nonprofit community organizations can request a fee waiver code.Email JuneteenthHBGparade@gmail.com to request a code or for more details.To become a JuneteenthHBG sponsor, register as a vendor or volunteer, go to ypoc-hbg.com.

Harrisburg will host its first-ever Juneteenth parade this year.

The event will launch the 6th Annual Juneteenth celebration.

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Video above: Headlines from News 8

Local businesses, organizations, performers and residents are invited to march in honor of Black freedom, culture and excellence.

The parade is scheduled to step off at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, at the Downtown Capitol Complex.

Get involved

There is a $100 entry fee for businesses.

Nonprofit community organizations can request a fee waiver code.

Email JuneteenthHBGparade@gmail.com to request a code or for more details.

To become a JuneteenthHBG sponsor, register as a vendor or volunteer, go to ypoc-hbg.com.