Pennsylvania health system to cease operations (2025)

TOWARD UBER ITSELF. A WOMAN IN LANCASTER IS REPORTED MISSING AND LATER FOUND DEAD IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. TONIGHT, POLICE IN LANCASTER COUNTY ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. WELCOME TO NEWS EIGHT AT FIVE, EVERYONE. I’M BRIAN ROSE AND I’M LORI BURKHOLDER NEWS. EIGHT’S MEREDITH JORGENSEN BEEN DIGGING INTO THE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THIS TODAY. MEREDITH, I UNDERSTAND YOU LEARNED THAT THE WOMAN WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE AS EARLY AS JUST A WEEK AGO. YES, THAT WAS POSSIBLY LAST TUESDAY. LANCASTER COUNTY, SAY 33 YEAR OLD APRIL WEPPLER WORKED HERE AT THE LANCASTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER AS A POLL WORK COORDINATOR. BUT THE CORONER, THE CORONER HAS TOLD US THAT SHE LIVED JUST THREE BLOCKS SOUTH OF HERE ON SOUTH QUEEN STREET, AND SHE OFTEN WORKED AND SHE, THE DETECTIVE, TOLD US THAT SHE DIDN’T HAVE A CAR, WHICH COULD BE A CRUCIAL PIECE IN THEIR INVESTIGATION. IT WAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHEN WEST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP POLICE GOT A CALL ABOUT A PERSON IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BETWEEN THE ROUTE 30 BRIDGE AND THE ROUTE 462 BRIDGE. OUR DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FOR A INITIALLY FOR A RIVER RESCUE, TURNED INTO A RECOVERY OPERATION. CREWS RETRIEVED THE BODY, THE CORONER SAID HAD LIKELY BEEN IN THE WATER LESS THAN 48 HOURS. POLICE SAY THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FOUL PLAY AND NO IDENTIFICATION ON THE BODY. THE CORONER’S OFFICE USED DENTAL RECORDS TO DETERMINE IT WAS APRIL LEFFLER. DETECTIVES SAY SHE DIDN’T HAVE A CAR AND NO VEHICLE WAS FOUND NEAR THE RIVER. SO THEY’RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT LED UP TO HER BEING IN THE RIVER. AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ABOUT HER MISSING HELPED. IT KIND OF GAVE US A DIRECTION TO GO IN, AND A STARTING POINT. NOW, APRIL WORKED FOR THE ELECTIONS OFFICE HERE INSIDE THE COUNTY OFFICE, AND THE COUNTY CANCELED TWO TRAININGS FOR POLL WORKERS THAT WERE SCHEDULED FOR YESTERDAY AND TODAY. THE CORONER DOES CONFIRM THAT APRIL DROWNED, BUT DID NOT DETERMINE IF THE DROWNING WAS ACCIDENTAL OR CRIMINAL. IN LANCASTER COUNTY, I’M MEREDITH JORGENSEN, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW OUT OF LANCASTER COUNTY, THE WORLD FAMOUS SHADY MAPLE SMORGASBORD IN EAST EARL TOWNSHIP LANCASTER COUNTY IS CLOSED AT THE MOMENT DUE TO WHAT OWNERS ARE SAYING IS A WATER MAIN BREAK. THIS HAPPENED IN THE PAST HOUR. NEWS EIGHT LEARNED THAT THEY’RE HOPING TO REOPEN IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR OR SO. IT’S UNCLEAR HOW THE MARKET IS AFFECTED, BUT THE SMORGASBORD AGAIN, IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW. WELL, NEW TONIGHT CHARGING DOCUMENTS ARE REVEALING A CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAN ALLEGEDLY RECORDED HIMSELF MOLESTING A CHILD AND SHARED IT WITH OTHERS. MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP POLICE FILED THE CHARGES AGAINST 26 YEAR OLD COREY WAGNER AFTER A WOMAN WHO WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM CAME FORWARD TO POLICE ABOUT A VIDEO SHE RECEIVED OF THE ALLEGED MOLESTING AFTER GETTING A WARRANT FOR HIS PHONE. POLICE SAID THAT THEY DID FIND MORE PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF HIM ABUSING THE VICTIM, WHO WAS THREE. WAGNER ALSO OFFERED ANOTHER WOMAN TO PERFORM SEX ACTS ON THE CHILD. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. A MAN IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IN A STABBING EARLY THIS MORNING IN LANCASTER COUNTY. EAST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP POLICE TELL NEWS EIGHT THE 22 YEAR OLD EZEKIEL SHEA USED A KNIFE WITH A TEN INCH BLADE TO STAB SAREN GURUNG AT A HOME ON SYLVAN ROAD NEAR BETHEL DRIVE. DISPATCHERS SAY IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 130. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY SHEA SAID GORING HAD BEEN INSULTING HIM AND YELLING AT HIM, SO HE STABBED HIM ONCE IN THE SIDE, THEN RAN UPSTAIRS AND BARRICADED HIMSELF IN HIS BEDROOM. OFFICERS GOT IN AND ARRESTED HIM. GORING WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WELL, THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE IN HARRISBURG OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ONCE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. SINCE THAT STATE DINING HALL WAS DAMAGED IN AN ARSON MORE THAN A WEEK AGO. EIGHT ON YOUR SIDE. POLITICAL REPORTER TOM LEHMAN WAS THERE FOR THE EVENT AND JOINS US LIVE FROM SECOND STREET ON WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE CLEANUP AND SECURITY REVIEW THERE. TOM. YEAH. BRIAN AND LORI, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A PRETTY FUN DAY FOR A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE VISITING HERE. THE MOST SERIOUS THING THEY HAD TO DO WAS GO THROUGH A SECURITY CHECK TO GET INSIDE OF THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE. BUT FROM THERE, IT WAS AN EASTER EGG HUNT THAT ESSENTIALLY HAPPENED RIGHT IN THE GOVERNOR’S BACKYARD. GOVERNOR ROY, THREE GUN. THAT EVENT KICKING OFF AROUND 10 A.M. THIS MORNING, HOSTED BY THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND THEIR SPOUSES. SHAPIRO SPOKE WITH REPORTERS FOLLOWING THE EVENT, THOUGH, AND HE SAID THE RESIDENTS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO BE OCCUPIED ONCE AGAIN. HE ACTUALLY INTENDS TO SLEEP THERE THIS WEEK, AND HE SAID THAT HE WOULD BE COMFORTABLE DOING SO DESPITE THE SECURITY LAPSE THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE ARSON. HE ALSO TOUCHED ON HIS PHONE CALL WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, SAYING IT WAS A CORDIAL CONVERSATION. BUT THE GOVERNOR WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE ONGOING REVIEW OF THE BREAK-IN AND ARSON. HE SAID CLEARLY, SOME CHANGES ARE NEEDED. I THINK IT’S BEST TO LET THIS PROCESS PLAY OUT FOR THEM TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS AS TO WHAT’S NEEDED, BOTH FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE AND A SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE. I’M CONFIDENT THAT WHEN THEY PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS TO THE FOUR OF US AND TO OUR TEAM, THAT WILL MAKE THE NECESSARY REFORMS TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. FORMER STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER JEFFREY MILLER IS GOING TO BE HEADING UP THAT INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW TO ESSENTIALLY DETERMINE HOW THIS HAPPENED. NOW, THERE ARE SOME NEW DETAILS THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT WHEN EXACTLY THE RESTORATION WILL BE COMPLETED. WE’LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT COMING UP AT SIX. BUT FOR NOW IN HARRISBURG, TOM LEHMAN W G A L NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT, TOM, THANK YOU. AND THE HEARING FOR THE SUSPECT IN THAT ATTACK. CODY BALLMER IS NOT HAPPENING TOMORROW AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. OFFICIALS REVEALED YESTERDAY THAT HIS ORIGINAL PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE’S BEEN CONTINUED FOR MORE THAN A MONTH UNTIL MAY 28TH. BALLMER IS CHARGED WITH ARSON, ATTEMPTED MURDER, TERRORISM AND OTHER CHARGES, AND P