Phillies play the Rangers this afternoon
The Philadelphia Phillies take a 1-0 advantage into the latest game of the series against the Texas.
WGAL NEWS 8. TODAY STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. HAPPY SATURDAY. I’M MEREDITH JORGENSEN HERE WITH MARYELLEN PANN. OUR CHILI IS NOT MY FAVORITE WORD. I KNOW IT’S YOU KNOW, IT’S THE LAST WEEKEND OF MARCH. IT’S JUST LIKE FLOWN BY. SO IT REALLY. AND WE’RE IN SPRING. WE ARE. IT IS GOING TO BE A CHILLY DAY THOUGH, ABOUT TEN DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE DRY. SO JUST TAKE THAT TODAY. ALL RIGHT. LET’S TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE OUR HERSHEY SKY CAM. AND WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BREEZE, BUT ABOUT 5 TO 10MPH WILL INCREASE AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. BUT AT LEAST IT’S GOING TO BE DRY. YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME WE HAD WET WEATHER, RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE AREA, SO THAT IS LONG GONE. HIGH PRESSURE IS WELL TO THE WEST, SO WE STILL HAVE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND THAT’S GOING TO CAUSE THE BREEZE TO INCREASE LATER TODAY. THERE MAY BE A FEW PASSING CLOUDS, BUT I DO EXPECT SUNSHINE. THAT HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST, HELPING TO RELAX THE WINDS LATER THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES RIGHT DURING. FREEZING. MARK 30 IN LEBANON, 36 IN GETTYSBURG AND 30 IN CHAMBERSBURG. WINDS, AS I MENTIONED, 5 TO 10MPH. HERE’S YOUR 12 HOUR. WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT INTO THE MID 40S TODAY. I’LL HAVE MORE ON. THANK YOU, MARY ELLEN. WELL, TSA EMPLOYEES WILL BE PAID AGAIN SOON UNDER AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNED BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, AN EFFORT TO EASE LONG SECURITY LINES AT MANY MAJOR AIRPORTS. THE PRESIDENT BYPASSED CONGRESS TO PROVIDE THE RELIEF, BUT THOUSANDS OF OTHER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES STILL FACE PAYCHECK DELAYS AS THE FEUD OVER FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CONTINUES COME SUNDAY, THE FUNDING LAPSE WILL ECLIPSE THE RECORD 43 DAY SHUTDOWN LAST FALL THAT AFFECTED ALL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JACKIE DEFUSCO JOINS US LIVE NOW ON CAPITOL HILL THIS MORNING. JACKIE, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS PARTIAL SHUTDOWN STILL ISN’T ANYTIME ANYTIME SOON. THAT’S RIGHT. MEREDITH. LAWMAKERS NOW LEAVING TOWN FOR A TWO WEEK RECESS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY STILL LARGELY SHUT DOWN THIS MORNING. AND NOW THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, BOTH CONTROLLED BY REPUBLICANS, ARE BACKING DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO TRY TO GET IT BACK OPEN ON FRIDAY, EARLY IN THE MORNING, THE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY BACKED A PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE FUNDED MOST OF THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING TSA, THE COAST GUARD, FEMA, BUT THAT PLAN DID LEAVE OUT FUNDING FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER PATROL, AS DEMOCRATS ARE STILL DEMANDING REFORMS IN THOSE AREAS. FIRST, HOUSE REPUBLICANS, THOUGH, LAST NIGHT REJECTED THAT APPROACH AND INSTEAD PASSED A BILL TO FUND THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH MAY 22ND. BUT THING IS, THAT PROPOSAL NEEDS SENATE APPROVAL, AND DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SAY IT IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL. HERE’S WHAT BOTH SIDES IN THE HOUSE HAD TO SAY ON FRIDAY. THEY’VE TAKEN HOSTAGE THE FUNDING PROCESSES OF GOVERNMENT SO THAT THEY CAN IMPOSE THEIR RADICAL AGENDA ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND WE CAN’T HAVE ANY PART OF IT. THIS GAMBIT THAT WAS DONE LAST NIGHT IS A JOKE. I’M QUITE CONVINCED THAT IT CAN’T BE THAT EVERY SENATE REPUBLICAN READ THE LANGUAGE OF THIS BILL. REPUBLICANS CANNOT CONTINUE TO HOLD FUNDING FOR AIRPORT SECURITY, DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND RESPONSE FOR THE COAST GUARD HOSTAGE BECAUSE THEY WANT AN OUT OF CONTROL ICE THAT BRUTALIZES OUR COMMUNITIES, DETAINS CHILDREN AND KILLS U.S. CITIZENS. THAT STALEMATE CONTINUES THIS MORNING, BUT HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR ONE GROUP OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TSA WORKERS. PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN ORDER ON FRIDAY TO RESTORE PAY FOR THEM, USING MONEY FROM HIS MEGA BILL THAT WAS PASSED LAST SUMMER. DHS SAYS THAT THOSE TSA WORKERS SHOULD START TO SEE THEIR PAYCHECKS FLOWING AS EARLY AS MONDAY. THE QUESTION, OF COURSE, FOR MANY AMERICANS, IS WHETHER THAT WILL IMMEDIATELY RESOLVE SOME OF THE LONG SECURITY LINES THAT WE’VE SEEN BUILDING UP SINCE THIS PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN STARTED MORE THAN 40 DAYS AGO. AFTER ALL, SINCE THEN, REPORTEDLY NEARLY 500 TSA WORKERS HAVE QUIT THEIR JOBS ALTOGETHER LIVE ON CAPITOL HILL. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO. WGAL NEWS 8. A HUGE NUMBER OF TSA AGENTS. THANK YOU JACKIE. THE YORK COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. POLICE SAY THE DEPARTMENT’S PARTICIPATION WILL BE, QUOTE, CAREFULLY LIMITED. THE AGREEMENT PERMITS TRAINED OFFICERS TO DETAIN AND VERIFY THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THE PERSON IN QUESTION. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE MORE THAN 50 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERING WITH ICE. WE’VE POSTED A LIST OF THOSE COMMUNITIES INVOLVED ON OUR WEBSITE. JUST SCAN THE QR CODE YOU SEE NOW ON YOUR SCREEN TODAY. THE FUNERAL AND PROCESSION WILL BE HELD FOR SPECIALIST CHRISTOPHER LOPEZ. THE 18 YEAR OLD SOLDIER DIED DUE TO INJURIES FROM A TRAINING EXERCISE AT THE LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE ARMY SAYS A PROCESSION ESCORT WILL START AT 630 THIS MORNING, TRAVELING FROM SHIPPENSBURG THROUGH CHAMBERSBURG AND GETTYSBURG BEFORE ENDING AT BIGLERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IN ADAMS COUNTY. A VIEWING BEGINS AT 10 A.M. AND THE FUNERAL IS AT 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. BOTH ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE SUSPECT IS NOW IN CUSTODY AFTER A STANDOFF IN UPPER ALLEN TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NEAR MESSIAH LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY AROUND 6 P.M. YESTERDAY, OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO HEMLOCK ROAD IN THE VILLAGE OF GRANTHAM FOR A DOMESTIC INCIDENT INVOLVING SHOTS FIRED. THEY SAY AN ARMED PERSON BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A HOME BETWEEN STONER AND SHORELINE DRIVE. POLICE SAY WHEN THEY TRIED TO ENTER THE HOME, THE SUSPECT SURRENDERED. POLICE ARE NOT RELEASING THE SUSPECT’S IDENTITY UNTIL CHARGES ARE FINALIZED. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A CAR CRASHED INTO A HOME IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THE CRASH HAPPENED ON MILL ROAD IN WEST COCALICO TOWNSHIP AROUND FOUR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE IMAGES HERE. AN SUV WENT OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO THE HOME. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND THE DRIVER WAS TRAPPED INSIDE. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS A 67 YEAR OLD MAN FROM DENVER, LANCASTER COUNTY. NO ONE INSIDE THE HOME WAS HURT WELL, NEW THIS MORNING WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON AN EMS WORKER WHO WAS ATTACKED IN LANCASTER COUNTY. WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED TO WILLOW STREET, PIKE AND LOCUST LANE TUESDAY NIGHT, ROBERT BROCATO WAS INTOXICATED AND HOLDING A SYRINGE IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE. POLICE SAY EMS WORKERS WERE TRYING TO RESTRAIN BROCATO RESTRAINED BROCATO AFTER HE TOOK THE SYRINGE AND TRIED TO ATTACK THEM. BROCATO IS NOW CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND OUT ON BAIL. WELL, TODAY, BUSINESSES AROUND THE STRASBURG RAILROAD AND ITS MUSEUM ARE BACK OPEN AFTER A BOMB THREAT. POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED A CALL JUST BEFORE NINE YESTERDAY MORNING, SAYING THERE WERE MULTIPLE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES PLANTED AT THE RAILROAD. AFTER AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH, THEY DIDN’T FIND ANYTHING. PATTY MALONE SAID SHE WAS HOPING TO TAKE HER GREAT NEPHEW TO SEE THE TRAINS, BUT WAS REROUTED BY FIRE POLICE WHILE THEY INVESTIGATED. I ASKED IF YOU KNEW HOW LONG IT MIGHT BE. YOU COULD JUST HANG OUT AND TRY AGAIN LATER, AND YOU SAID, YOU JUST HAVE TO GO BACK. WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING, HE SAID. IT’S A POLICE INCIDENT. THAT’S ALL HE WOULD TELL ME. BUT THERE WERE FIRE TRUCKS. A LOT OF CONFUSION THERE. POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING INTO WHERE THIS BOMB THREAT CALL ORIGINATED FROM AND WHO WAS BEHIND IT. TODAY IN HARRISBURG, FAMILIES IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WAYS TO REDUCE IT. FAMILIES AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE WILL BE JOINED BY ADVOCATES AND SUPPORTERS OF THEIR CAUSE AS WELL. THE PROGRAM WILL BE AT COMMONWEALTH CHARTER ACADEMY STARTING AT NOON TODAY. THIS MORNING, QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED OVER THE RESTART OF THE THREE MILE ISLAND UNIT ONE NUCLEAR POWER STATION. U.S. GRID OPERATOR PJM SAYS THE TMI PLANT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO THE GRID UNTIL 2031, FOUR YEARS LATER THAN PLANNED. SO NEWS EIGHT REACHED OUT TO CONSTELLATION ENERGY, WHICH OWNS THE FACILITY. IT SAID THE CRANE RESTART REMAINS ON TRACK FOR THE SECOND HALF OF 2027, AND WE CONTINUE TO EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER ENERGY TO THE GRID AT THAT TIME. IT GOES ON TO SAY THE 2030, I’M SORRY, THE 2031 DATE RELATES TO THE CERTAINTY OF FULL DELIVERABILITY FOR THE FACILITY. CONSTELLATION SAYS IT’S ACTIVELY WORKING WITH BOTH PJM AND ITS UTILITY PARTNERS TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD IN A TIMELY FASHION. PJM IS ALSO TELLING NEWS EIGHT THAT IT RECOGNIZES THE URGENCY OF BRINGING NEW GENERATION POWER ONLINE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WELL, TODAY MARKS THE 42ND ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN THE UNIT TWO REACTOR MELTED DOWN, FORCING THOUSANDS TO EVACUATE THE MIDDLETOWN A
Phillies play the Rangers this afternoon
The Philadelphia Phillies take a 1-0 advantage into the latest game of the series against the Texas.
Updated: 11:27 AM EDT Mar 28, 2026
The Philadelphia Phillies take a 1-0 advantage into the latest game of the series against the Texas Rangers. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.Philadelphia had a 96-66 record overall and a 55-26 record in home games last season. The Phillies scored 4.8 runs per game in the 2025 season while giving up 4.0.Texas went 81-81 overall and 33-48 in road games a season ago. The Rangers averaged 7.9 hits per game last season and totaled 175 home runs.Starting pitchers are Jacob deGrom for the Rangers and Aaron Nola for the Phillies.First pitch is set for 4:05 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park.
PHILADELPHIA —
The Philadelphia Phillies take a 1-0 advantage into the latest game of the series against the Texas Rangers.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.
Philadelphia had a 96-66 record overall and a 55-26 record in home games last season.
The Phillies scored 4.8 runs per game in the 2025 season while giving up 4.0.
Texas went 81-81 overall and 33-48 in road games a season ago.
The Rangers averaged 7.9 hits per game last season and totaled 175 home runs.
Starting pitchers are Jacob deGrom for the Rangers and Aaron Nola for the Phillies.
First pitch is set for 4:05 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park.