Emergency crews respond to water rescue at Speedwell Forge Lake in Lancaster County
IT IS 6.55 TIME FOR WGAL NEWS 8 TO GO. WE BEGIN WITH GABRIELLE, WHO IS FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF LEBANON COUNTY. GOOD MORNING. I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, LIVE HERE IN ANNEVILLE TOWNSHIP. A FAMILY THAT LIVED RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS CORVETTE GRILL AND BAR. IT WENT UP INTO FLAMES SHORTLY BEFORE 430 THIS MORNING. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL ON SCENE, ACTIVELY WORKING TO INVESTIGATE. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE BULK OF THE FIRE WAS FOUND IN THE KITCHEN WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED. EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY YOU CAN THINK OF HERE IN LEBANON COUNTY IS TO HERE TO ASSIST WITH EVERYTHING. TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THAT FAMILY WERE TREATED WITH SMOKE INHALATION HERE ON THE SCENE. AND AT THIS MOMENT, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT ANNVILLE-CLEONA SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ON A TWO HOUR DELAY DUE TO THE FIRE AND ROAD CLOSURES IN THE AREA. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON AIR AND ONLINE. WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING MORE BREAKING NEWS IN LEBANON COUNTY AS WELL. THIS MORNING, CREWS ON THE SCENE OF ANOTHER FIRE, THIS ONE AT A BARN IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP. A VIEWER SENT US THIS PICTURE OF THE BARN ON FIRE. THIS IS ALONG EAST ROSEBUD ROAD. CREWS WERE FIRST CALLED THERE AROUND 530 THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUN SHINING IN OUR YORK SKY CAM. WE WILL SEE SUN TO START THIS MORNING. THEN SOME CLOUDS BUILD UP, BUILD UP IN THE AFTERNOON AND WE SHOULD JUST SEE AN ISOLATED SHOWER CHANCE. HIGH PRESSURE IS GOING TO BE BUILDING IN, AND THAT’S GOING TO GIVE US A NICE NORTHERLY BREEZE. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW, SOME 40S STILL ON THE MAP, BUT MOST OF US ARE IN THE 50S. AND HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER PLANNER. TODAY. WE HAVE 76 DEGREES FOR THE HIGH. LOOKING FOR PARTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON AND CLOUDS CLEAR OUT LATER THIS EVENING. TONIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR, COMFORTABLE. AND TOMORROW A STRAY SHOWER CHANCE. OTHERWISE LOOKING REALLY GOOD WITH A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE AND A HIGH OF 76. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT BUILDING TEMPERATURES AT THE END OF THE WEEK COMING UP. GOOD MORNING. IT’S 656 AND WE DO HAVE A CRASH IN YORK COUNTY. THIS IS SPRING GARDEN TOWNSHIP ON GRANT ROAD AT COUNTRY CLUB ROAD. RIGHT NOW. IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE IT’S IMPACTING TRAFFIC TOO MUCH. WE SAW GABRIEL THOMAS AND ANNEVILLE TOWNSHIP THERE. ROUTE 422 MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD AND WHITE OAK ROAD STILL CLOSED. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ROAD THAT’S CLOSED IN SHREWSBURY TOWNSHIP AND YORK COUNTY. THIS IS ROUTE TWO, 16 GLEN ROCK ROAD AND DISTILLERY ROAD. DUE TO SOME DOWNED CABLES THERE. DON WIRES THAT CREWS ARE TRYING TO CLEAN UP. ANYTIME I-81 NO ISSUES THERE IN GUILFORD TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY AND SOME DRIVE TIMES AS YOU’RE MAKING YOUR WAY OUT. WE’LL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU AT 725, BUT FOR NOW, HAVE A GREAT MONDAY. GRIEF COUNSELORS WILL BE AVAILABLE TODAY AT TWO HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS AFTER TWO STUDENTS DIED LAST WEEK. HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE GETTING OFF THE SCHOOL BUS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HARRISBURG POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED AT NORTH SIXTH AND EMERALD STREETS. WE KNOW THE SHOOTING VICTIM WAS A 15 YEAR OLD STUDENT AT HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL, BUT HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. POLICE ARE CHARGING 16 YEAR OLD JEREMIAH MORAN WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT SAYS HE’S PLANNING A MEMORIAL VIGIL FOR THE STUDENT WHO WAS SHOT, AND ALSO FOR ANOTHER STUDENT WHO WAS KILLED AFTER HE WAS HIT BY A CAR ON THURSDAY. HE SAYS THAT STUDENT ATTENDED ROLAND ACADEMY, WHICH IS FOR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS. THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEMORIAL WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE LATER THIS WEEK. LANCASTER CITY POLICE SAY THEY’RE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING. OFFICERS SAY THEY WERE IN THE AREA OF BEAVER STREET AROUND 1030 LAST NIGHT FOR AN UNRELATED INVESTIGATION. THEY SAY SOMEONE TOLD THEM SHOTS WERE FIRED IN THE AREA ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE OFFICERS ARRIVED. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND SEVERAL SHELL CASINGS AND TWO VEHICLES THAT WERE SHOT AT. OFFICERS DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ARRESTS OR SUSPECTS OR IF ANYONE WAS HURT. MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP POLICE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY SAY THEY ARRESTED A MAN IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING, WHICH LEFT ONE PERSON HURT. POLICE SAY. NINE THOMAS SHOT A PERSON DURING A FIGHT OUTSIDE THE CARLISLE SPORTS EMPORIUM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THEY SAY THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. OFFICERS SAY THOMAS WAS ARRESTED A FEW HOURS LATER YESTERDAY MORNING IN MECHANICSBURG. HE IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE. NEW THIS MORNING, HEMPSTEAD POLICE IN MARYLAND ARE SEARCHING FOR A MISSING MAN, SAYING HE COULD BE IN YORK COUNTY. INVESTIGATORS SAY 49 YEAR OLD ROBERTO SANCHEZ WAS LAST SEEN AROUND 1:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN MANCHESTER, MARYLAND, SEVERAL MILES SOUTH OF WEST MANHEIM TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY. THEY SAY SANCHEZ HAS AUTISM AND WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A TUPAC HOODIE AND BLUE PANTS. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. IF YOU SEE SANCHEZ OR KNOW WHERE HE IS, INVESTIGATORS ARE ASKING YOU TO CALL HEMPSTEAD POLICE. WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT OUR MOCK FOR TODAY. PLEASANT, COMFORTABLE TOMORROW. WARMER ON WEDNESDAY. COULDN’T ASK FOR A BETTER START TO THE WEEK. LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS 70 TODAY AND TOMORROW AND THEN THE LOW 80S ON WEDNESDAY. NOW IT DOES GET WARMER THAN THAT. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOME COOL WEATHER, I HAVE THAT FOR YOU ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, EVEN SATURDAY, HUMIDITY WILL BE UP A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. I THINK YOU’LL NOTICE IT MOST AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. BY SUNDAY, A COLD FRONT WILL BRING IN A CHANCE FOR SOME
Emergency crews respond to water rescue at Speedwell Forge Lake in Lancaster County
Updated: 2:43 PM EDT Jun 1, 2026
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Emergency crews responded to Speedwell Forge Lake in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, around 12:30 p.m. Monday for a water rescue. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.The scene was near Zartman Mill and Evans roads.An officer with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission told WGAL two people who were fishing in a canoe capsized.Each person was wearing a life jacket and they were able to swim to shore safely.See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.
Emergency crews responded to Speedwell Forge Lake in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, around 12:30 p.m. Monday for a water rescue.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
The scene was near Zartman Mill and Evans roads.
An officer with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission told WGAL two people who were fishing in a canoe capsized.
Each person was wearing a life jacket and they were able to swim to shore safely.
See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.
