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Road rage incident causes local elementary school to go on lockdown

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      I’M JAKE REYES, ALONGSIDE METEOROLOGIST MARYELLEN PANN. YOU KNOW, IT’S SAINT PATRICK’S DAY WEEKEND. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF GREEN ON THE GROUND, BUT UNFORTUNATELY ALSO A LOT OF BLUE IN THE SKIES FOR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. YEAH, IT’S GOING TO BE CLOUDY. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE THE BEST OF WEEKENDS TOMORROW. WE’VE BEEN TALKING THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS ABOUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER, SO WE HAVE MADE AN IMPACT DAY AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE DETAILS FOR TOMORROW. FIRST, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT TODAY. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK. WE ARE UNDER A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TOMORROW MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE EVENING HOURS. YOU CAN SEE THE TIMING THERE FROM 3 TO 11. COVERAGE IS JUST A STRONG LINE OF STORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE SOME DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, COULD PRODUCE SOME DOWNED TREES, AND I CAN’T RULE OUT A BRIEF, ISOLATED SPIN UP TORNADO. THAT WOULD BE A VERY LOW THREAT THOUGH. SO SOMETHING WE’LL BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY. EITHER WAY, WE WILL BE DEALING WITH SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS TOMORROW THROUGHOUT THE DAY THAT ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. TAKING A LOOK AT OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK, YOU CAN SEE THAT LINE OF STORMS MOVING THROUGH INDIANA AND PUSHING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. STILL AT THIS HOUR, SEEING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS. THERE WERE EVEN A COUPLE TORNADO WARNINGS ASSOCIATED JUST ABOUT A COUPLE HOURS AGO. SO IT’S A VERY POTENT SYSTEM THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY TO THE EAST. RIGHT NOW, ALL IS QUIET. WE DO HAVE SOME LOW LEVEL CLOUDS HANGING OVERHEAD. I DROVE THROUGH SOME MIST. I KNOW JAKE DROVE THROUGH SOME MIST, SO DON’T BE SURPRISED IF YOU’RE HEADED OUT EARLY THIS MORNING. YOU SEE SOME MISTY AREAS, BUT NOTICE VISIBILITY IS NOT TOO BAD. AND I’VE CHECKED VISIBILITIES AND WE’RE LOOKING OKAY RIGHT NOW. BUT LATER THIS MORNING THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS WHERE VISIBILITY IS LIMITED. TEMPERATURES ARE MILD, LOW 40S AT THIS HOUR. AS WE CHECK OUT YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST, IT’S GOING TO BE A MAINLY CLOUDY DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY CLIMB THROUGH THE 40S AND INTO THE LOW 50S BY AROUND NOONTIME, AND WE’RE ONLY GOING TO MAKE IT INTO THE MID AND UPPER 50S, BUT THAT’S WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF 50 DEGREES. SO WE’LL TAKE IT WITH THE MILD CONDITIONS. JUST A SMALL STRAY SHOWER CHANCE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, MAINLY WEST OF HARRISBURG. SO I’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE TIMING OF THOSE STORMS AND THE THREATS COMING UP IN MY FULL FORECAST. OKAY. THANKS, MARY ELLEN, WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF ADAMS COUNTY. ROADS ARE CLOSED AFTER A TRACTOR TRAILER WENT INTO A BUILDING. ACCORDING TO DISPATCH, THE CRASH HAPPENED AT 508 THIS MORNING ON WEST KING STREET IN ABBOTTSTOWN. AND DISPATCH SAYS THE DRIVER WAS BRIEFLY TRAPPED AND HAD TO BE ASSISTED OUT OF THE TRUCK. ROADS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED ON THE ENTIRE BLOCK OF WEST KING STREET. STAY WITH WGAL AS WE UPDATE YOU THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING ON THIS CRASH. WELL, CONGRESS NARROWLY DODGED A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, PASSING A SPENDING BILL HOURS BEFORE FRIDAY’S MIDNIGHT DEADLINE, AND NOW HEADS TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S DESK. AND WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JACKIE DEFUSCO JOINS US THIS MORNING. JACKIE. GOOD MORNING. WHAT’S NEXT ON CAPITOL HILL? HEY, JAKE. GOOD MORNING. WITH THE THREAT OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BEHIND US, AT LEAST FOR NOW, CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS CAN SHIFT THEIR FOCUS TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S PRIORITIES, LIKE CUTTING TAXES, FOR EXAMPLE. NOW, CRAFTING THAT LEGISLATION WITH NARROW GOP MAJORITIES IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE GOING TO BE A COMPLEX TASK TO KEEP THAT COALITION TOGETHER. BUT REPUBLICANS ARE COMING OFF A BIG WIN THIS WEEK IN THAT REGARD. THE GOP REMAINED ALMOST ENTIRELY UNIFIED BEHIND THEIR PLAN TO KEEP FEDERAL AGENCIES FUNDED THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WHILE INCREASING DEFENSE SPENDING AND TRIMMING IN OTHER AREAS. THE MEASURE PASSED IN THE SENATE ON FRIDAY, AVOIDING DISRUPTIONS TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES, BUT ALSO EXPOSING DIVISIONS WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ABOUT HOW TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER DEFENDED HIS DECISION TO ALLOW THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO ADVANCE, DESPITE CONCERNS THAT IT GIVES PRESIDENT TRUMP TOO MUCH DISCRETION OVER SPENDING DECISIONS. AS BAD AS THE CR WAS, AND I KNOW A LOT OF MEMBERS DIDN’T LIKE THE CR, THE A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WOULD BE FAR WORSE. A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN GIVES DONALD TRUMP, ELON MUSK, AND DOGE ALMOST COMPLETE POWER AS TO WHAT TO CLOSE DOWN. YOU DON’T STOP A BULLY BY HANDING OVER YOUR LUNCH MONEY, AND YOU DON’T STOP A TYRANT BY GIVING THEM MORE POWER. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS HOUSE REPUBLICAN SPENDING BILL DOES. AGAIN, THAT POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN NOW AVERTED THIS MORNING. AND SCHUMER RECEIVING SOME UNUSUAL PRAISE FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AFTERWARDS, TRUMP CALLING HIS DECISION SMART AND COURAGEOUS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE PRESIDENT ALSO CALLING ON LAWMAKERS MOVING FORWARD TO COME TOGETHER ON OTHER MEASURES SUCH AS DISASTER AID AND RAISING THE DEBT CEILING. LIVE IN WASHINGTON. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. OKAY. THANKS, JACKIE. WELL, BOTH THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATORS, DEMOCRAT JOHN FETTERMAN AND REPUBLICAN DAVE MCCORMICK, VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL TO AVERT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. REGINA AHN EX-SENATOR FETTERMAN POSTED THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT STAYS OPEN, ADDING, QUOTE, MY YES VOTE IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF THIS DEEPLY FLAWED CONTINUING RESOLUTION. MY YES VOTE IS ABOUT REFUSING TO SHUT OUR GOVERNMENT DOWN. I REFUSE TO PUNISH WORKING FAMILIES AND PLUNGE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS INTO CHAOS. FETTERMAN GOES ON TO SAY, I WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER VOTE T
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      Road rage incident causes local elementary school to go on lockdown
      Middle Paxton Elementary School was put on a lockdown after a road rage incident happened nearby. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8. Pennsylvania State Police responded to the road rage incident on 931 Peters Mountain Road around 3:25 p.m. Friday. When they got to the scene, a man had started chasing a victim on foot while making threats and wielding a baseball bat. The man chasing the victim was arrested. Middle Paxton Elementary School was put on a lockdown during the incident. PSP said the incident was not related to the school, and there is no immediate danger to the public.

      Middle Paxton Elementary School was put on a lockdown after a road rage incident happened nearby.

      Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.

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      Pennsylvania State Police responded to the road rage incident on 931 Peters Mountain Road around 3:25 p.m. Friday.

      When they got to the scene, a man had started chasing a victim on foot while making threats and wielding a baseball bat.

      The man chasing the victim was arrested.

      Middle Paxton Elementary School was put on a lockdown during the incident.

      PSP said the incident was not related to the school, and there is no immediate danger to the public.