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Meredith Jorgensen is a Lancaster County Reporter for WGAL News 8. With a focus on local news in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County, Meredith covers a wide range of topics including community events, crime, education, and business. Her reporting aims to provide accurate and timely information to the residents of Lancaster County.

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (Local)

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Evolving Stories: 26 %
Government Announcement: 22 %
Breaking News: 21 %
Event Coverage: 10 %
Legal Policy Regulation: 4 %

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  • Local news
  • Emergency situations
  • Community events
  • Health issues
  • Education issues
  • Law enforcement

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'I didn't know that I have such an impact': Longtime school bus driver recognized by a student Infinite Scroll Enabled 'I didn't know that I have such an impact': Longtime school bus driver recognized by a student Updated: 11:31 PM EDT May 7, 2024 Infinite Scroll Enabled Video Player is loading. / This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color Opacity Text Background Color Opacity Caption Area Background Color Opacity Font Size Text Edge Style Font Family End of dialog window. Advertisement ✕ NEWS EIGHT'S MEREDITH JORGENSEN HAS HER STORY. FOR THE LAST 29 YEARS, SHARON ECKMAN HAS DRIVEN GENERATIONS OF HEMPFIELD STUDENTS. I JUST LOVE THE KIDS AT AND UM, HAVE MET GREAT PARENTS ALONG THE WAY. I WOULD ALWAYS COME ON THE BUS EXCITED FOR THE DAY BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SO WELCOMING. HELLO, HELLO! A FEW WEEKS AGO, SENIOR NATALIE BOHL HAD A SPECIAL REQUEST FOR THE WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN HER BUS DRIVER FOR MOST OF HER LIFE. SOMEBODY WHO HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON YOU THAT HAS SUPPORTED YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR YEARS AT HEMPFIELD AND THAT HAS INFLUENCED YOU TO DO GREATER THINGS IN THE FUTURE. FOR NATALIE, THAT'S SHARON. I'M SPEECHLESS. IS THAT SHE PICKED ME, PICKED SHARON TO BE HER GUEST AT THE SENIOR LACROSSE PLAYERS TEACHER APPRECIATION GAME. I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO LET HER KNOW. I KNOW SHE DEFINITELY APPRECIATES IT A LOT AS SHE DOESN'T GET A LOT OF ATTENTION AND SHE REALLY DESERVES IT. LAST AND UM, I WAS OVERWHELMED AND I STILL AM. SHE TAUGHT ME LIKE HOW TO BE KIND AND LIKE COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS OTHER PEOPLE, NOT JUST LIKE, OH, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? LIKE YOUR CAREER AND EVERYTHING? LIKE IT'S WHAT, LIKE THE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU DO ARE WHAT MATTERS AND HOW YOU TREAT OTHER PEOPLE OR WHAT MATTERS. IT'S NOT ME. IT'S GOD THAT WORKS THROUGH ME. IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT LIVES INSIDE OF ME THAT MAKES ME WHO I AM, OR I WOULDN'T BE WHO I AM WITHOUT HIM. HE'S MY MENTOR AND SHARON HAS A MESSAGE FOR ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS WHO ENTER HER BUS. KNOW THAT SOMEBODY CARES FOR THEM AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT JUST YOUR BUS DRIVER. TROOPER JACQUES I'M HERE FOR YOU. WHETHER INLAND LANCASTER COUNTY, MEREDITH JORGENSEN WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ISN'T THAT GREAT? IT REALLY IS GOOD FOR HER. SHE WAS MY KIDS BUS DRIVER. I KNOW, AND YOU SAID SHE WAS FANTASTIC. LOVED HER. JUST TALK TO HER. THE OTHER DAY, THE SENIORS WERE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR TEACHERS FOR CREATION. AT THE BEGINNING OF TONIGHT'S LACROSSE GAME, BUT THEY HAD TO PUSH THE CEREMONY TO HALFTIME. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE SHARON, THEY WANTED HER TO FINISH HER BUS RUN. AND THEN THAT GAVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THE GAME ON TIME AND BE RECOGNIZED. SHE HAD A JOB TO DO AS SHE'S DONE EVERY DAY FOR SO LONG. SHE HAS SUCH A LOVELY WOMAN. NOTHING LIKE A GREAT SCHOOL BUS DRIVER JOB. WELL DONE. AND I'D IMAGINE I KNOW I'M THIS WAY. ETHAN. PROBABLY YOU REMEMBER SOME OF YOUR BUS? ABSOLUTELY. I HAD THE SAME BUS DRIVER FOR YEARS, AND SHE WAS VERY KIND. 'I didn't know that I have such an impact': Longtime school bus driver recognized by a student Updated: 11:31 PM EDT May 7, 2024 Infinite Scroll Enabled For nearly three decades, there's a woman who has been one of the first faces some students in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, see in the morning and the last face they see at the end of the school day.She never really grasped the impact she was having on students in the Hempfield School District – until recently.Sharon Eckman has been a bus driver for 29 years."I just love the kids and have met great parents along the way," she said."I would always come on the bus excited for the day because it was so welcoming," senior Natalie Bole said.A few weeks ago, Bole had a special request for the woman who has been her bus driver most of her life."Somebody who's had a great impact on you, that has supported you throughout your years at Hempfield and has influenced you to do greater things in the future," Bole said.For Bole, that is Eckman."I'm speechless that she picked me," Eckman said.Bole chose Eckman to be her guest at the senior lacrosse players' "teacher appreciation" game."I was super excited to let her know. I know she definitely appreciates it a lot. She doesn't get a lot of attention, and she really deserves it. She taught me how to be kind and compassionate to other people. It's the little things that you do are what matters and how you treat other people is what matters," Bole said."I was overwhelmed, and I still am. It's not me. It's God who works through me. It's the Holy Spirit that lives inside of me, that makes me who I am or I wouldn't be who I am without Him. He's my mentor," Eckman said.Eckman has a message for all the other students who enter her bus."Know that somebody cares for them. That's what I want to do. I want them to know that I'm not just your bus driver. I'm here for you," Eckman said.The seniors were going to acknowledge their teachers at the beginning of Tuesday's lacrosse game. They pushed the ceremony to halftime instead, so Eckman could finish her bus run and then get to the game in time to be recognized. LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — 'I'm meant for this': Men bond over wheelchair racing as one of them pushes the other to compete in Paris Next Story 'I'm meant for this': Men bond over wheelchair racing as one of them pushes the other to compete in Paris Updated: 6:14 PM EDT May 7, 2024 Video Player is loading. / This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color Opacity Text Background Color Opacity Caption Area Background Color Opacity Font Size Text Edge Style Font Family End of dialog window. Advertisement ✕ BEING IN A WHEELCHAIR DIDN'T KEEP THESE TWO IOWANS DOWN. IN FACT, IT HAS BROUGHT OUT THEIR BEST AS SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT REISER REPORTS IN TONIGHT'S SUNDAY SPORTS EXTRA, DEAN FURNACE AND EVAN CARROLL CONTINUE TO DEFY THE ODDS AND PUSH EACH OTHER TO BE THEIR BEST IOWANS EVAN CARROLL. I'M MISSING A DECENT PORTION OF MY, UH, LOWER SPINAL CORD AND DEAN FURNACE. 2011 I HAD AN ACCIDENT ON MY FARM WHERE I HAD A HAY BALE FALL OFF A TRACTOR AND BASICALLY SEVERED MY SPINAL CORD. ARE A GENERATION APART, BUT SHARE CONNECTION. CARROLL A STATE CHAMP, AND DRAKE RELAYS CHAMP FROM WAUKEE HIGH SCHOOL, IS NOW AN NCAA WHEELCHAIR CHAMPION AT ILLINOIS FURNACE WORKS FOR WELLS FARGO AND IS AN ASSISTANT HOOPS COACH AT MARTENSDALE SAINT MARY'S NEAR HIS HOME. BUT THERE'S MORE WAY MORE BEING INJURED LATE IN LIFE. I MEAN, I NEVER REALLY HAD PAID ATTENTION. TO MUCH OF THE WHEELCHAIR ATHLETICS THAT WERE GOING ON, AND WITH MY COMMUNITY BEING SO INVOLVED AND SUPPORTING ME, I, I REALLY JUST STAYED IN MY LITTLE WORLD. AND ONCE I STARTED DOING THE MARATHONING AND GETTING INVOLVED WITH FOLKS IN ILLINOIS, I, I GOT HOOKED. IN 2017, DEAN REACHED OUT TO BELOVED ILLINOIS WHEELCHAIR COACH ADAM BLEAKNEY, WHO PUT VANESSA ON A PATH. SOON, HE WAS DOING MARATHONS IN CHICAGO, BOSTON, NEW YORK, LONDON. IN 2022, WE DID ONE IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA AND SAW CARROLL DOING HIS FIRST. HE JUST APPROACHED ME AND HE SAID, HEY, MY NAME IS DEAN. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT I'M I LIVE REALLY CLOSE TO WHERE YOU DO. AND I'M LIKE, OH, THE TWO IOWANS DECIDED TO KEEP TABS ON EACH OTHER AS THEIR RESUMES GREW. NOT NOT JUST RACING, BUT ALSO LIFE IN GENERAL. VANESSA HAS NOW DONE 7126 MILE COURSES CARROLL NINE, AND RECENTLY THEY CHEERED EACH OTHER ON IN THE SAME SPOT AGAIN. THEY WERE AMONG THE GROUP OF RACERS THAT MET AND COMPLETED BOTH THE BOSTON MARATHON AND THE LONDON MARATHON. THEY CONTINUE TO PUSH EACH OTHER TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO CHEER HIM ON AND TELL HIM TO GO FOR IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE HIS GOALS ARE ARE PRETTY INCREDIBLE. YEAH. I WANT TO MAKE THE I WANT TO MAKE PARIS THIS YEAR. UM, THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE HUGE. CARROLL IS AIMING FOR A GOLD MEDAL AND WHILE VANESSA IS NOT, EACH MAN IS STRIVING TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE. I'VE UNDERESTIMATE. MYSELF FOR A VERY LONG TIME. UP UNTIL AS OF RECENT YEARS, BECAUSE I'VE FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO AND AND ALSO THE PEOPLE AROUND ME CAN SEE WHAT I CAN DO. I'VE GOT WONDERFUL FRIENDS LIKE DEAN. I'VE GOT MY TEAMMATES, I'VE GOT MY COACH WHO'S GIVING ME MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAN I COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE. MY FAMILY WHO'S GONE TO ALMOST EVERY SINGLE RACE. I HAVE A LOT OF. PRIDE IN IN THE COMMUNITY HERE AND PRIDE WHAT MY FAMILY'S DONE TO SUPPORT ME. IF I CAN SHOW THEM THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I'M DOING, AND THEY CAN GET A LOT OF PRIDE THAT THEY HAD A PART IN, THAT MAYBE THEY GET A CHANCE TO TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SAYING, YEAH, I HAD A PART OF THAT AND, AND A PART OF HIS LIFE. IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE THAT I'M MEANT FOR THIS. AND THAT THIS IS MEANT FOR ME, AND I'M NOT GOING TO STOP AT ANY POINT IN TIME IF I DON'T HA 'I'm meant for this': Men bond over wheelchair racing as one of them pushes the other to compete in Paris Updated: 6:14 PM EDT May 7, 2024 Being in a wheelchair didn't keep these two Iowans down. In fact, it has brought out their best.Dean Furness and Evan Correll continue to defy the odds.Correll, a Waukee High School graduate and current student at Illinois, and Furness — who works at Wells Fargo while coaching basketball at Martensdale St. Marys Community School District in Martensdale, Iowa — have bonded over wheelchair racing.Both Iowans have completed several marathons, including the Boston Marathon and London Marathon this year. Correll hopes to compete for a gold medal in Paris this summer, and Furness will be cheering him on from afar."It kind of feels like I'm meant for this, and that this is meant for me," Correll said. "I'm not going to stop at any point in time if I don't have to."Watch the video above for the full story about the duo pushing each other to be their best.

'I didn't know that I have such an impact': Longtime school bus driver recognized by a student Infinite Scroll Enabled 'I didn't know that I have such an impact': Longtime school bus driver recognized by a student Updated: 11:31 PM EDT May 7, 2024 Infinite Scroll Enabled Video Player is loading. / This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color Opacity Text Background Color Opacity Caption Area Background Color Opacity Font Size Text Edge Style Font Family End of dialog window. Advertisement ✕ NEWS EIGHT'S MEREDITH JORGENSEN HAS HER STORY. FOR THE LAST 29 YEARS, SHARON ECKMAN HAS DRIVEN GENERATIONS OF HEMPFIELD STUDENTS. I JUST LOVE THE KIDS AT AND UM, HAVE MET GREAT PARENTS ALONG THE WAY. I WOULD ALWAYS COME ON THE BUS EXCITED FOR THE DAY BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SO WELCOMING. HELLO, HELLO! A FEW WEEKS AGO, SENIOR NATALIE BOHL HAD A SPECIAL REQUEST FOR THE WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN HER BUS DRIVER FOR MOST OF HER LIFE. SOMEBODY WHO HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON YOU THAT HAS SUPPORTED YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR YEARS AT HEMPFIELD AND THAT HAS INFLUENCED YOU TO DO GREATER THINGS IN THE FUTURE. FOR NATALIE, THAT'S SHARON. I'M SPEECHLESS. IS THAT SHE PICKED ME, PICKED SHARON TO BE HER GUEST AT THE SENIOR LACROSSE PLAYERS TEACHER APPRECIATION GAME. I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO LET HER KNOW. I KNOW SHE DEFINITELY APPRECIATES IT A LOT AS SHE DOESN'T GET A LOT OF ATTENTION AND SHE REALLY DESERVES IT. LAST AND UM, I WAS OVERWHELMED AND I STILL AM. SHE TAUGHT ME LIKE HOW TO BE KIND AND LIKE COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS OTHER PEOPLE, NOT JUST LIKE, OH, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? LIKE YOUR CAREER AND EVERYTHING? LIKE IT'S WHAT, LIKE THE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU DO ARE WHAT MATTERS AND HOW YOU TREAT OTHER PEOPLE OR WHAT MATTERS. IT'S NOT ME. IT'S GOD THAT WORKS THROUGH ME. IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT LIVES INSIDE OF ME THAT MAKES ME WHO I AM, OR I WOULDN'T BE WHO I AM WITHOUT HIM. HE'S MY MENTOR AND SHARON HAS A MESSAGE FOR ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS WHO ENTER HER BUS. KNOW THAT SOMEBODY CARES FOR THEM AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT JUST YOUR BUS DRIVER. TROOPER JACQUES I'M HERE FOR YOU. WHETHER INLAND LANCASTER COUNTY, MEREDITH JORGENSEN WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ISN'T THAT GREAT? IT REALLY IS GOOD FOR HER. SHE WAS MY KIDS BUS DRIVER. I KNOW, AND YOU SAID SHE WAS FANTASTIC. LOVED HER. JUST TALK TO HER. THE OTHER DAY, THE SENIORS WERE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR TEACHERS FOR CREATION. AT THE BEGINNING OF TONIGHT'S LACROSSE GAME, BUT THEY HAD TO PUSH THE CEREMONY TO HALFTIME. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE SHARON, THEY WANTED HER TO FINISH HER BUS RUN. AND THEN THAT GAVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THE GAME ON TIME AND BE RECOGNIZED. SHE HAD A JOB TO DO AS SHE'S DONE EVERY DAY FOR SO LONG. SHE HAS SUCH A LOVELY WOMAN. NOTHING LIKE A GREAT SCHOOL BUS DRIVER JOB. WELL DONE. AND I'D IMAGINE I KNOW I'M THIS WAY. ETHAN. PROBABLY YOU REMEMBER SOME OF YOUR BUS? ABSOLUTELY. I HAD THE SAME BUS DRIVER FOR YEARS, AND SHE WAS VERY KIND. 'I didn't know that I have such an impact': Longtime school bus driver recognized by a student Updated: 11:31 PM EDT May 7, 2024 Infinite Scroll Enabled For nearly three decades, there's a woman who has been one of the first faces some students in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, see in the morning and the last face they see at the end of the school day.She never really grasped the impact she was having on students in the Hempfield School District – until recently.Sharon Eckman has been a bus driver for 29 years.

By: Meredith Jorgensen

For nearly three decades, there's a woman who has been one of the first faces some students in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, see in the morning and the last face they see at the end of the school day.

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