Anne Shannon

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Reporter at WGAL-TV (Lancaster, PA)

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Articles

64th annual Wellsville Frontier Days held in York County

1 week ago | wgal.com | Anne Shannon

Thousands of spectators spent Memorial Day enjoying the 64th annual Wellsville Frontier Days. The event was started in 1961 by a group of families who organized a play day in a meadow. The group wanted to introduce the community to Western frontier recreation. Jim Miller was one of the founders. He never expected the event to grow as much as it has. "It's like a dream come true," he said. At 83 years old, Miller is still riding and sharing his love of horses.
4 centenarians live in same York County retirement community

2 weeks ago | wgal.com | Anne Shannon

It's been said that age is just a number. But for a special group of ladies in York County, it's a pretty significant one. Each is a centenarian – a milestone fewer than 1% of us will ever reach. If meeting four 100-year-olds isn't rare enough, it just so happens they all live under the same roof at Providence Place in Dover. Margaret turned 100 in February. She said she feels like she's 20. "I feel wonderful," she said. She said the secret to long life is simple. "Don't smoke.
Thousands of farm birds rescued in Delaware have been adopted

2 weeks ago | wgal.com | Anne Shannon

We have an update to an 8 On Your Side investigation involving thousands of birds that were allegedly abandoned at a Delaware postal facility. The animals were shipped from a Lancaster County hatchery on April 29 but never made it to their destination. The surviving birds, which were taken to First State Animal Center in Camden, have been adopted.
News 8's investigation continues into a farm bird shipping mistake

2 weeks ago | wgal.com | Anne Shannon

News 8 is continuing to investigate after thousands of farm birds were allegedly abandoned at a U.S. Postal Service distribution center in Delaware. The birds were shipped from a hatchery in Lancaster County but never made it to their destination. Instead, hundreds of the birds died and thousands more are being cared for at an animal rescue. What happened and who is responsible?
South-Central Pennsylvania college students' leftovers help community

3 weeks ago | wgal.com | Anne Shannon

At Dickinson College in Carlisle, volunteers are busy bagging up items that students left behind. The items are not headed for the garbage. For the last 20 years, Dickinson has joined with the United Way of Carlisle and Cumberland County to encourage students to donate their leftovers through their "Go Green Move Out" efforts and the U-Turn Sale.
Lancaster County students help bus driver after medical emergency

3 weeks ago | wgal.com | Anne Shannon

Pizza, as it turns out, is as good of a thank you for teenagers as anything. A group of teens in the Manheim Township School District deserve a big portion. School bus driver Mikel Tiedeken was dropping the students off at school on May 7th when he passed out. "I can remember watching him and he just started talking and he was swaying a little bit left and right," says student Tristan Dibbs. The next thing the students knew, Tiedeken fell down the stairs at the front of the bus.
Man survives heart attack thanks to son's CPR, first responders

4 weeks ago | kesq.com | Anne Shannon

By Anne Shannon Click here for updates on this story LEBANON COUNTY, Pennsylvania ( WGAL) - A Susquehanna Valley school leader is sharing his story of survival, and you'll only see it on News 8. Cornwall-Lebanon Superintendent Philip Domencic has been an educator for more than 30 years, but he may have learned his most important lesson back in January. He and his family want others to know the lesson too. "It's tough to talk about.
95-year-old man keeps active, social with part-time job at grocery store

4 weeks ago | kesq.com | Anne Shannon

By Anne Shannon Click here for updates on this story SHREWSBURY, Pennsylvania ( WGAL) - Most people in their 90s are retired and taking it easy. Not Herb Baker, a York County man who continues to be front and center at his part-time job at Saubel's Market in Shrewsbury. Baker, who recently turned 95, has been working there for the last 30 years. "I only work 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., four hours a day. Sixteen hours a week is all I work. Gets me out of the house," he said. Baker grew up in New Freedom.
Susquehanna Valley man survives heart attack thanks to son's CPR, first responders

4 weeks ago | wgal.com | Anne Shannon

A Susquehanna Valley school leader is sharing his story of survival, and you'll only see it on News 8. Cornwall-Lebanon Superintendent Philip Domencic has been an educator for more than 30 years, but he may have learned his most important lesson back in January. He and his family want others to know the lesson too. "It's tough to talk about. Each time I talk about it, I think it's going to get easier, but it doesn't get easier," Simon Domencic said. The 21-year-old couldn't hold back the tears.
Gettysburg Film Festival underway

4 weeks ago | wgal.com | Anne Shannon

The third Gettysburg Film Festival is now underway in Adams County. This year's festival is bringing a star-studded lineup to the Susquehanna Valley. Actor Martin Sheen, filmmaker Ken Burns, and author Jeff Shaara joined with Susan Eisenhower to kick off the festival. Eisenhower is the granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhower. The group knows that history, and their role in telling it, matters.