Barbara Barr
Anchor and Reporter at WGAL-TV (Lancaster, PA)
Award winning Reporter and Anchor at WGAL News 8 in Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley. PA Sports HOF/S.V. Links & RTs aren’t endorsements. Opinions are my own.
Articles
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Nov 28, 2024 |
wgal.com | Barbara Barr
Washington Capitals radio announcer John Walton is back behind the microphone this season after a recent battle with colon cancer."I think you're a lot more grateful to be able to have the opportunity," Walton said.The 51-year-old announcer had an unexpected health scare this past summer following a routine colonoscopy."'We found something unexpected. You have colon cancer.' Me? No, can't be something wrong.
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Nov 25, 2024 |
wgal.com | Barbara Barr
Samantha Machmer became Elizabethtown College's first puppy raiser in 2023. She trained a Black Labrador puppy named Farmer to become a service dog. It's part of a program at Susquehanna Service Dogs to get college students involved as volunteers. Machmer spent 18 months training Farmer to sit, perform other tasks and learn manners. He's since gone back to Susquehanna Service Dogs for advanced training before helping a member of the community with a physical, mental or emotional disability.
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Nov 22, 2024 |
wgal.com | Barbara Barr
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association wants to see more women officiating high school sports. "I am a rarity," Sonya Essis said. Sonya Essis is one of only 19 female football officials in Pennsylvania — out of 2,176. "They don't realize it's something they could actually do. It might be the rules or because they believe that since they never played football that they just can't do it," Essis said. Essis is proof you don't need to have played the game to officiate it.
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Nov 22, 2024 |
wgal.com | Barbara Barr
POLITICAL ERA. YES, SUSAN BOB CASEY HAD SERVED PENNSYLVANIANS FOR THREE TERMS IN THE U.S. CONGRESS AND BEFORE THAT, AS STATE AUDITOR GENERAL AND TREASURER. DAVE MCCORMICK, A COMBAT VETERAN AND FORMER HEDGE FUND CEO, WINS THIS CLOSELY CONTESTED RACE, LEADING BY ABOUT 16,000 VOTES. AS THE RECOUNT WAS HALTED. THANK YOU FOR THE TRUST YOU’VE PLACED IN ME FOR ALL THESE YEARS. IT’S BEEN THE HONOR OF MY LIFETIME.
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Nov 20, 2024 |
wgal.com | Barbara Barr
While unemployment remains steady at 3.4% in Pennsylvania, Lancaster County is experiencing a number of business closings.
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Thank you everyone, viewers, colleagues for the good wishes my last day at WGAL after 20 years and many more in the business. It’s a people business and I’m very grateful for wonderful memories. See you tonight and lol forward to the next chapter! https://t.co/wun4velVMt
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RT @WGAL: PIAA wants to recruit more women to officiate football games | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/5rR5TB7YKW