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Barbara Barr

Reporter

Barbara works as a news and sports reporter and anchor at WGAL. She has covered high profile stories from the Jerry Sandusky and Bill Cosby trials, to COVID, the National Guard in War, and political elections. Barbara has interviewed Presidents to Super Bowl MVP's. World War II Veterans are among her favorite interviews.

She's won awards for both news and sports coverage, including the Walter Cronkite award as part of the team covering the 2008 Presidential Election. A favorite story -flying with the Air Force Thunderbirds.

Barbara enjoys meeting and interviewing people of all walks of life, experiencing and learning new things every day.

Barbara grew up in Lancaster and is and Inductee in the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame-Susquehanna Valley Chapter and the McCaskey Sports Hall of Fame and is a Distinguished Alumnus.

Barbara played professional basketball in London, England after playing at Boston University.

When she's not working, Barbara enjoys reading, traveling, giving time to community organizations, and watching TV, of course.

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