Dick Hoxworth

After discovering his passion for writing in English class, he joined WGAL in 1968. During his tenure, he was known for breaking the news of Hurricane Agnes in 1972, the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979, covered the 1988 Democratic National Convention, interviewed [[Natalie Wood]], [[Gregory Peck]], and [[Bob Hope]], as well as the return of the first American POWs from Vietnam among a host of other stories that he occasionally gets out into the field to report them. He also covered the abandoned town of Centralia, PA (a town he was very familiar with) in 2005, where a fire broke out underground in 1962, and he paid a visit to the abandoned place, speaking to a few citizens still living at their homes, which sat above the smoldering coal fire.<ref>{{cite web |title=News 8 Video Vault: Watch WGAL reports from years gone by |url=https://www.wgal.com/article/news-8-video-vault-watch-wgal-reports-from-years-gone-by/60161793 |website=WGAL |access-date=Apr 29, 2024}}</ref>

After discovering his passion for writing in English class, he joined WGAL in 1968. During his tenure, he was known for breaking the news of Hurricane Agnes in 1972, the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979, covered the 1988 Democratic National Convention, interviewed [[Natalie Wood]], [[Gregory Peck]], and [[Bob Hope]], as well as the return of the first American POWs from Vietnam among a host of other stories that he occasionally gets out into the field to report them. He also covered the abandoned town of Centralia, PA (a town he was very familiar with) in 2005, where a fire broke out underground in 1962, and he paid a visit to the abandoned place, speaking to a few citizens still living at their homes, which sat above the smoldering coal fire.<ref>{{cite web |title=News 8 Video Vault: Watch WGAL reports from years gone by |url=https://www.wgal.com/article/news-8-video-vault-watch-wgal-reports-from-years-gone-by/60161793 |website=WGAL |access-date=Apr 29, 2024}}</ref>

On November 25, 2008, Hoxworth announced his retirement on News 8 Today.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schlechter |first1=Kira |title=WGAL veteran newsman to retire |url=https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2008/11/wgal_veteran_newsman_to_retire.html |website=PennLive |publisher=Nov 25, 2008}}</ref> He would retire December 24, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=VIDEO News stories for 40 years |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/tech/blogs/greenmesh/2008/12/22/video-4/31547837/ |website=York Daily Record |publisher=Dec 22, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Marv |title=Parade didn't pass him by |url=https://lancasteronline.com/columns/parade-didnt-pass-him-by/article_c8327014-805e-5077-a897-27d515de89ef.html |website=LancasterOnline |publisher=Dec 28, 2008 |access-date=Oct 3, 2013}}</ref> He returned a year later in March 2009 for WGAL's 60th Anniversary.<ref>{{cite web |title=WGAL celebrates 60 years of broadcasting with TV special |url=https://lancasteronline.com/features/entertainment/wgal-celebrates-60-years-of-broadcasting-with-tv-special/article_d1e9f4e5-a855-5bb4-b9f1-3fec479eeb5c.html |website=LancasterOnline |publisher=Mar 15, 2009 |access-date=Sep 11, 2013}}</ref> In January 2011, Hoxworth returned again to WGAL.

On November 25, 2008, Hoxworth announced he would be retiring from News 8 Today.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schlechter |first1=Kira |title=WGAL veteran newsman to retire |url=https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2008/11/wgal_veteran_newsman_to_retire.html |website=PennLive |publisher=Nov 25, 2008}}</ref> He would leave the station December 24, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=VIDEO News stories for 40 years |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/tech/blogs/greenmesh/2008/12/22/video-4/31547837/ |website=York Daily Record |publisher=Dec 22, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Marv |title=Parade didn't pass him by |url=https://lancasteronline.com/columns/parade-didnt-pass-him-by/article_c8327014-805e-5077-a897-27d515de89ef.html |website=LancasterOnline |publisher=Dec 28, 2008 |access-date=Oct 3, 2013}}</ref> He returned a year later in March 2009 for WGAL's 60th Anniversary.<ref>{{cite web |title=WGAL celebrates 60 years of broadcasting with TV special |url=https://lancasteronline.com/features/entertainment/wgal-celebrates-60-years-of-broadcasting-with-tv-special/article_d1e9f4e5-a855-5bb4-b9f1-3fec479eeb5c.html |website=LancasterOnline |publisher=Mar 15, 2009 |access-date=Sep 11, 2013}}</ref> In January 2011, Hoxworth returned again to WGAL.

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