Washington County school board given list of 10 priority projects for next 12 years

Washington County school board given list of 10 priority projects for next 12 years

Replacing Sharpsburg Elementary School, developing a plan for the school system’s aging Central Office and addressing overcrowding...  more...

WCPS chief: Proposed Smithsburg High School scheduling changes to take effect next school year

WCPS chief: Proposed Smithsburg High School scheduling changes to take effect next school year

After weeks of hearing feedback from parents about a proposed change to the schedule at Smithsburg High School and from school board members...  more...

House poised to approve income tax increase

House poised to approve income tax increase

After beating back a series of challenges in the House of Delegates, lawmakers are poised to give final approval Wednesday to a plan to...  more...

Hagerstown City Council members open to stadium timeline
Search suspended for man who jumped into Potomac River after fleeing from police

Search suspended for man who jumped into Potomac River after fleeing from police

A search has been suspended for a man who jumped into the Potomac River Monday night near Berkeley Springs after fleeing from police who...  more...

Waynesboro school board reaffirms contract position
Taste of the Arts: City to host tasting tour of downtown arts district

Taste of the Arts: City to host tasting tour of downtown arts district

Try a bite of chicken sausage. Or Cajun-spiced chicken salad. Or tabbouleh. Or Turkish coffee. All while checking out live music, theater...  more...

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Allegiant Air honors Hagerstown Regional Airport

Firefighters called to house for dryer fire

Firefighters were called to a house at 20106 Hogmaw Road Tuesday afternoon for a fire in a clothes dryer, according to The First Hose Co. of...

Washington County considering building code updates

Washington County is considering updates to its building code.

Sharpsburg Bible Church to mark 140th anniversary on Sunday

Sharpsburg Bible Church will celebrate its 140th anniversary Sunday.

Smithsburg man gets three-year suspended sentence for stealing 200 pounds of copper wire

A Washington County Circuit Court judge Tuesday gave a Smithsburg man a three-year suspended sentence and ordered him to pay $1,000 in...

Former Md. teacher charged with molesting student

A former Frederick County Public Schools teacher is charged with molesting a student.

Williamsport man ordered to serve four years in prison and pay restitution in thefts

A Washington County Circuit Court judge Tuesday ordered a Williamsport man who pleaded guilty in March to participating in a series of...

Public meetings set for closings of Winter Street and Conococheague Elementary schools

Washington County Public Schools will hold two public information meetings this month on the closings of Winter Street and Conococheague...

Residents of area nursing homes, assisted-living facilities go for gold

Evelyn Shaull, 89, of Boonsboro, competed Tuesday with her ex-boyfriend from more than 60 years ago in the Golden Age Olympics at The...

Hagerstown woman pleads guilty to felony robbery

Before her case went to a jury Tuesday, a Hagerstown woman pleaded guilty to felony robbery in Washington County Circuit Court and will...

Md. Senate OKs budget package, including tax hike for people earning more than $100K

The Maryland Senate voted Tuesday to increase state income taxes on individuals who make more than $100,000 a year in taxable income and...

Roads near Camp David to be closed during G-8 summit

Maryland State police are announcing road closures for the G-8 Summit at Camp David.

Waynesboro Hospital expanding services with wound care center, burn program

Waynesboro Hospital is expanding its programs and services this year to keep pace with the needs of the community, according to Vice...

Tuscarora school board approves tax hike

The Tuscarora School Board on Monday approved its 2012-13 proposed, final budget that includes a 2-mill real estate tax increase.

Chambersburg sues paid firefighters union

The Borough of Chambersburg is suing the local chapter of a firefighters union over a dispute in which professional firefighters allegedly...

Investigators look into cause of fire that damaged structure that held Smith House artifacts

Authorities are investigating the cause of a weekend fire that heavily damaged the building that housed artifacts from Mercersburg’s...

Pa. police briefs

Waynesboro man arrested on various charges in altercation Sunday

Bandit makes off with tractor-trailer and thousands of dollars worth of groceries

About $41,000 worth of groceries were stolen when someone drove off in a tractor-trailer from a Food Lion distribution center on Commerce...

Madeleine Albright to speak at Mercersburg Academy commencement

Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright will be the featured speaker when Mercersburg Academy holds its 119th commencement on May...

Police probe thefts from vehicles

Waynesboro police were investigating several incidents of items being stolen from vehicles.Police said they received reports of a stolen...

Tri-State senior centers calendar - May 14-18

Activities and programs scheduled this week at senior citizens centers in Washington County, Md., and Franklin County, Pa.:

Pa. development group touts impact in Franklin County

Chambersburg Area Development Corp.’s real estate successes have enabled the not-for-profit industrial development corporation to give...

Wilson College students honored for achievements

Wilson College honored students on April 27 at its annual Academic Awards Banquet at the Harry R. Brooks Complex for Science, Mathematics...

Wooden beams, stones from Mercersburg's dismantled Smith House survive storage facility fire

Artifacts from a centuries-old house that once survived wrecking equipment avoided burning in a fire that ripped through their storage...

West Virginia PSC ruling might mean higher water, sewer rates for Berkeley County residents

Thousands of Berkeley County residents might be asked to pay more for public water and sewer services due to a recent decision by the West...

Former facilities director of Berkeley County brings wrongful termination suit

The former facilities director of Berkeley County claims in a lawsuit that he was wrongfully terminated in November because he opposed...

Man says he was dragged from car and pistol whipped

Police said they are investigating an assault in which a male was dragged out of a vehicle by two males on Cushwa Road on Sunday about 9 p....

Four individuals sentenced in federal court in Martinsburg

Four Eastern Panhandle residents were sentenced May 8 in U.S. District Court in Martinsburg by Judge John Preston Bailey, according to U.S....

Tours, period clothing and soup highlight 200th anniversary of Boydville

Period dresses, some worn through the decades by the home’s doyennes, Harry Deward “Buddy” Everhart’s locally famous...

Trial of Hagerstown man charged with DUI resulting in death postponed

The trial of a Hagerstown man accused of fleeing the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in April 2011 has been postponed from June 12 until...

Only 25 percent of W.Va. eighth-graders proficient in science

West Virginia's eighth-graders perform worse in science than their peers nationwide, with only 25 percent with a solid grasp of the subject.

Weekend calendar - May 12

Martinsburg Heritage Day

W.Va. attorney general to open satellite office

State Attorney General Darrell McGraw is set to open a satellite office in the Eastern Panhandle.

Martinsburg's heritage includes start of Hack Wilson's Hall of Fame career

Nine years before Hall of Famer Lewis Robert “Hack” Wilson set the yet-to-be-broken Major League Baseball single-season record...

Two Jefferson Co. agencies to get office space upgrades

The Jefferson County Commission Thursday agreed to help two agencies make needed upgrades to their office space.

New Macy's facility in Martinsburg expected to open in July

Merchandise is expected to be shipped from the new Macy’s Internet fulfillment center in July, according to Stephen Christian,...

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Prep Softball: Leopards take care of business early to send Mavericks to last roundup

Prep Softball: Leopards take care of business early to send Mavericks to last roundup

The first inning continued to be a good-luck charm for the Smithsburg softball team.

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