Four MCI correctional officers receive disciplinary action after two disturbances in one night

Four MCI correctional officers receive disciplinary action after two disturbances in one night

Two disturbances in one night at the Maryland Correctional Institution south of Hagerstown led to disciplinary action against four...  more...

First African-American woman to achieve rank of major general in U.S. Army inspires many

First African-American woman to achieve rank of major general in U.S. Army inspires many

As the first African-American woman to achieve the rank of major general in the U.S. Army, Marcia M. Anderson helped inspire Letterkenny...  more...

Shank pressing to change lease process after last year's solar-farm agreement

Shank pressing to change lease process after last year's solar-farm agreement

Dissatisfied with last year’s solar-farm agreement for state prison land, state Sen. Christopher B. Shank is pressing to change the...  more...

New Nike shoe with outer space theme causes frenzy

New Nike shoe with outer space theme causes frenzy

Sneaker fanatics who lined up outside stores overnight got their first crack Friday at a new outer-space themed Nike basketball shoe,...  more...

S&P 500 index hits highest point since June 2008

S&P 500 index hits highest point since June 2008

A two-point gain was enough to push the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to its highest level since June 2008, three months before...  more...

Report: Garagiola omitted lobbying on Md. forms

Report: Garagiola omitted lobbying on Md. forms

A Maryland state senator running for Congress may have violated state ethics rules by failing to report his employment by a Washington...  more...

Jury finds Sands not guilty in murder of Carol Marie Brown

Jury finds Sands not guilty in murder of Carol Marie Brown

The family of Carol Marie Brown broke into tears Friday afternoon as a jury of seven men and five women announced in Washington County...  more...

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Pink Breast Cancer Awareness car to compete in 16 races at Hagerstown Speedway

Dave Norris likes the people at Breast Cancer Awareness-Cumberland Valley.

Meeting to be held at HCC to discuss Marcellus Shale natural gas production

Maryland officials will hold a meeting Monday morning at Hagerstown Community College to discuss natural gas production from Marcellus Shale...

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High winds causing power outages in Tri-State area

High winds that have already brought some power outages to the Tri-State area were expected to subside late Friday night, although windy...

Man mistakenly released from Va. jail captured in Hagerstown

A man who accidentally was released from a jail in Virginia earlier this month was captured Thursday morning at the Motel 6 on Massey...

Two drivers taken to hospital after crash on Fairview Road

Two people were taken to the hospital following a two-vehicle collision on Fairview Road about two miles west of Cearfoss on Friday morning,...

Md. lawmakers OK gay marriage bill; O'Malley expected to sign

Gay marriage is all but legalized in Maryland after the legislature gave its final OK Thursday to the law that’s being sent to Gov....

Consultants suggest better signage, marketing of parking areas in Hagerstown's City Center

Improved signage and better marketing of parking areas in Hagerstown’s City Center were two suggestions offered Thursday night by a...

Arraignment postponed for Hagerstown man facing 321 counts of sexual assault, pornography

The arraignment of a Washington County man indicted in Berkeley County in 1994 on 321 counts of sexual assault, pornography and related...

Inmates would lose good-time credits if caught with cellphones

Inmates would automatically lose good-time credits if caught with cellphones in prison, under a bill heard Thursday in Annapolis.

Hagerstown man sentenced to 36 years for sexual abuse

A Hagerstown man was sentenced Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court to 36 years in state prison for sexually abusing a girl a...

Smithsburg man pleads guilty to home invasion robbery

The trial of Jesse Cole Lombardi ended Thursday morning when he pleaded guilty in Washington County Circuit Court to a 2011 home invasion...

Warfordsburg, Pa. woman charged with DUI and endangering welfare of children

A Warfordsburg, Pa., woman who crashed a car with a preteen child sitting in the passenger seat was charged over the weekend with driving...

Federal authorities subpoena info from Penn State

Penn State has received a federal subpoena related to a former assistant football coach accused of molesting boys and is cooperating with...

Two in New Jersey sickened from raw milk from Pa. farm

 Health officials say two people in New Jersey have been sickened from drinking raw milk from a central Pennsylvania dairy connected to...

Waynesboro to host annual Music in Our Schools event

The Waynesboro Area School District music department will host its annual Music in Our Schools Month concert on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m....

Dunlap Family Skatepark to be open year-round

New rules adopted for the Dunlap Family Skatepark will open it to skateboarders over the winter.

Pa. police put brakes on Drive Your Tractor to School Day

For the past five years, driving their tractors to school has been a way for some James Buchanan High School students to celebrate...

Zoning change allows Crosswalk Church to move

The Washington Township (Pa.) Supervisors rezoned land Wednesday to clear the way for Crosswalk Church to move to Midvale Road.

1,500 lose power in Franklin (Pa.) and Washington counties

About 1,500 people in Franklin County, Pa., and Washington County lost power Thursday morning when equipment failed in a power substation in...

Man gets more than 15 years in robberies of pharmacies, Chambersburg bank

A Dundalk, Md., man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to more than 15 years in prison for conspiring to commit armed robberies of...

Bargaining teams for Waynesboro school board, teachers meet

Bargaining teams for the Waynesboro Area School Board and the district’s teachers union met for more than an hour late Tuesday in an...

Waynesboro school board, teachers union hold impromptu contract talks

The Waynesboro Area School Board and its teachers union held an impromptu contract negotiations session Tuesday, catching even those...

Concerns about forestry plan for Camp Sinoquipe aired at meeting

The Mason-Dixon Council of the Boy Scouts of America was on the hot seat Tuesday night as more than 100 people filled two rooms at...

W.Va woman shoots man in the arm during domestic dispute

A man was shot in the arm by his girlfriend after a domestic dispute early Friday just outside Hedgesville, W.Va., according to West...

W.Va. Supreme Court of Appeals upholds sentencing of man for kidnapping and fatal stabbing

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the sentencing of man who pleaded guilty to the June 2009 kidnapping and fatal...

Woman and daughter injured and airlifted to hospital from three-vehicle crash in Charles Town, W.Va.

A woman and her 1-year-old daughter were airlifted to Fairfax Inova Hospital, and another man was injured Thursday evening in a three-...

Martinsburg High School football team congratulated at capitol

The state champs received a first-class welcome at the state capitol Thursday.

Pa. inmate indicted in slaying of Martinsburg man

A man currently incarcerated in Pennsylvania was indicted Thursday on a charge of murder in the 2004 slaying of a Martinsburg man who had...

Jefferson County Economic Development Authority chief named

John Reisenweber, a commercial lender at Centra Bank in Martinsburg, W.Va., started his new job this week as executive director of the...

Blue Ridge Community and Technical College reaches settlement on water pollution violations

A settlement has been proposed to resolve water pollution violations at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College’s new campus, the...

Hagerstown man indicted in fatal motorcycle crash

A Hagerstown man accused of fleeing the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in April 2011 was indicted on three felony charges Thursday by a...

Bill would require defibrillators in all W.Va. schools

A proposed West Virginia law that would require automated external defibrillators in all public schools has the support of a local...

Two Bunker Hill men indicted in Martinsburg robbery, beating

A Berkeley County grand jury on Wednesday indicted two men on multiple felony counts in the violent robbery and beating of a 76-year-old man...

Mining opponents appeal W.Va. panel decision on permit

Organizations opposed to a proposed shale quarry in southern Berkeley County have appealed a West Virginia Surface Mine Board decision...

Charges mount for attorney accused of not providing legal services

An attorney is facing more charges after allegedly failing to provide legal services to clients who paid him to file various court actions...

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