Obama defends drone strikes, reveals new guidelines for their use

Obama defends drone strikes, reveals new guidelines for their use

President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an...  more...

CASA Inc. gets $30,000 to recondition and reopen after bedbug infestation

CASA Inc. gets $30,000 to recondition and reopen after bedbug infestation

Closed at the beginning of April because of a bedbug infestation, the CASA Inc. shelter for victims of domestic violence has received more...  more...

Potomac Edison customers shocked in W.Va. Panhandle

Potomac Edison customers shocked in W.Va. Panhandle

More than two dozen Eastern Panhandle residents got their chance to vent against billing practices by Potomac Edison, which were based on...  more...

With guns drawn, Hagerstown police take 4 into custody outside District Court building

With guns drawn, Hagerstown police take 4 into custody outside District Court building

There was drama outside the courthouse Wednesday when plainclothes Hagerstown City Police in unmarked vehicles surrounded a Ford Escape...  more...

Fewer Marylanders are expected to travel Memorial Day this year than last year

Fewer Marylanders are expected to travel Memorial Day this year than last year

Derek Hays of Hagerstown sometimes travels to the beach for Memorial Day weekend but said he plans to stay home and have a barbecue with his...  more...

Graduates thank teachers, other school personnel, bosses, and families

Graduates thank teachers, other school personnel, bosses, and families

Teachers and graduates exchanged hugs, high-fives and smiles on-stage Wednesday morning as more than 200 people celebrated the graduation of...  more...

Rocky Gap, state's fourth casino, opens in Western Maryland

Local Headlines

Woman injured when car overturns in Valley Mall parking lot; part of access road closed

A Toyota Camry has overturned in the parking lot of Valley Mall across the access road from the Olive Garden restaurant.

Rocky Gap Casino opens doors in western Maryland

The newly christened Rocky Gap Casino Resort is opening its doors to the public in western Maryland.

Washington County Board of Commissioners briefs

Grant would pay for $800,000 in ADA improvements

Astronomers: Bright light in sky early Saturday was fragmenting meteoric fireball

A bright light seen traveling across the sky over the weekend by dozens of witnesses across Maryland and the region is what astronomers...

Keedysville man struck while walking on U.S. 340 bridge is listed in critical condition

A Keedysville man was flown to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore after he was struck Tuesday night on the U.S. 340...

Hagerstown budget approved with no change in tax rates

Hagerstown City Council members passed a $133.1 million budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year Tuesday night, but not without a lot of...

Retired World Bank official talks of rising above paralysis and discrimination

She started her story with the night she was paralyzed — a then 18-year-old lying on the side of a European road, rain splashing on...

Washington Co. Free Library reconstruction work winding down

Construction at the new Washington County Free Library is expected to begin winding down over the next couple of months, with August being...

Late Washington Co. EMS director recognized posthumously

Brigitte Heller, who served as director of Washington County Emergency Medical Services, on Tuesday was posthumously awarded a Maryland...

Washington Co. groups, individuals recognized for historic preservation

An old store in Fairview is now in the Washington County Rural Heritage Museum and aviation artifacts are in another museum, factors in...

Hagerstown man pleads guilty to assaulting infant, gets 14 months in jail

Charged with breaking his infant son’s leg, a Hagerstown man was sentenced to 14 months in jail after pleading guilty Tuesday in...

Woman accused of stabbing boyfriend with comb gets probation

A woman charged with stabbing her boyfriend in the back with a plastic rattail comb pleaded guilty Tuesday in Washington County Circuit...

Former Chambersburg assistant schools superintendent plans to sue for reinstatement

A former Chambersburg Area School District assistant superintendent plans to sue the district for reinstatement to her position.

Franklin County, Pa., election officials to start counting write-in votes

Franklin County, Pa., election officials now will turn their attention to write-in votes that could affect several races.

Chambersburg Area Middle School South student brought BB pistol to school

A student from Chambersburg Area Middle School South is banned from school district property for allegedly bringing a weapon to school.

Montgomery Township residents vote to remain a dry township

Montgomery Township residents voted Tuesday to stay "dry."

Franklin Co. primary had many uncontested races

Dozens of candidates ran unopposed in Tuesday’s primary election in Franklin County, Pa.

Gunder holds lead in Quincy

An incumbent Quincy Township (Pa.) Supervisor appears to have held onto his seat in a tight race during Tuesday’s primary election.

Brake leads for Republican nomination to retain Peters Township Supervisor seat

Longtime Peters Township (Pa.) Supervisor John Brake is positioned for a municipal election race this fall to retain his seat.

Bittinger wins Republican nod for Guilford Township Supervisor

Ted Bittinger edged out the competition in the Guilford Township Supervisors’ race in the Republican primary on Tuesday.

Zook, Evans lead primary races for Pa. judgeship

A Franklin County, Pa., prosecutor was the top vote-getter among Republicans casting votes in Tuesday’s 39th District of the Court...

Chambersburg man charged after child injured

A Chambersburg man has been charged with aggravated assault and simple assault after a 6-month-old boy suffered bone fractures in both legs,...

Teen struck by pickup truck in Pa. remains hospitalized

A 17-year-old girl hit by a pickup truck Monday morning at the intersection of Fairview Avenue and West Main Street remained hospitalized...

Washington Township moves toward allowing chickens in low-density residential areas

The flap over chickens continued Monday in Washington Township, Pa., where township supervisors took steps toward allowing hens in...

Man faces attempted murder, assault counts

A man accused of shooting a Martinsburg resident in June 2012 was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury seated in Berkeley County Circuit Court...

Class of 2013 bids farewell to Hedgesville High School

Minutes before receiving her diploma Wednesday night, Hedgesville High School graduating senior Stephanie Gardner said she plans to become a...

Grand jury indicts W.Va. trooper on one felony count of fraudulent scheme

A West Virginia State Police trooper is accused of “fraudulent double-dipping” while working as a trooper.

Shepherdstown man charged in burglary of Domestic restaurant

A Shepherdstown man was arrested Tuesday on charges of burglarizing a restaurant, according to the Shepherdstown Police Department.

Martinsburg High grads 'must never forget where our path started'

Martinsburg High School graduates, their families and faculty were forced to evacuate the Butcher Center at Shepherd University Tuesday...

Gateway Garden Club envisions whimsical play area at Ambrose Park

A “mountain” for children to scale, a pretend fossil dig and a large caterpillar they can crawl through are part of a...

Collision between car and tractor-trailer snarls northbound i-81 in W.Va.

A two-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer and a Mini Cooper clogged traffic on the northbound lanes of Interstate 81 in Berkeley...

Berkeley County school board OKs larger, tighter budget

The 2013-14 budget for Berkeley County Schools will be “absolutely tighter” than the current year as the district absorbs the...

Berkeley County Schools honor retirees

More than 70 employees of Berkeley County Schools are scheduled to retire in 2013 and were honored at a banquet Monday night.

Hearing postponed for woman accused of selling heroin to man who died

The pretrial hearing for a Bunker Hill, W.Va., woman accused of selling a lethal dose of heroin to a man who died at her home in March...

Ground broken for medical office building in Charles Town

Ground was broken Monday for a new medical office building, soon to be the 21st clinic in the Eastern Panhandle run by University Healthcare...

Firefighters called to American Legion home in Berkeley Springs

The Berkeley Springs Volunteer Fire Company was called to the Berkeley Springs American Legion building around 10 a.m. Monday because of a...

The Day in Photos

'Don Giovanni' at HCC and other local photos - 5/23/2013

'Don Giovanni' at HCC and other local photos - 5/23/2013
PIA ribbon cutting, Greencastle art show and other local photos - 5/21/2013

PIA ribbon cutting, Greencastle art show and other local photos - 5/21/2013
Preservation awards, library construction and other local photos - 5/22/2013

Preservation awards, library construction and other local photos - 5/22/2013
Honoring black Civil War soldiers and other local photos - 5/20/2013

Honoring black Civil War soldiers and other local photos - 5/20/2013

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Prep Baseball: State semifinals haunt Hubs again

Prep Baseball: State semifinals haunt Hubs again

Simply put, North Hagerstown didn’t play its best baseball at the end of the season.

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