Nine former or current RCI officers named in federal indictments for 2008 beating

Nine former or current RCI officers named in federal indictments for 2008 beating

Two federal indictments have been filed charging a total of nine former or current correctional officers at Roxbury Correctional Institution...  more...

March chill doesn't stop golfers at Hagerstown Greens at Hamilton Run opening

March chill doesn't stop golfers at Hagerstown Greens at Hamilton Run opening

Dave Kinney, 65, of Hagerstown, said he has golfed at Hagerstown Greens at Hamilton Run for the past 15 to 20 years.  more...

Bond set for two Hagerstown residents charged with attempted murder in stabbing case

Bond set for two Hagerstown residents charged with attempted murder in stabbing case

Bond has been set for two Hagerstown residents who were charged with stabbing a woman Thursday in the 900 block of Security Road in...  more...

HEAL begins with walking program to help fight obesity in Washington County

HEAL begins with walking program to help fight obesity in Washington County

A scheduled walk around the North Hagerstown High School track Saturday morning will be the first program of HEAL, a non-profit organization...  more...

Gun control draws more than 2,000 to Annapolis
Letterkenny Army Depot braces for federal budget cuts fallout

Letterkenny Army Depot braces for federal budget cuts fallout

Franklin County’s largest employer braced itself for the fallout from the federal budget cuts set to go into effect Friday.  more...

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Man charged in domestic dispute on Ridge Avenue in Hagerstown

A man has been charged in a warrant in connection with a domestic dispute Thursday night in the 300 block of Ridge Avenue in Hagerstown,...

Three Hagerstown men charged with burglary in Manheim, Pa.

Three Hagerstown men have been charged with burglarizing a home Wednesday in Manheim, Pa.

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Washington County Master Gardeners

Rice Road reopening to traffic

Rice Road in western Washington County was reopening to traffic effective at 4 p.m. Friday, the Washington County Division of Public Works...

Three Hagerstown men charged in Pa. home burglary

Three Hagerstown men have been charged with burglarizing a home Wednesday in Manheim, Pa.

Bill dealing with no-knock search warrants dies in committee

A bill introduced by Del. Neil C. Parrott, R-Washington, in the House seeking to change state law so that a county’s sheriff or the...

Hagerstown officials warn residents about man posing as city utility worker

Hagerstown city officials are warning residents about an individual who is presenting himself as a city utility worker.

Williamsport town election set for Monday

Williamsport will hold an election Monday for mayor, assistant mayor and two council seats.

Former Roxbury Correctional Institution correctional officer pleads in 2008 case

U.S. Department of Justice officials said Thursday that a third former Roxbury Correctional Institution correctional officer has pleaded...

Most of Washington County delegation opposed to gun-control bill that passed Senate

A gun-control bill endorsed by Gov. Martin O’Malley passed the Senate on Thursday after days of spirited debate and heads now to the...

Traffic backs up on Interstate 81 southbound

Traffic backed up on southbound Interstate 81 after a tractor-trailer ran out of fuel, according to a Washington County 911 supervisor.

Washington County bond bill to fund CIP passes third reading in House

A Washington County delegation bill asking for bond authorization worth $60 million to fund the county’s Capital Improvement Plan...

17-year-old Southampton Township boy for online chat room threats

Pennsylvania State Police in Chambersburg arrested a 17-year-old boy from Southampton Township, Pa., on Friday after he made threats in an...

Penn State trustee alumni field crowded

The latest alumni election for three seats on Penn State’s Board of Trustees has drawn more than three dozen candidates, less than...

Popular Pa. outdoors show nixed for 2013

A popular Pennsylvania outdoors show that was postponed indefinitely because of a controversy over assault weapons will not be rescheduled...

Retirement incentive offered in Pa. school district

A retirement incentive approved this week by the Waynesboro Area School Board was designed to seek early retirement notices from teachers...

Antrim Township cracks down on delinquent sewer customers

Antrim Township is cracking down on delinquent sewer customers.

Waynesboro councilman takes plea deal in W.Va. bar fight case

A Waynesboro (Pa.) Borough Council member who was charged in a bar fight in Martinsburg that  left a man with brain damage in 2011...

Waynesboro Police and Pa. State Police host crime watch informational meeting

A small group of people took the first steps Wednesday to explore starting a crime watch program in the Borough of Waynesboro.

Friends and family celebrate the memory of Greencastle woman with balloon release

On what would have been Ayron Paige Metcalf’s 19th birthday, family and friends released balloons to celebrate her life.

James Buchanan High School's anti-bullying group and student council host Rachel's Challenge

On Nov. 27, 2012, Carley Shaffer heard the familiar sound of an incoming text on her cellphone.

Montezuma in Chambersburg gets county's new liquor license

A new liquor license has been granted to a Franklin County, Pa., business.

Frederick, Md., police officer charged with using stolen gift cards

A Frederick, Md., police officer has been charged with using stolen gift cards to purchase merchandise from a store in the Centre at...

Mercersburg mayor and police chief discuss law enforcement challenges

These are challenging times for the Mercersburg Police Department.

Special election to be held for Martinsburg police levy

Martinsburg will hold a special election May 11 to ask voters to decide whether to renew the city’s police levy.

Martinsburg to hold May 11 election on renewing police levy

Martinsburg will hold a special election May 11 to ask voters to decide whether to renew the city's police levy.

W.Va. revisiting router arrangement

West Virginia officials are reconsidering where to install high-capacity Internet routers purchased with federal stimulus funds after audits...

Two men charged in fatal shooting at Martinsburg-area sports bar

Warrants issued Wednesday in Berkeley County Magistrate Court charge two men in the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old man at a Martinsburg-...

West Virginia briefs

W.Va. seminar to focus on America’s obesity crisis

Falling Waters, W.Va., man shot by police pleaded not guilty to sex assault

A Falling Waters, W.Va., man pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he sexually assaulted a woman in August 2012 and then kidnapped...

Trial of Washington County men charged in W.Va. slaying again postponed

The trial for two men charged in the May 2011 death of the mother of one of the men was postponed again Thursday to allow more time for...

W.Va. man faces sexual abuse charges

A 29-year-old man accused of sexually abusing several children between the ages of 3 and 12 last summer was arraigned Wednesday on six...

Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority looking for partnerships, input

A partnership between the Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA!) of Jefferson County and Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority is expected to...

Three to be interviewed for Jefferson County sheriff position

Peter Dougherty, president of the Jefferson County Board of Education; Steven V. Groh, an assistant county prosecutor, and retired Charles...

Children in back seat of truck pulled over by police on I-81

Police found three small children — scared, crying and cold — in the back seat of a truck Monday night that was driven by...

Baltimore man sentenced for dealing drugs near Winchester Avenue Elementary School

A 37-year old Baltimore man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Martinsburg to more than 21 years in prison after admitting to...

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