Allegany County News

The Allegany Arts Council has finalized plans for its 2009 Mountain Maryland Artists Studio Tour.

City man given prison term in stabbing incident CUMBERLAND - A 37-year-old Cumberland man was sentenced to serve three years in prison Tuesday in connection with the stabbing of a man in July on Park Street, according to the Allegany County State's Attorney's Office.

Three people were arrested in domestic incidents that occurred within a two-hour period Monday night, Cumberland Police said.

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Allegany County health officials plan to be at Cresaptown Elementary School today to resume giving students the H1N1 flu mist vaccine, after running out of supplies early last week.

Thanks to the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, 13 counties and 147 municipalities throughout Maryland will receive funding for cost-effective energy efficiency measures and renewable energy systems.

The new state director of a federal agency touted more than $3.5 million received by Allegany County communities to support infrastructure improvements during his visit here as well as education and public safety projects.

Four former state correctional officers face sentencing in Cumberland for assaults on inmates at the North Branch Correctional Institution.

WASHINGTON - If you live in Baltimore City, you are probably not married. If you are a woman between 15 and 50 living in St.

Charles Robin Woods, 47, has been arrested in connection with an alleged rape that occurred at his Bedford road residence Oct.

A Philos Avenue man was jailed Monday afternoon after he allegedly fired shots in the direction of a Lonaconing couple who were in his driveway during a disturbance, according to the Westernport Police Department.

"Give them a chance to get in a cell," said the incident commander from the Federal Correctional Institution during a training exercise.

Maryland State Police have captured two teenagers who allegedly escaped from a youth facility after stealing an employee's SUV.

Maryland State Police continued the investigation into Wednesday night's head-on collison on U.S. Route 40 in LaVale that claimed the lives of three Mount Savage residents, including a mother and her 11-year-old son, and severely injured a Frostburg man.

Allegany College of Maryland has posted a third consecutive year of record enrollment with a 3 percent gain that puts the number of credit students above 4,000 for the first time.

An aging board of volunteer officers is the catalyst for a request to the Allegany County commissioners to take ownership of the Cresaptown water system.

A 47-year-old city man was sentenced to serve 18 months in the county jail after he pleaded guilty to a sex offense charge Tuesday in Allegany County Circuit Court.

Three people were killed in a head-on collision in the Allegany County community of LaVale.

One person has been arrested and another identified as a suspect in connection with a series of arson fires that occurred recently on the downtown Cumberland Mall.

A Virginia man was arrested early Saturday after being involved in an altercation on East Mechanic Street.