Allegany County News Archives

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.

I am writing in response to the Mayor and City Council's recent proposal regarding the Cumberland Fire Department.

Parts of the state have benefited from Washington's desire to spend money quickly, with ready-to-go projects collecting early infusions of money.

A joint investigation by the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office, the Cumbelrand City Fire Department and Allegany County C3I is continuing to look into the cause of a one-alarm house fire at 217 Carroll St.

It's so easy that, well, a caveman could do it. A federal grant will aid Allegany County Emergency Medical Services in providing at least 33 automated external defibrillators to public schools, the local health department and Country Club Mall, among other places.

The "elder statesman"of the Allegany County Board of Education hopes to return to meetings soon, after spending much of the summer at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.

The Allegany County Bureau of Police charged 44-year-old James Wardney Root of Flintstone with making a bomb threat and disorderly conduct after he told personnel from the Good Will Volunteer Fire Department that he had a bomb in his delivery van.

Sue Cerutti's ubiquitous presence along the downtown Cumberland Mall - drinking coffee with her cronies, stirring up new business to fill storefronts along Baltimore Street, and arguing with any whose views stood in the way of progress - endeared her to the people of Cumberland.

Driver charged DUIafter head-on Route 36 crash BARTON - An 18-year-old Frostburg man was charged with driving under the influence following a head-on collison early Wednesday on state Route 36 near Barton.

A 67 year-old Cumberland man who was on the loose, instead of serving aneight- year prison sentence, is now back in police custody.

Maryland health officials last week ordered the state's maximum allowable amount of 34,800 doses of H1N1 vaccine.

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A Lonaconing man was arrested Monday night after he allegedly fired one shot from a handgun at another Lonaconing man.

A "Freedom Towel" campaign has been launched in Allegany County as a way of paying honor to veterans.

An altercation Wednesday morning in a hallway of Fort Hill High School has led to charges against two youths.

A Greene Street man was arrested recently by the C3I Unit on numerous charges stemming from alleged possession of child pornography and the sexual solicitation of minors.

Allegany County officials presented what they said was clear evidence of a savings between the operation of one county police department in fiscal 2008 and two agencies in 2009.