Washington County News

A Hagerstown woman was charged with prostitution Tuesday after a plainclothes police officer asked her about oral sex, according to Washington County District Court records.

Although damage was limited to $700 in a fire late Thursday morning, the Johnson family was displaced from its 13828 Frazier Road home, according to Maryland fire marshals.

A former Maryland State Police trooper was charged Wednesday with kidnapping the wife of another trooper, according to Washington County District Court records.

As debate continues about a Sharpsburg-area man's right to turn his yard into a 'natural grassland habitat,' a Washington County attorney has drafted an amendment to the county's weed-control ordinance that would allow such habitats under certain circumstances.

In the four-state region there have been several recent water rescues, so NBC25 decided to take a closer look at what it takes to save someone who's trapped.

About 120 students who were among 200 who moved from Paramount Elementary School to Maugansville Elementary School in 2008 could go back to Paramount as soon as 2011, according to one proposal being considered by a redistricting committee.

The Washington County liquor board has fined a Hagerstown nightclub $1,500 for a male dance revue that allegedly violated state restrictions on naughty behavior.

Daycare workers told police the infant was acting normal before it was discovered on it's stomach not breathing.

A Williamsport man charged in January 2008 with aggravated animal cruelty in connection with the deaths of five cows must appear Aug.

Police say an autopsy is planned for a 5-month-old boy who died at the Citicorp daycare center near Hagerstown.

A number of broken car windows, possibly shot out with a BB or pellet gun, have been reported in Frederick in the past few days.

A judge declared a mistrial after the jury deadlocked Tuesday in the case of a former state correctional officer accused of breaking the nose of a handcuffed inmate.

The Washington County Commissioners voted 4-1 Tuesday to build a senior center on the campus of Hagerstown Community College with the help of federal grant money.

Smithsburg senior Josh Conway is the 2009 Herald-Mail All-Washington County Player of the Year.

A new graduation requirement for Maryland students did not keep any Washington County Public Schools students from receiving their diplomas this year.

A fatal accident was reported Friday morning on Eastern Boulevard near the Hagerstown YMCA, a Washington County Emergency Services dispatcher said.

A convicted murderer who spent five days hiding from police after bolting from the Maryland Correctional Institution in January pleaded guilty Tuesday to escaping from the medium-security prison and breaking into a nearby home.

A convicted murderer who escaped a Hagerstown prison will serve 10 more years for charges of escape and theft.

Officials say financial help is available to Hagerstown residents in danger of having their electricity cut off.

Court records indicate that a second Maryland prison inmate will plead guilty in Hagerstown in the slaying of a child sex offender inside the Roxbury Correctional Institution.