TRIAL BEGINS FOR MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING PRISON GUARD
Jurors are now hearing testimony in the trial of a man charged in the 2018 killing of a Somerset prison guard. Investigators say that prisoner Paul Kendrick, serving time for murder, brutally beat corrections officer Mark Baserman inside a housing unit at Somerset State Correctional Institution. Baserman died of his injuries eleven days later. Prosecutors…
CEDC AWARDED GRANT
The Cumberland Economic Development Corporation has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the George C. Edwards Fund, to create a financial incentive package to attract the aerospace/engineering firm SPARC Research to Western Maryland. SPARC is based in Warrenton, Virginia, is a growing company, and is dedicated to advancing the state-of-the-art solid rocket and airbreathing propulsion…
QUEEN CITY DRIVE CLOSURE
Queen City Drive will be closed to through traffic today and tomorrow, between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. The closure begins at Baltimore Avenue and ends at Lower Frederick Street. Traffic will be routed to Harrison and Mechanic Streets. The closure will allow crews to make necessary repairs to the concrete roadway.
PORTION OF KENT AVENUE CONTINUES TO BE CLOSED
Kent Avenue, from Louisiana Avenue to Memorial Avenue, will be closed through today until 3 p.m., so that Columbia Gas and its contractor can complete a critical task in the area. A detour will be in place to direct vehicles around the site during the temporary closure. Residents are being asked to0 avoid the area…
CONGRESSMAN HARRIS DEFENDS HEGSETH DURING TELEPHONE TOWN HALL
Maryland Republican Congressman Andy Harris defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Elon Musk during a telephone town hall on Tuesday evening. Thousands of people took part in the town hall and Harris told them Hegseth was not to blame for including the editor of The Atlantic magazine in Monday’s group chat on an unsecured platform.…
WEST VIRGINIA FOOD DYE BAN SIGNED INTO LAW
West Virginia has just become the first state to sign sweeping food dye legislation, banning seven types of dye in the state. Governor Patrick Morrisey has signed the bill banning seven specific food dyes in schools and eventually statewide. The law prohibits Red Dye Numbers three and forty, Yellow Dye Numbers five and six, Blue…
LEGISLATURE CHALLENGES SCHOOL BOARD AUTHORITY
The West Virginia Senate is considering a bill that would give legislators ultimate control over state Board of Education policies. Senator Amy Nichole Grady opposes the legislation, citing a previous voter rejection of a similar constitutional amendment in 2022. The bill would require the Board of Education to submit newly created rules to the Legislature…
W.V. D.M.V. SEEKS CLOUD SYSTEM UPGRADE
The West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles plans to transition to a cloud-based system to address outdated infrastructure. DMV Commissioner Everett Frazier highlighted recent system-wide outages as a key reason for the upgrade. The 12-year project is projected to cost 48 million-dollars, with an initial three-point-five-million-dollar supplemental appropriation requested. The new system would be managed…
FORMER UPMC DOCTOR ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL WIFE IN HAWAII
A former UPMC doctor is facing charges for allegedly trying to kill his wife in Hawaii. Honolulu police say 46-year-old Gerhardt Konig struck the woman in the head with a rock and tried to push her off a hiking trail at the Pali Lookout Monday morning. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where…
SHAPIRO ADMINISTRATION APPEALS END OF FARM-FOOD BANK PROGRAM
The Shapiro Administration is challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s termination of a program that provides funding to Pennsylvania farms that send produce to local food banks. The governor says he directed Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding to appeal the USDA’s decision to end the Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program. The department reportedly canceled a 13-million-dollar…
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