LIBRARY BRANCHES BEING CONSIDERED FOR CLOSURE
The Allegany County Library System is considering closing three branches in a cost-cutting move. The three up for closure include the Westernport Library, George’s Creek Library in Lonaconing, and the Washington Street Library in Cumberland. The system also operates branches in South Cumberland, LaVale, and Cumberland. According to the Cumberland Times-News, the financial strain comes…
TEXAS POLICE OFFICER, HAMPSHIRE NATIVE, DIES IN PURSUIT
Texas police officer and Hampshire County native, Sgt. Mark Butler, was killed in the line of duty Wednesday while pursuing a fraud suspect. Sgt. Butler, according to the Hampshire County Sheriff’s Department maneuvered his patrol car to shield other motorists against the suspect, who exited the highway in College Station, Texas and reentered the wrong…
MAN SENTENCED FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Scherr,West Virginia resident Nathan Ryan Willis was sentenced to 3 years in jail, but with 18 months of that sentence suspended, after pleading guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. The remaining time of his sentence will be served in the Garrett County Detention Center. Willis was stopped on the Garrett…
BARRICADE SITUATION ENDS WITHOUT INCIDENT
A barricade situation in the 700-block of Fayette Street ended peacefully on Friday, when the wanted person surrendered to authorities. She had been the subject of a felony arrest warrant; as authorities arrived, she barricaded herself in the home. Following a negotiation, she surrendered herself and was taken into custody. She had been awaiting a…
BURGLARY SUSPECT ARRESTED IN BEDFORD COUNTY
Lancaster, Pennsylvania resident Dan Tran was arrested in Bedford County, following an alleged string of burglaries in several states, including Maryland. He initially broke into a West Providence Township store and was later stopped in Fulton County, with nearly $13,000, several tools and the hard drive from the West Providence store. He is being held…
MARYLAND DEFENDER’S OFFICE RALLIES AGAINST AUTOMATICALLY CHARGING MINORS AS ADULTS
The Maryland Office of the Public Defender rallied on Lawyers Mall in Annapolis against automatically charging minors as adults. The OPD says the automatic charging process disproportionately impacts Black and Brown children. The OPD says Black children make up 31-percent of Maryland’s population, but they represent 81-percent of the minors who are charged as adults.…
MARYLAND A.G. TAKES ACTION TO PROTECT FEDERAL FIREARM SAFETY MEASURES
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined more than a dozen other attorneys general to defend two major ATF actions that protect the ban on Forced Reset Triggers and expanded criminal background checks for gun purchases. Brown says the FRT machine gun conversion devices have been frequently used in violent crimes and mass shootings, and…
MLK DAY PARADE CANCELED BECAUSE OF POLAR VORTEX
This year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade is being canceled because of Monday’s freezing temperatures. The city arts council made the announcement Saturday morning, and said they were “truly disappointed” to cancel the parade, but that they agree with the mayor’s office that “public safety must be our top priority.” Mayor Brandon Scott said…
MD. AWARDED FEDERAL GRANT TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY DATA
The state of Maryland has been awarded a federal grant to upgrade the State’s crash reporting system, and streamline the exchange of data across local, state and federal agencies. The Department of Transportation, State Police and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems will use the funding to modernize the state’s crash data systems…
GOVERNOR RELEASES BUDGET PROPOSAL
Two-thirds of Marylanders will see an average tax cut of 173 dollars under a budget proposal unveiled by Governor Wes Moore on Wednesday. The spending plan adds higher tax brackets for those earning more than 500-thousand dollars as the governor attempts to close a nearly three-billion-dollar budget deficit. The budget also adds a one-percent surcharge…
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