Governor Martin O'Malley was in Hagerstown yesterday as part the "Capital For The Day" Program, and met with correctional officers concerned about a variety of issues.
On Thursday, May 8, 2008, Investigators with the Allegany County Combined Criminal Investigation Unit (C3I) arrested 23 year old James Wallace Rossman, Jr., of Cumberland, after obtaining an arrest warrant charging him with two counts of 3rd Degree Sex Offense, Sexual Abuse of a Minor-Continuing Course of Conduct, and Perverted Practice.
On Thursday the Maryland Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission named a short list of candidates to replace retiring Court of Special Appeals Judge J. Frederick Sharer, who turned 70 last month, and it did not include Allegany County Circuit Court Judge Gary Leasure.
The County United Way announced Thursday morning that it has exceeded it annual campaign goal, receiving more than a half a million dollars in donations.
Here's the latest news for Friday, May 9th: United Nations blasts Myanmar's military junta; Severe Storms rip through Virginia; Clinton campaign presses on; President Bush gets ready to walk his daughter down the aisle.
About 25 homes in Northern Virginia were damaged Thursday night when a possible tornado touched down. Between 75 and 100 people had to be evacuated during the height of the storm. (May 9)
Myanmar's military junta announced on Friday it needs international aid to help cope with a growing humanitarian crisis, but it does not need foreign aid workers. Right now, no relief workers have been granted visas to enter the Asian country. (May 9)
Highlights of this day in history: The FDA approves the first birth control pill; FCC chief Newton Minow condemns TV programming; Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett fly over the North Pole; Journalist Mike Wallace and singer Billy Joel born. (May 9)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied fresh accusations that he illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen, but said Thursday night that he will step down if he is indicted. (May 8)
Myanmar's military regime allowed in the first major international aid shipment Thursday, but it snubbed a U.S. offer to help cyclone victims struggling to recover from a tragedy of unimaginable scale. (May 8)
The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday. (May 8)
