Maryland State Police investigators are continuing an investigation into the death of a state prison inmate in Allegany County. The inmate is identified as Moise Louis, 34.  Louis was declared deceased by emergency medical service personnel. He was a state prison inmate serving time at the Western Correctional Institution in Cumberland. A suspect, also an inmate, has been identified.  He is being held in another location within the Division of Correction.  He has not been charged at this time and is not being identified until charges are placed. Shortly after 12:00 noon today, the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit was…

Christopher James Tabler, 33, of Ridgeley, WV was served an Arrest Warrant for Obstruction of Justice, Obstruction and Hindering, and Harboring a Fugitive. He is currently being held at the Allegany County Detention Center on $5,000 bond.   Jaylyn Floyd Butler, 22, of Cumberland, served a Circuit Court Bench Warrant for Violation of Probation. His original charges were Conspiracy for CDS Distribution of Narcotics. He is currently being held without bond at the Allegany County Detention Center on separate charges in a District Court matter.   Keith Elliott Jones Jr, 26, of Cumberland, served a Circuit Court Bench Warrant for…

IMMEDIATE RELEASE SHERIFF’S OFFICE ALLEGANY COUNTY The Allegany County Sheriff’s Office and Maryland State Police – Barrack C have combined resources to target open and active warrants. As a result, the following individuals have been apprehended. Monday, August 7, 2023 Christopher James Tabler, 33, of Ridgeley, WV was served an Arrest Warrant for Obstruction of Justice, Obstruction and Hindering, and Harboring a Fugitive. He is currently being held at the Allegany County Detention Center on $5,000 bond. Jaylyn Floyd Butler, 22, of Cumberland, served a Circuit Court Bench Warrant for Violation of Probation. His original charges were Conspiracy for CDS…

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 P.M. * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Allegany County in western Maryland… Northeastern Garrett County in western Maryland… Northeastern Mineral County in eastern West Virginia… North central Hampshire County in eastern West Virginia… * Until 300 PM EDT. * At 158 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bittinger, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE…Radar indicated. IMPACT…Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage…

On August 6, 2023, at 11:53 members of the Cumberland Fire Department and the Cumberland Police Department responded to the railroad tracks in the area of Queen City Drive and Frederick Street in Cumberland for a report of a trauma patient.  Upon arrival, first responders discovered that a CSX employee, Travis Bradley, age 40 of Ridgeley, WV, had been working around the train when he accidentally became entangled in the equipment and was seriously injured.  Medics from the Cumberland Fire Department treated Travis Bradley at the scene and transported him to the hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. …

CSX is performing maintenance to the railroad crossing on Route 2025, 1198 Main St., Meyersdale, between Aug. 7-11. Traffic will be detoured from Route 2025 (Main Street) to Route 2047 to Route 2027 (Pine Hill Road) to Route 2026 (Berkleys Mill Road) to Route 2025. The length of the closure will depend on track time, equipment or weather-related issues.

Governor Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Labor received $6.6 million through the US Department of Labor’s Employment and Training to help expand apprenticeship throughout the state. Funding will help connect Marylanders to careers in vital and high-growth industries, including hospitality and tourism and establish a public sector fund to bolster attraction retention efforts in those sectors. Maryland was one of only seven states to receive the grant.

Pennsylvania’s rural hospitals are continuing to struggle post-COVID with a shortage of physicians, mental health providers, and nurses leaving patients with little options for medical care.  The Center for Rural Pennsylvania held a hearing last week with hospital and public health experts about the challenges facing rural hospitals and staffing was a major issue. Kate Slatt of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania spoke about the struggle to fill open nursing jobs and their support of Governor Shapiro’s cration of an office to work on health care workforce innovation…

Governor Wes Moore, Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller and members of the Governor’s cabinet made an appearance Friday evening at the Allegany County Chamber of Commerce Crab Feast.  The Governor met with attendees and made brief remarks to the crowd.  In his remarks, the governor said that this is now his fifth time to visit Mountain Maryland.  He said that during his campaign, he remembered meeting a waiter in Cumberland who only had one request of him – don’t forget about our area… The Governor then said that his experience with the 82nd Airborne has had a lasting impression on him…

Slick roads, speed and aggressive driving led to a motor vehicle crash on Westbound Interstate 68 near mile marker 45 Sunday afternoonaround 3PM. Allegany County Emergency Services responding with one entrapped female. I-68 westbound was closed for 45 minutes. The female driver was transported to UPMC with non-life threatening injuries. Allegany County Emergency Services responding early this morning just passed 12AM to Queen City Drive and Frederick Street for a trauma patient from a train. Cumberland Police Department would not provide any additional information on the status of that individual or the circumstances.