With less than a month remaining in his final term as governor, Larry Hogan says he leaves office satisfied that his administration was productive and helped turn the state’s economy around- and he is also looking forward to the next chapter… While he still hasn’t officially confirmed his future political plans, all indications are is that he will make a run for the White House in 2024…

New Year's Eve festivities will return in full swing to downtown Cumberland this weekend. The planned celebration will allow open containers after the City Council approved a waiver to do so earlier this month.  The event was cancelled in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but did return last year. Melinda Kelleher,  executive director of the Downtown Development Commission, says the final plans are coming together…

On Saturday, December 24, 2022 at approximately 4:16 AM, officers of the Cumberland Police Department responded to a business on Virginia Avenue for a check on well-being.  Upon arrival, police contacted the staff who reported that there was a male subject inside the store currently laying on the floor.   Officers contacted the subject who was intoxicated and very uncooperative.  The subject was later identified as Stephon Morris.  Morris began causing a disturbance and refused to listen to officers.  Morris then assaulted one of the officers.  At this time, officers attempted to arrest Morris and he resisted, trying to pull away…

Congressman David Trone’s (MD-06) Fighting Emerging Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting (FENTANYL) Results Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden through the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The legislation passed the Senate last week and will increase global cooperation in the fight against synthetic drug trafficking. Earlier this week, Trone also announced that the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act – a package of over 30 bills (eight of which Trone led or co-led) to combat the addiction and mental health crises – were included in the omnibus funding deal, which is slated…

WBAL reports someone defaced and stole a portion of the Harriet Tubman statue at the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis. "We suspect that on Friday evening or early Saturday morning, persons dismembered the finger of Harriet Tubman to take the vévé, which is the staff Harriet Tubman was holding (that was) attached to the statue," said the museum's executive director, Chanel Compton. Installed in September 2022, the monumental statue, Araminta with Rifle and Vévé, sits in front of the museum on view along Franklin Street in Annapolis. "This piece means so much. It was in honor of the bicentennial of Harriet…

Gov. Jim Justice announced today that Form Energy, Inc. (Form Energy) will partner with the State of West Virginia to build its first iron-air battery manufacturing facility on 55 acres of property in the northern panhandle of West Virginia, along the Ohio River, in the city of Weirton. The new battery manufacturing plant is expected to create a minimum of 750 new full-time jobs and will represent a total investment of up to $760 million.   

On Friday, December 23, 2022, the Cumberland Police Department served a bench warrant on Zachary Crawford.  The warrant was issued as the result of Crawford failing to comply with an order of the court.  He was originally charged with Threat of Mass Violence, Dangerous Weapon-Conceal, Disturbing the Peace, Fail to Obey a Reasonable & Lawful Order, and two counts of Disorderly Conduct.  Crawford was arrested and transported to Central Booking.  He was later seen by a District Court Commissioner and remanded to the Allegany County Detention Center without bond. ARRESTED:  Zachary Jordan Crawford       AGE: 26           Cumberland, MD

WCBC  is once again providing a full schedule of Christmas programming including the return of the popular ‘Christmas in Maryland” program and the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas. The complete schedule is as follows: WCBC – 1270AM & 103.1FM December 24, 2022 – CHRISTMAS EVE Midnight-1am                     Rich Valdes 1-5am                                Coast to Coast – George Norrey 5-7am                                Dr. Asa 7-8am                                Glen Beck 8:00                                 …

Charles Jenkins, a longtime crossing guard in Talbot County, Maryland, was recognized by Gov. Larry Hogan for 48 years on the job this week. Jenkins was presented a Governor’s Citation at the State House. He helps students get across the street safely in Easton during the school week, and in St. Michaels on the weekends, where tens of thousands of visitors are often walking through the town, which has no traffic light.

Demand is so high for children's pain relievers and fever reducers that supplies are very low across Maryland. Supplies are short because demand is unprecedented, according to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association. This is the earliest the flu has peaked in more than a decade, and sales of the medications are up 65% over the same time last year. WBAL News visited a series of large retail pharmacies across the state and could not find one bottle of liquid pain reliver or fever reducer in stock. What 11 News did find were empty shelves, out-of-stock signs and an apology. There were…