On November 30th, 2022 officers of the Cumberland Police Department responded to the 700 block of MacDonald Terrace for a reported motor vehicle crash. Upon officer’s arrival they spoke with a complainant who advised a female had advised them of the motor vehicle crash, who then left the area. The witness provided a description of the female, and described her as being impaired. Officers were able to locate the female, identified as Victoria Webb, and observed evidence of impairment. After the performance of standardized field sobriety, the officers observed further evidence of impairment, and placed her under arrest. Webb was…

Arrest Warrant Served On November 29th, 2022 officers of the Cumberland Police Department served an Arrest Warrant on Jose Gomes. The Arrest Warrant was issued by the District Court when he failed to appear for his trial on November 21st, 2022. Gomes was taken before a District Court Commissioner where he was released on an unsecured bond. Arrest: Jose Morais Gomes Jr, age 35, Cumberland Maryland. Charge: Failure to Appear. Criminal Summons Served On November 30th, 2022 officers of the Cumberland Police Department served a Criminal Summons on Christopher Kaylor. The Criminal Summons was issued by the District Court stemming…

Maryland Speaker of the House Adrienne Jones visited Allegany County on Tuesday to get an up close in-person look at a number of key regional projects. Jones, a Baltimore County Democrat, met with the Allegany County Commissioners before making stops at Canal Place and the Rocky Gap Casino Resort. During a press availability the speaker was asked if she feels Western Marylander’s issues and concerns are being heard in Annapolis. There have been regular references over the years to a so-called  “war on rural Maryland”- culminating last October when a  number of Republican lawmakers in Allegany and Garrett counties sought…

Sold out crowds all Thanksgiving weekend at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad as the popular Polar Express season officially got underway. The Polar Express excursion for families is about an hour with the train taking riders to a Christmas village setup at Helmstetter’s Curve near Cash Valley Road and returning. Excursions run three times a day on Friday and Sunday and four times on Saturdays. Wes Heinz, WMSR general manager, talked with WCBC News and said the response was overwhelming…

With the mid term elections now in the rear view mirror and the holiday break over- Congress is back at work this week- and Western Maryland’s representative says he is eager to move away from politics and focus on helping constituents. Sixth District Congressman David Trone, a Democrat, acknowledges that even with passage of the president’s inflation reduction legislation, much more needs to be done to address the current economic climate… Unfortunately he says  as the GOP prepares to take control of the House, Republican leadership is more focused on partisan investigations and continuing to push false election fraud claims,…

Every fall and winter, viral respiratory illnesses like the common cold and seasonal flu keep kids out of school and social activities. But this year, more children than usual are ending up at emergency departments and hospitals. In Maryland, emergency rooms have run out of beds because of the unusually high number of severe respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, infections. The early surge in respiratory infections with high rates of hospitalization highlights the importance of prevention. Dr. Matthew Simmons, an Infectious Disease Specialist at UPMC Western Maryland says the best tool we have for prevention is vaccination. Vaccines that protect against COVID-19 and influenza are available and recommended for everyone over 6 months…

A new development has happened regarding the effort to release to the public the report from the Maryland attorney general's office that details hundreds of cases of sex abuse by priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. In comments on the subject earlier, Arch Bishop William Lori indicated the church would not object to the report being made public… There apparently has been a change with the Baltimore Sun now reporting the archdiocese is helping to pay the legal fees for an anonymous group that is trying to prevent the report from being released. A spokesman for the archdiocese told the…

BALTIMORE, MD (November 29, 2022) – The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred in Frederick, Maryland, on Tuesday morning. On November 29, at approximately 2:10 a.m., deputies with the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home in the 5800 block of Haller Place after receiving a 911 call for an adult male attacking and stabbing his mother and father. Once on scene, deputies located the mother and father suffering from stab wounds and began providing medical aid. Additional sheriff’s deputies, officers with the Frederick City Police…

Allegany County Emergency Services reports a motor vehicle crash Route 220 at Steeles Hill Road in Rawlings. The South Bound lane was temporarily closed as units cleared the scene.

Traffic on the West Virginia Turnpike was heavier than expected the first two days of the Thanksgiving travel week.   From Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, through Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, 721,114 vehicles passed through Turnpike toll booths. Traffic was heaviest the two days before the Thanksgiving holiday and the weekend after.   On Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, 132,053 vehicles went through Turnpike toll booths. On Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, 156,757 vehicles passed through the toll booths. Traffic for the two days was nearly 2,000 vehicles higher than predicted.   Highest traffic day on the Turnpike was Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022,…