The Greenway Avenue Stadium Capital Improvement Fund is planning a Mini-Marathon and 1-Mile walk for Saturday April 22 at Greenway.  Money generated from the event will go to upgrades including lighting, sound system and press box improvements. The fundraiser will be dedicated this year to the memory of long-time area sports supporter Dave Christopher. Participants can choose to do the 2.62 mile mini-marathon or one mile walk/run. Also this year will be the Toddler Trot for ages 1-3 and Youngster Run for youth 4-6.  Winners will receive plaques made by the Career Center. Registration forms can be picked up at…

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of April 12, 2023, there have been 16 deaths reported since last week’s dashboard update, with a total of 8,083 deaths attributed to COVID-19.  DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 72-year old male from Raleigh County, a 73-year old female from Jackson County, a 75-year old male from Jackson County, a 61-year old female from Lewis County, a 97-year old female from Mercer County, an 83-year old female from Putnam County, a 75-year old male from Berkeley County, an 86-year old male from Kanawha County, an 84-year…

The City of Cumberland Engineering Department, on behalf of Belt Paving, would like to notify the public that beginning on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, through Friday, April 21, 2023, Fayette Street from Allegany Street to Lefevre Road will be paved. The road will be flagged during construction to route vehicles around the construction site. Detours will be set up as needed to direct traffic around the site. Parking will be restricted in the areas during construction starting at 6:30am each morning and concluding at 5:00pm. Please use caution in the area, obey flagger directions and follow detour signage. The Engineering…

Senate Republican Leadership condemned the General Assembly’s failure to address violent crime and provide significant consequences for repeat, violent offenders during the 2023 Legislative Session.    “Going into this Session, Marylanders made it abundantly clear that addressing violent crime should be the first priority of the 2023 General Assembly Session, and the Democratic gerrymandered supermajority flat out ignored them,” said Senate Minority Leader Steve Hershey. “When advocating for their aggressive, expensive and ultra-progressive policies, the Governor and Democratic Leadership told members of the General Assembly that ‘public safety was a priority and ‘Maryland must lead,’ but where was this leadership…

Westbound I-68 is reopening to traffic following a tractor trailer fire earlier today. The truck was near mile marker 40 and was well involved when fire units responded at 8am this morning. The interstate was shut down while the fire was brought under control. Units from Cumberland, LaVale, Cresaptown, Corriganville, Bedford Road and Allegany Special Operations responded to the incident.

On April 13th, 2023 at approximately 1:00 am officers of the Cumberland Police Department responded to the area of East Industrial Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue for a fatal motor vehicle crash. Officers arrived on scene as well as EMS personnel and pronounced the operator deceased. The motor vehicle crash remains under investigation by Cumberland Police Department Motor Vehicle Crash Reconstructionist, but speed is believed to be a contributing factor. The vehicle had left the roadway, struck a utility pole, then struck an unoccupied residence, and the operator was ejected from the vehicle. The Cumberland Police Department was assisted by the…

Among the constituents speaking at last Thursday’s Allegany County Commissioner’s meeting was Coleton Furlow. Furlow is a native of Cumberland who now works for the Conservative Political Action Coalition in Washington DC. In speaking to the commissioners, Furlow called into question one of the statements made in an interview by the Executive Director of the incoming abortion clinic near Rawlings Katie Quinonez.    

Delegate Jason Buckel came on the Dave Norman show Wednesday morning to talk about the Maryland legislative session that concluded on Tuesday. He had similar thoughts to Senator Mike McKay about how the session fared overall. Buckel noted that he had 7 bills passed and was in the top 3 of Republicans that got different legislation passed during the session, many co-sponsored by the Western Maryland delegation.      

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has been making the news-talk rounds and the pot is stirring about a possible run for the White House in 2024. On Sunday’s Meet The Press program, Manchin described his approach to being a US Senator for the past 13 years. The Senator said he will not make a final decision about his political future until January of 2024. Senator Manchin declined to confirm whether he is looking at a presidential campaign or whether he would consider running on a “no labels” third-party ticket. He did speak to what his future political career could look…

Searching for unclaimed property in West Virginia will be easier with the launch of a simplified web URL – WVUnclaimedproperty.com – the site address was updated from an older URL that was difficult to remember. West Virginia currently has $300 million dollars in unclaimed property including financial accounts, life insurance benefits, safe deposit boxes, and unused rebate cards. It does not include real estate property. For the month of March, West Virginia has returned more than $2.5 million dollars worth of funds to individuals and businesses. The state has sent out $19.1 million dollars to citizens so far this fiscal…