On August 13, 2022 Cumberland Police Officers were dispatched to the 500 Block on N. Centre Street for a two-vehicle accident. The investigation revealed that the operator of the at fault vehicle was impaired. The driver Richard Kendall Collins was charged with DUI and numerous traffic related citations. Collins was written and released from Police headquarters. Arrest: Richard Kendall Collins, 34, Cumberland Charges: Driving vehicle while under the influence of alcohol PER SE, Driving veh. While impaired by alcohol, Driving vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, Failure to control Veh. Speed on Hwy. to avoid collision, Driver fail to…

Pinto Water Utility has issued a boil water notice for the next 48 hours for all Pinto customers due to e coli bacteria being found in the water system. Boiled our bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes and food preparation until further notice. Boiling kills the bacteria and other organisms in the water.  Pinto Water Utility continues to flush the system and additional testing to check for the bacteria is being performed. General guidelines on ways to lessen the risk of infection by bacteria and other diseas causing organisms are available from the…

The state School Building Authority is putting the brakes for now on its annual meeting to fund school construction projects in the state because of the continued impact of high construction costs. The authority decided Thursday to cancel its December quarterly meeting where those funding decisions are normally made. According to SBA Chairman Brian Abraham, the authority wants to take a wait and see attitude after seeing the impact of inflation on building costs during the past several months.    

While current Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is not too hot on Del. Dan Cox, his party’s nominee to be the next executive of the state, a previous GOP governor is singing a different tune. Robert Ehrlich, the governor from 2003 to 2007, has endorsed Cox and is trying to unite a divided Republican party behind his candidacy. Hogan, meanwhile, has said he will not vote for Cox.

About 135 million more doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory will have to be destroyed due to quality problems- that is according to Congressional panel leaders. The announcement follows a report in May that detailed how more than 400 million vaccine doses made at an Emergent BioSolutions plant had to be trashed. The doses more recently slated for destruction were made between August 2021 and February, the House members said. Johnson & Johnson said in a statement Thursday that no doses produced at the site since the factory restarted have reached the market, and it was…

WBAL reports greater transparency is needed before Maryland settles on any eligibility requirements regarding who can serve on local police accountability boards.  Advocates criticized regulations proposed by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission for police accountability boards and administrative charging committees — part of sweeping police reforms approved last year by the Maryland General Assembly. Members of the Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability held a news conference in front of the State House to urge the legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review to call a public hearing to give the public to chance to…

Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder took a big step forward this week toward getting a license that allows him to open a sportsbook at FedEx Field. The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency voted 6-1 to approve a license for Snyder. Licenses were also approved by the same margin for Long Shots, a sports bar in Frederick, and Chesapeake Gaming, which runs an off-track betting parlor in Boonsboro

The Cumberland Times News reports two Garrett County residents were sentenced in circuit court Friday for their role in the October 2021 disappearance of an Oakland man who was later found shot to death in Preston County, West Virginia. Roy Tyson Cheshire, 21, and Dashawn Nichelle Scott, 25, both of Oakland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kidnap Jimmy Lee Barkley in March. On Friday, Judge J. Frederick Sharer sentenced Cheshire to 25 years in prison with five years of the term suspended, and Scott to 25 years with 10 years suspended. Both will be on supervised probation for five years…