The Allegany College of Maryland Lady Trojan volleyball team is ready to start their new season this week with a home opener.  Head coach Joseph Brewer leads the Trojans, now in his fourth season, and assistant coach Lindsey Fisher.  This year’s team includes two returning players and six recruits from local high schools Allegany, Bishop Walsh, Calvary Christian, Fort Hill, and Mountain Ridge.  The season opens this Wednesday at 6pm against the Community College of Beaver County.

In his new book “The Road No One Traveled: Side Effects of Coaching,” area resident Ray Kiddy shares his experience and life lessons learned in his 42 year coaching career.  Kiddy told WCBC one of those lessons that stands out was from watching a Bishop Walsh family who lost two of their four children within weeks of each other…     “The strength and the faith in God that those parents showed with those two children at the same time, knowing that they were probably going to only survive a year at the most, that strength and faith that they…

The Humpty Dumpty Learning Center in Cumberland is celebrating a teacher with 50 years of educating local children. Mrs Twigg wiil be honored during an open house on Sunday, September 28th from 2 till 4 p.m. at the school. Past and present students are encouraged to share photos, memories and enjoying refreshments during the celebration.

On Sunday, August 31, 2025, the Cumberland Police Department served a bench warrant on Brittany Murphy.  The warrant was issued as the result of Murphy failing to appear in court on an original charge of CDS: Possess Paraphernalia.  Murphy was arrested and transported to the Allegany County Detention Center where she is currently being held pending her initial appearance before the court. ARRESTED:  Brittany Renee Murphy       AGE:  33      Cumberland, MD  

The Mayor and City Council of Cumberland will meet in public session beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the 2nd floor Conference Room of City Hall on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 for the purpose of immediately closing the meeting to discuss Board and Commission appointments as well as personnel matters in regard to the recruitment of a Chief of Police.  Authority to close the session is provided by Section 3-305(b)(1)(i) of the General Provisions Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. The Open Work Session will then begin at 5:30 p.m. in the 2nd floor Conference Room. The Mayor and City…

Efforts continue across our community for civic pride and beautification. With the cooler temperatures it's much easier now to get out in the yard and pull those weeds as well as along the sidewalks. Ed Mullaney, co-chair of Let's Beautify Cumberland spoke with WCBC on Friday about the blue ribbon and neighbor award winners across our community as well as the community Ridgely, West Virginia and their efforts to beautify their city. Mr. Mullaney encouraged listeners to take the time to improve their community…     "On a beautiful day like this, good weekend, football season coming and everything –…

On Saturday, August 30, 2025 at approximately 1:00 PM, an officer of the Cumberland Police Department was patrolling Queen City Drive when he observed Christopher Freeman in possession of an open alcohol container.  Freeman was then seen consuming the contents and throwing the container on the ground.  The officer contacted Freeman, placed him under arrest for littering, and transported him to police headquarters.  Freeman was very uncooperative during the arrest process and refused to listen to officers.  He was then transported to Central Booking.  He was later seen by a District Court Commissioner for a bond hearing and remanded to…

A decision by Maryland's Board of Public Works to allocate $15 million in state funding to nonprofit organizations in Baltimore has sparked debate among lawmakers. Funding is intended to combat violence and develop housing in the city with $2 million for Baltimore's Downtown Partnership, $6.1 million for 'We Our Us', $3 million for 'Rebuild Metro', and nearly $9.5 million for other nonprofits in the city of Baltimore.  

The Experimental Aircraft Association is having its breakfast at the Cumberland Airport’s Chapter House, beginning at 8am. Hotcakes, sausage gravy, fried potatoes and fruit cocktails are on the menu. Cost is $12 for adults and kids under 12 eat for $6.  Katie Kight with the EAA says the breakfast plays a role in fundraising money to send a local kid to the EAA Air Academy in Wisconsin next year “They go out there for a week and they learn how to make parts of an airplane, they get to fly in helicopters, and they get to be with other kids from all…

Governor Wes Moore issued a proclamation today in honor of August 31 as International Overdose Awareness Day. Flags will be lowered to half-staff, and Government House will be lit purple Sunday evening in remembrance of individuals who have lost their lives to drug overdoses. “As we pause to remember the loved ones we have lost to overdoses in Maryland, we join others across the country in demanding continued action to reduce overdoses and increase access to substance use care,“ said Gov. Moore. “We’ve made tremendous progress in Maryland, and we cannot afford to let up in our efforts now. Federal cuts…