You can wake up Labor Day morning to a special CBS Labor Day program on WCBC 1270 AM and 103.1 FM.  Starting at 6am in place of the Dave Norman Show, CBS host Gil Gross will examine different issues including the surge in union memberships and problems people are facing in unionizing, concerns over AI substitutes for live actors in the film industry, and how the Pullman Strike of 1894 still affects labor today.

From Allegany County Public Schools:  Today, August 29, 2025, there was a minor vehicle accident involving an ACPS school bus. Cumberland City Police responded. There were no injuries reported. However, there was a slight delay to some bus pick up times.  

New Allegany County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Martirano spent the first day of school with students at Westernport Elementary, returning to a school they escaped from in May’s flood.  Martirano says he has priorities for getting the school year started right…     “Priority one – getting our students safe to school. Priority two – setting good habits and then making sure that all their needs are taken care of and then three – making certain that we’re supporting our teachers and staff so they can educate our students this year. We’re going to have a great year.” The Superintendent…

Maryland’s Board of Public Works approved spending on projects that will benefit Allegany County at this week’s meeting. The Town of Luke received just under $11,000 for Pratt Street Park resurfacing along with benches and Cumberland’s Fairmount Avenue Park will be able to install pickleball courts and a community garden with $225,000 from the BPW. Five wastewater treatment plants across the county also received funding for work, totaling $700,000.

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is joining a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general with a warning for major artificial intelligence companies to stop hurting children. A letter sent to companies including Apple, Meta, and Microsoft addresses reports of AI chatbots engaging in inappropriate conversations with children as young as eight. The letter urges AI developers to incorporate guardrails against sexualizing children.

The US District Court of Maryland says the Department of Education cannot withhold funding schools that fail to remove initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Maryland chapter of the American Federation of Teachers challenged a letter from the DOE in February, citing First Amendment violations. Kenya Campbell with AFT says the feds went too far…     “The way that the letter was written, it was very arbitrary, in that the directive from Trump’s Department of Education was an unlawful overreach that basically threatened the education of all Maryland students.”

Governor Wes Moore cut the ribbon on the new global headquarters of Iron Circle, a cybersecurity education provider, in Columbia Maryland.  The business relocated from Florida, attracted by the region's cyber and technology talent pool. More than 200 jobs are expected to come to the state through their AI cybersecurity platform. CEO James Foster said it was never a question about coming to the state…     “It was not a question of whether we were going to be in Maryland or D.C. or Virginia. Maryland was going to be our headquarters because we value that talent. And we value…

The Garrett County Sheriff's Office is currently seeking information on the whereabouts of Andrea Denay Grimm, 37 years old, who has been reported missing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff's Office at 301-334-1911.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore told Face the Nation this week that all options are on the table when it comes to re-drawing the state’s congressional seats. He said he wants to add a measure of fairness in elections…     “I want to make sure that we have fair lines and fair seats. Where we don’t have situations where politicians are choosing voters, but that voters actually have a chance to choose their elected officials. We need to be able to have fair maps.” Maryland’s lone US Representative, Andy Harris, told WJLA-TV that redrawing lines may not pay off for…

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representative April McClain Delaney announced almost $700,000 in federal funding to higher education institutions in Western Maryland to support low-income and first-generation students, and students with disabilities as they pursue their degree. Grants have been awarded to Frostburg State University – $412,173, and $272,364 to Allegany College of Maryland for the TRIO Student Support Services program, which supports preparation and guidance for students as they pursue education beyond high school.