On September 13th, 2021 officers of the Cumberland Police Department served an Arrest Warrant on Tammy Sue Shoemaker. The Arrest Warrant was issued by the District Court when Shoemaker failed to appear for her trial at District Court. Shoemaker was taken before a District Court Commissioner where she was released on her own recognizance. Arrest: Tammy Sue Shoemaker, age 51, Cumberland Maryland. Charges: Failure to Appear.   On September 13th, 2021 officers of the Cumberland Police Department served an Arrest Warrant on Rahmier Hussan Chase. The Arrest Warrant was issued by the District Court in reference to an assault that…

Heritage Days 2021 concluded Sunday, and there have been mixed opinions concerning the change in dates, the number of vendors, and the organization of the festival. Dave Williams, of the organizing committee, joined the WCBC Dave Norman Show Monday for a review of the weekend…     Ed Taylor, of the Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization, was critical of the festival, and we will present his points, and Williams’ rebuttal, in a follow up story Wednesday.  

Our entire region has been suffering through a resurgence of Coronavirus cases, with several hundred infected in Allegany County over the last couple of weeks. West Virginia is in the same boat, and during remarks at a media briefing attended by WCBC Monday, state COVID-19 Czar Dr. Clay Marsh said cases are way up over the last two months.  Marsh hopes booster shots will help slow breakthrough cases, beginning next Monday…  Health officials are placing the blame on low vaccination rates, both across Mountain Maryland and West Virginia.

Last week, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced that he was making COVID-19 booster shots available to senior citizens living in congregate settings, saying that population is a greatest risk as the effectiveness of vaccines seems to drop off after about six months. West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has similar concerns and during yesterday’s briefing, WCBC News asked him why he didn’t do the same thing….  

Republicans in Washington have been hammering the Biden Administration over the military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the crisis at the southern border. Congressman John Joyce, who represents Bedford and Somerset in DC, recently took President Biden to task for his economic policies…  

Effective Tuesday, September 14, 2021, the City of Cumberland will be reinstituting mask and social distancing requirements within City Hall. The public will be allowed into City Hall from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the purpose of making payments with the Tax and Utility Department or conducting business with the Community Development Department. All visitors, regardless of vaccination status, will be required to wear face masks and adhere to social distancing guidelines while inside the building. No more than four visitors are permitted in the rotunda at any one time. Admittance to other offices will be accommodated by appointment…

Allegany County continues to have one of the highest COVID-19 case rates and one of the lowest COVID vaccination rates in the state of Maryland. Health officials urge the unvaccinated to get a COVID vaccine as soon as possible. According to the CDC, unvaccinated individuals are 11 times more likely to die from COVID. To combat misinformation on social platforms, the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) has launched a Twitter feed to combat COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation and ensure that Marylanders have accurate information about life-saving vaccines, the importance of testing, and other COVID-19-related facts.  The feed, @GoVAXMaryland, will also…

UPMC Western Maryland has received five American Heart Association awards for implementing quality improvement measures that ensure cardiovascular and stroke patients receive the most efficient and coordinated treatment, ultimately leading to more lives saved. For the second year in a row, recognized with: Get With the Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Achievement award. Mission: Lifeline®- NSTEMI Gold Award. Upgraded to Gold Plus status in the Mission: Lifeline® – STEMI Receiving Center – Achievement Award category, having earned Gold in 2020. And earned special Target Awards: Stroke Honor Roll. Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll UPMC Western Maryland earned the awards by…

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of September 13, 2021, there have been 3,597,992 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 211,706 total cases and 3,238 deaths. DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 77-year old male from Putnam County, a 26-year old female from Fayette County, a 44-year old male from Wood County, an 83-year old female from Boone County, a 75-year old male from Wood County, a 72-year old female from Jefferson County, a 94-year old female from Harrison County, a 52-year old male from Raleigh County, a 72-year old male from Kanawha…