The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of November 12, 2021, there are currently 6,727 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been no  deaths reported since the last report (most likely attributed to yesterday’s state holiday) with a total of 4,610 deaths attributed to COVID-19.     CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (69), Berkeley (464), Boone (118), Braxton (62), Brooke (78), Cabell (284), Calhoun (36), Clay (30), Doddridge (6), Fayette (157), Gilmer (8), Grant (90), Greenbrier (100), Hampshire (128), Hancock (105), Hardy (98), Harrison (256), Jackson (88), Jefferson (171), Kanawha (538), Lewis (61), Lincoln (187),…

On Friday officers of the Cumberland Police Department, and C3I responded to the 200 block of Baltimore Avenue for a reported stabbing. While officers responded they were notified that Rahmier Hussan Chase had identified himself as the suspect who had stabbed someone. Upon officer’s arrival they observed the victim laying on the ground with an obvious injury, and rendered first aid. The victim advised officers that Rahmier Hussan Chase had stabbed them. Officers observed Chase to still be in the area and placed him under arrest. Officers continued their investigation, and located evidence of the crime, and interviewed witnesses. Chase was…

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will conduct a controlled burn on Dan’s Mountain Wildlife Management Area between now and November 22 as weather and other conditions allow. Residents or drivers who see smoke in the area southwest of Rawlings should be aware that it may appear to be a forest fire, but is deliberate and controlled and there is no need to report it to authorities. The fire will create smoke but it will be a controlled flame targeting underbrush and ground cover debris. Access to the wildlife management area at its primitive camping area and at Middle Ridge Road…

Weekly COVID Update: For the 7-day period of November 5-11 Mt. Savage Middle School was identified with a School Wide COVID-19 Outbreak. Mt. Savage Middle School had three cohorts with two or more positive individuals within a 14-day period. South Penn Elementary School had one cohort that met the definition of a cohort outbreak. ACPS had five staff members and 27 students reported as positive for COVID-19 during this time, and one staff member and 71 students were identified as a close contact to a positive person. 

Allegany County Tourism took home two statewide awards, the Leveraging Partnership Award and Cooperative Partnership Award, during the 40th Annual Maryland Travel and Tourism Summit in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Both awards were presented to Allegany, Washington, Frederick, and Montgomery counties for their regional work on the C&O Canal Experience and their success in identifying and packaging complementary assets the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal has as a destination region in order to drive revenue with overnight stays. “The Maryland Tourism Awards showcase the influential people, programs and organizations that have made an economic impact on our state by encouraging visitors…

Forty-four junior and senior students from Allegany High School were inducted into membership of the National Honor Society (NHS) in October in front of parents, staff, students, and guests. Honored guests included Superintendent of Allegany County Public Schools, Mr. Jeffrey Blank; President of the Allegany County School Board, Mrs. Crystal Bender; and Allegany High School Principal, Mrs. Heidi Laupert. Induction was held in the Theatre and observable via live-stream school-wide to the entire study body. The new members joined 35 current senior members who were inducted last year and have remained members in good standing. Conducting the school-wide ceremony were…

 A regional press organization said it has removed a mid-20th century Maryland newsman from its Hall of Fame after a review of his work found writings that were racist and even promoted lynching. Edward J. Clarke, the longtime owner and editor of the Worcester Democrat newspaper on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, was inducted into the Maryland-D.C.-Delaware Press Association’s Hall of Fame in 1954. But last week, the group’s board of directors voted unanimously to terminate that honor after a University of Maryland journalism student uncovered Clarke’s editorials, The Baltimore Sun reported.  

The cumulative COVID-19 case count in Allegany County passed another grim milestone on Thursday, topping 10,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic and claiming 259 lives.  Although Allegany County’s case rate has significantly decreased since September 2021 (down from 81.56 cases per 100,000 people on September 19 to 24.55 per 100,000 as of November 11), it is still double the statewide average.   The health department will continue school-based pediatric COVID vaccination clinics next week in coordination with Allegany County Public Schools to make it easier for parents to get their children age five to eleven vaccinated against COVID-19. …

Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred Thursday evening in Allegany County Shortly before 5:40 p.m., troopers from the Cumberland Barrack responded to US Route 220 north of Cedarwood Drive SW for a report of a person being struck by a vehicle. According to a preliminary investigation, a male driving a 2007 Subaru Forester was traveling south on US 220 when his vehicle struck the pedestrian, who was walking in the southbound lane. The pedestrian, identified as James Mitchell Lambert, 40, of Green Spring, West Virginia, was declared deceased at the scene. The driver was transported…

On November 11th, 2021, the Cumberland City Police served a Criminal Summons on Michelle Lynn Sarver, 49, of Cumberland MD. The Summons was in reference to a complaint filed by the Allegany County Public Schools. The Summons charged Sarver with Failing to send a child to school. Sarver was served the summons and released, pending trial in District Court. Arrested:   Michelle Lynn Sarve Charges:  Fail to Send Child to School