On Friday officers of the Cumberland Police Department served an Arrest Warrant on Caitlin Crabtree. The Arrest Warrant was issued by the District Court after an officer completed an application for charges in regards to a burglary investigation. Crabtree was taken before a District Court Commissioner where she was released on an unsecure $2,500 bond.   Arrest: Caitlin Nicole Crabtree, age 22, Cumberland Maryland.   Charges: Two Counts of Burglary First Degree, Theft Scheme $100-$1,500, Two Counts of Theft $100-$1,500.   Arrest Warrant Served   On Friday officers of the Cumberland Police Department served Two Arrest Warrants on Christopher Lynn Runyon….

Gaming revenue at Maryland’s six casinos set a record high in July for the third time in five months. The state’s half-dozen casinos generated a total of $180.1 million in gaming revenue last month, up 28.7% from July 2020. Casinos were operating at 50% capacity last July, but July 2020 was the first full month that casinos were reopened after being closed in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Casinos set gaming revenue records in March and May of this year as well. Five of the top six single-month totals in the history of Maryland’s casinos have come this year. Maryland…

Back to School Family Fun Day, Saturday, August 7, 12 noon – 4 pm. Games, food, and fun! Join us at Riverside YMCA for a fun afternoon and support a local children's charity at the same time! Play games or hone your nerf skills at our target practice area. $5 or school supply suggested donation to CASA of Allegany County, a local nonprofit that works with children that have been the victims of abuse or neglect.  

Like other states, Maryland is seeing a marked increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.  Genetic sequencing of new cases of COVID-19 in Maryland show that nearly 100% involve the more highly contagious Delta variant, which also accounts for 93% of new cases nationwide.  Almost all new COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths are occurring in unvaccinated individuals.  So-called “breakthrough” infections (cases of COVID infection in a vaccinated person) are extremely rare, but not unexpected – no vaccine is 100% effective.  COVID statistics show that all three approved COVID-19 vaccinations are highly effective at preventing illness, hospitalization and…

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent a letter to Senate leadership, urging action to revitalize the Restaurant Revitalization Fund in order to support local restaurants still struggling due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Senator is a cosponsor of Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act of 2021, legislation to provide the RRF with an additional $60 billion in funding to meet the outstanding demand for the program. In his letter, the Senate urges leadership to immediately bring this legislation up for a vote.   The Senator begins the letter, “I write to you regarding the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), which was…

U.S. Representative David Trone (MD-06), along with U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-MD) announced $150,000 in federal funding for improvements to a water distribution system that supplies nearly 100 homes in Allegany County. The funding came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants program.   Currently, the line of pipes that connects the county water district to its water supplier in Frostburg suffers from severe leaks and breakage. For several years now, the water district has only been receiving an estimated 75 percent of its purchased water, with the other quarter…

Governor Larry Hogan today attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for Mother Mary Lange Catholic School, the first new Catholic school to open in Baltimore City in nearly 60 years. “Providing equitable access to education depends on the vision and the leadership of our community partners, and there is no better example of that than this beautiful new school named in honor of Mother Mary Lange—a visionary who understood the life-changing power of a good education,” said Governor Hogan. “It is within these classrooms that deserving students will be given the skills and the opportunities they need to reach their full…

WBAL NewsRadio  has confirmed the identity of the teenage swimmer who drowned in the Atlantic Ocean off of Ocean City this week. His mother, Ren Rick, confirms 17-year-old Azure Storm Martin died this week. Martin, who was from Annapolis, was reported missing Wednesday afternoon in the ocean off of 112th Street, when he got caught in a rip current.  The Ocean City Beach Patrol said three other swimmers were pulled to safety.  Martin's body was recovered from the ocean near 12th Street Thursday afternoon. Rick told WBAL NewsRadio that her son was due to start his senior year at Meade High School…

The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) yesterday released new COVID-19 post-vaccination infections data, adding to its robust COVID-19 data reporting available at coronavirus.maryland.gov. The new data offer insight into the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine as Maryland, like other states, continues to see a rise in the number of COVID-19 infections attributed to the highly contagious Delta variant. “These data show clearly, and are another reminder, that vaccines are the most effective and critical tool in preventing COVID-19 infections, serious illness, hospitalizations, and death,” said MDH Secretary Dennis R. Schrader. “Anyone who is still unvaccinated remains at great risk…

A traffic stop by an alert trooper in Garrett County last night led to the recovery of guns, drugs and the arrests of two suspects, one of whom was wanted in Georgia.    The suspects are identified as Earnest Moreland III, 34, of Decatur, GA, and Donnell Lipscomb, 39, of Essex, Md.  Both were charged with more than one dozen counts each related to the illegal possession of guns and drugs.  Both were ordered held without bond, following their initial appearance before a court commissioner.    Shortly after 8:00 p.m. yesterday, a Maryland state trooper from the McHenry Barrack was…