A World Series-winner as a player, a highly successful manager and coach after retiring and a beloved member of the Pirates organization, Bill Virdon has passed away, the team confirmed with a statement Tuesday afternoon. He was 90 years old. Although Virdon starred on that 1960 championship team, using his speed to patrol spacious center field at Forbes Field and routinely making fast and accurate throws with his arm, Virdon’s legacy included so much more. Virdon played for a couple different teams during his playing career, starting with breaking into MLB with the Cardinals in 1955, when he hit .281…

On Tuesday, Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Division of Highways announced a contract for $7,166,000 to rehabilitate the historic Capon Bridge in Hampshire County.   It was one of eight bridge construction, replacement or rehabilitation projects awarded from a bid letting held Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.   Triton Construction Inc. was the lowest of three bidders for the project, which will renovate the span. The bridge carries US 50 over the Cacapon River in Capon Bridge.   The steel truss bridge was built in 1933 on the site of a former covered bridge, and is considered a historic…

Governor Larry Hogan today made a series of announcements to address violent crime in Baltimore City, one week after the city surpassed 300 homicides for the seventh year in a row. “People are being shot nearly every single day in Baltimore City, and we all have an obligation to do something about it right now,” said Governor Hogan. “With all of the actions we have announced today, I want those families and all the victims of this violence to know that we will not stop pursuing those criminals who are terrorizing our community, and we will continue to use every…

The Embassy Theatre will be holding auditions for our 2022 production of Damn Yankees, directed by Brian Tucker with book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Auditions will take place at the Embassy Theatre 49 Baltimore St. Cumberland, MD 21502. Auditions will be Saturday December 11th from 10 AM – 3 PM with callbacks on Sunday December 12 from 6 PM – 9 PM. Auditions will take place in groups starting at 10 AM, 10:45 AM, 11:30 PM, 12:15 PM, 1:00 PM, 1:45 PM and 2:30 PM.

REMINDER: All Allegany County Public Schools will DISMISS 3-HOURS EARLY on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. Schools will be CLOSED on Thursday, November 25, 2021, Friday, November 26, 2021, and Monday, November 29, 2021, for Thanksgiving Break. Schools will REOPEN on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, with a 3-HOUR DELAY

On Monday, November 22nd, at approximately 9:04 p.m., the McHenry Barrack received numerous 911 calls for a dark colored pick-up truck traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 68 near Friendsville, Garrett County, Maryland.  While Troopers were responding to the area, several other calls came into the Garrett County 911 center for a motor vehicle collision at the 6 mile marker of westbound Interstate 68, involving the pick-up truck from the previous calls. When Troopers arrived on scene, they determined that the pickup truck traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of the Interstate 68 collided with 2 westbound passenger…

On 11/22/2021 the Cumberland City Police Department served an Arrest Warrant on Morgan Paige Grubb. Grubb violated her conditions of probation from a previous arrest. Grubb was transported to the Allegany County Detention Center where she was held without bond. Arrested – Morgan Paige Grubb (33) Cumberland, MD Charge – Failure to Appear   On 11/22/2021 the Cumberland City Police Department served an Arrest Warrant on Dionne Leze Powell. Powell failed to appear in District Court for failure to send a child to school charges. Powell was taken before a District Court Commissioner and released on her personal recognizance. Arrested…

Although there have been literally hundreds of studies released by the medical community touting the wearing of face coverings as one of the pillars to preventing the spead of COVID-19-  the debates continue. The overwhelming majority of the research conducted during the nearly two years of this pandemic have consistently concluded that masks significantly decrease the chances of transmitting coronavirus, and some types of masks can help prevent their wearers from catching the virus. Although anti mask arguments can be frustrating to those focused on the science- Dr Matthew Simmons of UPMC Western Maryland says it is not really surprising…

Cases of the flu are starting to pick up across the country. WBAL reports experts expect influenza to make a comeback after it was virtually extinct last year. But COVID-19 could muddy the waters as far as the accurate reporting of those cases. Experts say the average person can't tell the difference between flu and COVID-19 symptoms without a test and the similarity could make getting an accurate read on the flu season more difficult. Dr Andrew Pekosz is with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health… The bad news is the strain that's emerged so far, called an H-3…

The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) today announced an update on the top and bottom 10 skilled nursing facilities in the state ranked by percentage of staff with at least one dose of a vaccine against COVID-19. MDH also announced an update on skilled nursing facilities that did not submit adequate COVID-19 vaccination data as required.   Per vaccination protocols in effect since September 1, 2021 and reinforced on November 4, 2021 by the Federal government, all nursing facility staff are required to have their first or single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. As of this week, 90.4 percent of…