On October 7th, 2020 officers of the Cumberland Police Department served an Arrest Warrant on Steven Eaton. The Arrest Warrant was issued by the District Court of Maryland when Eaton failed to appear for his Court appearance on October 5th, 2020. Eaton was taken before a District Court Commissioner where he was released on his own recognizance.   Arrest: Steven Enoch Eaton, age 38, Cumberland Maryland. Charge: Failure to Appear.   On October 7th, 2020 officers of the Cumberland Police Department served an Arrest Warrant on Bryan Gordon Jr. The Arrest Warrant was issued by the District Court of Maryland…

Maryland State Police are searching for a missing runaway juvenile.  The missing child is Danelle Ruth Miller, 14 years of age.   She was last seen on Wednesday, 10/7/20, at approximately 1230 hours when she left her residence in the Grantsville area of Garrett County, Maryland.  She was wearing a black zip up jacket, blue jeans, green tennis shoes and a blue and gold Northern Huskies backpack.   She is around 5'7" tall and weighs 135 lbs., has a medium build with brown eyes and black shoulder length hair. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact the Maryland State Police…

Some of the more popular holiday traditions in downtown Cumberland are among the latest casualties of the the COVID-19 pandemic- although nothing has been completely canceled . During Thursday’s meeting of the Downtown Development Commission, executive director Melinda Kelleher reported that she has been in discussions with Mayor Ray Morriss about the annual holiday events and how they could be handled. As a result, tentativel plans for Halloween include virtual contests and a trunk or treat event at Constitution Park on Friday, October 30th. The two biggest events- the Christmas Tree lighting and New Years Eve Ball Drop will probably…

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh announced Thursday that President Donald Trump would be holding a “virtual radio rally” on the Friday edition of his show.  Limbaugh, who was taking the day off as part of his treatment for lung cancer, made the announcement in a prerecorded message at the beginning of his regular program…

It's being touted by the Virgin Group as the next step in transportation. A high-speed system in which a capsule travels through an enclosed tube at nearly 700 mph- and it will locate in West Virginia. Construction for the Hyperloop Certification Center could begin in by the middle of 2021.  The facility will be located on 800 acres in Grant and Tucker counties. The State of West Virginia and Virgin Hyperloop held a media roundtable Thursday afternoon.  Governor Jim Justice…   It’s expected to be about six miles long with a curved track that features West Virginia’s geographical elements.  According to officials at…

According to a new Goucher College poll released this week, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris are set to carry Maryland by the largest margin in any presidential election since 1964.  The poll conducted from Sept. 30 to Sunday found that 61% of likely voters said they would vote for Biden, while 30% said they would vote for President Donald Trump. Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center, told WBAL that given the political demographics of the state, it’s never been a question of whether the Biden-Harris ticket would carry Maryland, but rather…

The New Creek Fire Department reports that one person was injured and taken to Potomac Valley Hospital early Wednesday evening as the result of a structure fire on E&R Path off Hooker Hollow Road,. The fire, which was reported at 7:33 p.m., was contained to one room, but heat and smoke damage occurred throughout the upper level of the two-story residence. Keyser, Fountain, Burlington, Bloomington and Potomac volunteer fire companies also responded

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh announced Thursday that President Donald Trump would be holding a “virtual radio rally” on the Friday edition of his show.  Limbaugh, who was taking the day off as part of his treatment for lung cancer, made the announcement in a prerecorded message at the beginning of his regular program. Additional details are available on his website. You can hear Limbaugh’s program Monday through Friday on WCBC beginning at Noon.  

The Maryland State Board of Elections on Thursday laid out the ballot counting schedule ahead of Election Day. WBAL reports that though ballots being returned have been counted since Oct. 1., results of mail-in ballots and early voting will be embargoed until after vote centers close at 8 p.m. on Nov. 3. In the hours that follow, results from in-person Election Day voting will be released. Officials stressed that because many voters this year are voting by mail-in ballot, a complete count of voters will not be available on the night of the election. Mail-in ballots must be postmarked no…

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice on Wednesday announced the state will be the site of a $500 million development center for high-speed pod-and-tube transportation, after Virgin Hyperloop agreed to locate a certification facility on nearly 800 acres of land across Grant and Tucker counties. A hyperloop system, which is still in the developmental stage, has been touted by company owner Sir Richard Branson as a way to connect cities by utilizing transportation pods inside sealed tubes moving at speeds of 600 miles an hour or faster. Seventeen states were in the running to become the future site of the company’s first certification center, which will function as a research hub,…