On Monday, October 5th, 2020 the Cumberland Police Department served a criminal summons on Nickoli Dundar Cakus charging him with CDS possession not marijuana.  The summons was issued by District Court in reference to an incident back on September 7th, 2020 when police found Cakus in possession of suboxone the he could not provide a prescription for.  He signed and received copies of the charging documents.   Nickoli Dundar Cakus, age; 22, Cumberland, Maryland.    

 Allegany County health officials reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the county’s cumulative total to 500.  The latest cases, according to the Allegany County Health Department, involve a female in her teens, a woman in her 20s, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 70s.  

Three candidates have filed to replace Judge Tim Finan on the bench at Allegany County Circuit Court. Jessica Colwell, Ram Pillai and States Attorney Mike Twigg applied by the September 23rd deadline.  Due to COVID-19, interviews with the nominating commission will be conducted virtually, rather than in person. Governor Larry Hogan will make the selection, although no timetable has been listed on the Maryland Judicial Nominations website.

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey announced yesterday that he would not be a candidate for re-election nor a candidate for governor of his state. Toomey, who has a background in finance and is considered a champion of free trade, is expected to return to that sector.

The debate will be considerable over the next few weeks as the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett takes center stage in Washington,with arguments mainly along party lines. Former Maryland Gubernatorial Candidate Ben Jealous now heads up “People For The American Way…”

The West Virginia Education Association on Monday filed an injunction challenging the state’s color-coded map of Coronavirus spread that determines school status. At his media conference yesterday, Governor Jim Justice said he considered the move to be politically motivated… The WVEA has said it would prefer to use a map developed by researchers at the Harvard Global Health Institute.  West Virginia initially based its map on the Harvard version but frequently made a series of changes that state officials said were meant to adjust for the Mountain State’s relatively rural population. In its lawsuit, the WVEA asserts that some of the changes have been done to create…

The 2020-2021 Maryland Teachers of the Year event will be held on Thursday, October 8, 2020, at 8 p.m. where the 2021 Maryland Teacher of the Year will be announced on the air in a 30-minute special on Maryland Public Television. The winner will receive cash awards, technology equipment, national travel opportunities, and a new car donated by the Maryland Automobile Dealers Association. The selected Maryland Teacher of the Year will go on to compete for the esteemed National Teacher of the Year award and spend the coming year as an educational speaker and advisor.    Allegany County's Teacher of…

NBC’s “TODAY” is scheduled to highlight the PA (physician assistant) profession on Tuesday, Oct. 6, during its 8 a.m. hour. Students from Frostburg State University’s PA program and its director, Dr. Beth Smolko, will be one of the groups slated to appear via a “Zoom Room” in TODAY’s Virtual Plaza.   The American Academy of PAs celebrates Oct. 6-12 as National PA week, which recognizes the PA profession and its contributions to the nation’s health. Smolko is president of the AAPA Board of Directors.  The second-year students scheduled to appear with Smolko are Kimura Jacobs, Travis Miller, Zachary Schreiber and…

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the Maryland Park Service is reporting a total of 17.1 million visitors to date in 2020, already surpassing the previous record of 14.9 million total visitors in 2019, with three months still remaining in the year. During peak season in July, state parks attracted 3.4 million visitors, compared to 2.5 million during the same time period last year. “As our state continues to face the COVID-19 pandemic, we have consistently reminded the people of Maryland that outside activity is much safer than inside activity,” said Governor Hogan. “We are so pleased to see…

Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey announced Monday that he will not seek reelection to his seat in 2022 and that he also will not run for governor of the Keystone State. The announcement means Pennsylvania Republicans will not have their most high-profile politician on any statewide ballot during the 2022 midterms in what is generally considered one of the most important swing states in the country. Toomey previously had expressed interest in running for governor and was considered the favorite to be the GOP gubernatorial nominee in 2022 if he had chosen to run for the office. Toomey was one of the last in his party to announce his…