Northrop Grumman Corporation released its 2024 financial reports, showing a strong year in the defense industry. The company showed a sales increase of 4%, ending the year at $41 billion dollars in sales. Fourth quarter business totaled $10.7 billion dollars. Northrop returned almost $4 billion in cash to shareholders through share repurchases or dividends.
The Cumberland Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing juvenile, Demetrius Canty Jr. Canty is a 17 year-old black male, approximately 6 feet, 3 inches tall and 169 pounds. He was last seen in the 500 block of Frederick Street in Cumberland, MD on February 2, 2025 at approximately 7:00 pm, wearing a gray sweater and “Cookie Monster” pajama pants. Anyone with information as to his whereabouts please call the Cumberland Police Department at 301-777-1600. Callers can remain anonymous.
Jessica Payton Nelson has again been reported missing to the Cumberland Police Department. She is a white female, 14 years old, 4’-11’, approximately 120 lbs., with shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen in the area of Winifred Road on Sunday evening, 2/2/25 at approximately 11:00 PM. Her clothing description is as follows: a black hooded sweatshirt and gray sweat pants. Anyone with information as to her whereabouts is urged to contact the Cumberland Police Department at 301-777-1600.
On Saturday, February 1, 2025, the Cumberland Police Department served an arrest warrant on Brian Wolfe. The warrant was issued as the result of an incident that occurred on January 25, 2025 at approximately 6:53 PM when police responded to a residence in the 400 block of Springdale Street for an assault. Officers contacted an alleged victim who reported that she had been assaulted by Brian Wolfe for the past few days. Police observed that the victim had sustained injuries. After further investigation, police filed for charges against Wolfe at the District Court of Allegany County. Wolfe was arrested and…
Monday will see the City of Cumberland finding out if there is six more weeks of winter or six more weeks till Spring appears in the area.
The Mayor and City Council of Cumberland will meet in public session beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the City Hall Conference Room on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. The Mayor and City Council's regularly scheduled Public Meeting will be held at 6:15 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers. Meeting agendas are attached and may be further referenced through the City's website at http://www.cumberlandmd.gov/129/Agendas-Minutes Questions regarding this matter may be directed to the City Clerk's office.
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and is predicting six more weeks of wintry weather, his top-hatted handlers announced Sunday from Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania. A massive crowd was on hand to hear the woodchuck’s weather forecast, an annual ritual with roots in European agricultural life that has boomed in public interest since Bill Murray’s 1993 movie, “Groundhog Day.” The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club says when Phil is deemed to have not seen his shadow, that is said to usher in an early spring. When he does see it, there will be six more weeks of winter. Phil has predicted a…
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced an initial victory in his lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s Office of Management & Budget’s memo freezing federal grants and loans. Today a federal judge in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order in the lawsuit filed by Maryland and a coalition of 22 other states. The temporary restraining order prohibits the Trump administration from imposing a blanket freeze on federal funding. This temporary restraining order is valid until the Court rules on a motion for preliminary injunction. “The Trump Administration’s memo was a reckless order that threatened the lives and livelihoods of…
On Saturday, February 1, 2025 at approximately 11:21 PM, officers of the Cumberland Police Department responded to the first block of Greene Street for a disturbance. The caller reported that a male subject had attempted to assault their vehicle. Officers arrived in the area and observed that trash had been scattered in the roadway. Police located the suspect near a business in the 200 block of Greene Street and identified him as Michael Wallace. Officers observed that Wallace was intoxicated, yelling at himself, and consuming an alcoholic beverage. Wallace discarded the beverage on the sidewalk and walked away. Wallace was…
