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On Friday, November 21, 2025 at approximately 3:20 PM, officers of the Cumberland Police Department responded to the 600 block of Columbia Avenue for a subject shouting for help.  Police contacted the alleged victim who reported that she had been assaulted by Andrew Riggs.  Officers observed that the victim had sustained injuries. After further investigation, Riggs was placed under arrest and transported to police headquarters.  He was later seen by a District Court Commissioner and remanded to the Allegany County Detention Center without bond.   ARRESTED:  Andrew Joseph Riggs       AGE:  28     Cumberland, MD CHARGES:  Assault-2nd Degree  

The City of Cumberland would like to notify the public and Frederick Street Parking Garage Passholders of construction at the entrance of the Frederick Street Parking Garage on Monday, November 24th. 

Emergency services are on the scene of a multi-vehicle accident in LaVale at the Route 40 exit of Interstate 68. Police and fire crews responded just after 2:30pm. Use caution and avoid the area if possible.

Recently announced was the retirement of local attorney Jack McMullen from the Geppert, McMullen, Paye, and Getty law firm. McMullen had two successful careers in the county – as a lawyer and previously as newspaper publisher for many years at the Cumberland Times-News. Fellow attorney Matt Gilmore said McMullen’s transition from newspaper to attorney has been amazing…    “I think Jack McMullen personifies everything an attorney and a counselor should be. Always very well prepared, always very thoughtful, intelligent, humble – as honest as the day is long.”

The second River Park at Canal Place public update forum is scheduled for Tuesday at 6pm at the Allegany Museum.  Progress updates will be presented as well as an updated construction timeline.  Kim Folk from Canal Place says multiple speakers covering different aspects will be involved…     “We will have a Q&A session that people in the audience can ask questions of the folks that are there, because GD&F is not somebody that the community could normally get ahold of or talk to.  Bobby Smith from the City will be there to provide technical information about steps moving forward. …

After a delay prompted by the shutdown of the federal government, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is out today with the September employment snapshot. ABC s Jim Ryan says the report showed a fairly strong month of hiring…     “119,000 new jobs were added to the economy, but unemployment crept up to 4-point-4 percent. It may be little comfort to the 1-point-9 million people collecting unemployment, but the September figure may nudge the Federal Reserve to cut a key interest rate at next month s meeting.”

On Thursday, November 20th, 2025, the Cumberland Police Department served a Circuit Court bench warrant on Casey Abraham Stokes. The warrant was issued as a result of Stokes failing to appear in Allegany County Circuit Court on an original charge of CDS Possession-Not Cannabis. Stokes was arrested and transported to the Allegany County Detention Center, where he is currently being held without bond pending his appearance before the court ARRESTED- Casey Abraham Stokes, Age 39, Cumberland, MD CHARGES- Bench Warrant- Failure to Appear

A sneak p​eak of the North Pole from the Western Maryland Scenic Railroads Polar Express train beginning departures today from Cumberland, Maryland.

A former Allegany County Public Schools teacher entered an Alford plea on charges relating to sexual abuse of a minor. Derek Shank former band director at Mountain Ridge High School, appeared before Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Getty, entering the plea in which a defendant pleads guilty to a charge but maintains innocence. The felony charge against Shank was dropped and he will not be required to register as a sex offender. Shank was sentence to two six-month terms of incarceration to be served consecutively, both of which were suspended. Judge Getty placed Shank on three years probation that included special…