The Allegany County Commissioners authorized the continuation of the Emergency Assistance Program 2024 Grant. ERAP-2 provides direct financial assistance in housing stability services to renters struggling to make rent and utility payments. The Maryland Department of Housing allocated funding to the county through the HRDC and Department of Social Services, according to Community Development representative David Nedved…  

As part of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, $12.1 million dollars in federal funding will go toward expanding electronic vehicle charging sites across Maryland. The program will fund up to 80% of the cost of 130 fast-charging ports at 23 sites across 15 counties, including a site at the Pilot Travel Center in Grantsville off Interstate 68. Participants will have one year to build the new EV charging ports for sites to open by fall 2025.

Monday morning, Governor Jim Justice made a special address to the people of West Virginia, speaking on the weekend’s assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.  Justice said he was thankful his friend Trump was not injured more than he was and made a plea for negative actions and reaction throughout the country to cease.  Justice said he would be attending the Republican national convention in Milwaukee with no feeling of fear and West Virginians should also not be afraid…  

With Allegany County government and Emergency Medical Services at an impasse over budget issues, other leaders in the county are voicing their opinions.  Both Cumberland Mayor Ray Morriss and District 1 Senator Mike McKay were asked what they thought about the situation.  Mayor Morriss said he believes the cost issue of EMS for the county has been building for some time…   Senator McKay agrees with Morriss but also thinks it may be time to think about revisiting a combining of city and county EMS because state mandates are driving them in that direction…  

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING Heat index values up to 104 expected in the valleys in Maryland, Central and Eastern Allegany County. In Virginia, Augusta, Rockingham and Eastern Highland Counties. In West Virginia, Hampshire, Hardy, Eastern Grant, Eastern Mineral and Eastern Pendleton Counties from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM EDT this evening. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses to occur. Very warm and humid conditions will persist into the overnight hours, adding heat stress to those without air conditioning. Ensure to stay hydrated and find ways to stay cool. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS…

On Monday, July 15, 2024 at approximately 1:30 PM, officers of the Cumberland Police Department responded to a residence in the 1500 block of E. Oldtown Rd. for an assault.  Police arrived and contacted the parties involved.  An alleged victim reported that Tammy Johnson had assaulted him.  The victim had sustained injuries.  Johnson was arrested and transported to Central Booking.  She was later seen by a District Court Commissioner and released on her personal recognizance.   ARRESTED:  Tammy Mia Johnson         AGE:  43         Cumberland, MD CHARGES:  Assault-2nd Degree

On Monday, July 15, 2024, the Cumberland Police Department served a bench warrant on Richard Lambert Sr.  The warrant was issued as the result of Lambert violating probation.  He was originally charged with 2 counts of Indecent Exposure. Lambert was arrested and transported to Central Booking.  He was later seen by a District Court Commissioner and remanded to the Allegany County Detention Center without bond. ARRESTED:  Richard Leo Lambert Sr.       AGE:  73         Cumberland, MD  

A structure fire that occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning is under investigation by the Maryland State Fire Marshal.  Passersby noticed fire coming from an exterior wall of a home on McMullen Highway and called 911. The citizen attempted entry into the structure to check for occupants but was driven back by smoke.  The Bowling Green Fire Department arrived on-scene and rescued a sleeping occupant who was taken to UPMC with non-life threatening injuries.

Friday, July 5, 2024 Britton Thomas Garlitz, 27 of Cumberland, was served three (3) Circuit Court warrants for Violation of Probation. • Warrant #1: original conviction for Burglary-4th Degree-Dwelling where he was sentenced to a 3-year jail term with all but 2-days suspended and 3 years supervised probation. • Warrant #2: original conviction for Assault-2nd Degree where he was sentenced to 3-year jail term with all but 17-days suspended and 3-years supervised probation. • Warrant #3: guilty plea entered for Assault-2nd Degree where he is awaiting sentencing. He is being held at the Allegany County Detention Center in a Hold…

From ABC News:  Former President Donald Trump has picked Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate, placing a young, ideological ally alongside him on the Republican 2024 ticket. Trump announced Vance would be his running mate on Monday, writing on Truth Social that the Ohio Republican is "the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States." The decision caps off months of speculation and sees Trump elevate a 39-year-old first-term senator whose roughly year and a half tenure in the Senate has seen him emerge as a staunch ideological ally of the former…