On Friday, December 6, 2024, the Cumberland Police Department served a criminal summons on Ashley Baldwin.  The summons was issued as the result of a private citizen filing for charges against Baldwin at the District Court of Allegany County.  Baldwin signed for her copy of the summons and she was released pending trial. ARRESTED:  Ashley Marie Baldwin         AGE:  36          Cumberland, MD CHARGES:  Assault-2nd Degree CRIMINAL SUMMONS SERVED On Friday, December 6, 2024, the Cumberland Police Department served a criminal summons on Nathan Shell.  The summons was issued as the result of an incident that occurred on November 20, 2024 when police took a theft report…

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office on Friday argued a challenge, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to declare unlawful the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recently-released new rule on existing coal-, and new natural gas-powered plants. That rule would force power plants fueled by coal or natural gas to capture smokestack emissions using currently unworkable technologies or shut down. It would regulate those plants under the Clean Air Act by imposing more stringent emissions standards. The rule ignored 2022’s rebuke from the U.S. Supreme Court in West Virginia v. EPA, which warned that EPA…

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Western Maryland’s Annapolis delegation is stepping lightly into the coming General Assembly session. At the annual legislative breakfast sponsored by the Allegany County Chamber of Commerce, the focus was the state’s budget deficit and how it will affect the state’s three westernmost counties.  House Minority Leader Jason Buckel pointed out a major shortfall for Allegany County…     “Six jurisdictions in the State of Maryland had negative Gross Domestic Product growth last year – the last balance year. Six out of 24. Does anyone want to guess which one of them was? There were two counties west of the Eastern…

On Friday, December 6, 2024, the Cumberland Police Department served a bench warrant on Jordan Arnold.  The warrant was issued as the result of Arnold failing to appear in court.  He was originally charged with a hit and run traffic violation.  He was arrested and transported to Central Booking.  He was later seen by a District Court Commissioner and released on his personal recognizance. ARRESTED:  Jordan Keith Arnold          AGE:  36           Cumberland, MD

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 Gov. Jim Justice has issued a proclamation ordering that all United States and West Virginia flags on all State-owned facilities be displayed at half-staff from dawn to dusk on Saturday, December 7, 2024, to honor the servicemen and servicewomen who died and were wounded as a result of the attack on U.S. military forces in Hawaii. "Today, we take a moment to remember the brave men and women who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor,” Gov. Justice said. “Their courage, even in the face of an unexpected attack, shows us what true sacrifice looks like. As we lower our flags to…

Robert Farrell, School Board President for Allegany County Public Schools passsed away Wednesday morning.  Farrell was elected to the Allegany County Board of Education in November of 2017.  He retired from the MD State Police and then taught at the Career Center in the Criminal Justice program for a number of years before filling the role of Security Supervisor at the Board of Education Central Office. Visitation will be December 13th, from 4-7p.m. at the Scarpelli Funeral Home in Cresaptown. A Funeral Mass will be at St. Pat’s on December 14th at 11a.m. 

Saturday Morning Quarterback will air at 9am Saturday just before WCBC’s coverage of the Fort Hill-Northern State 1A Title football game beginning at 11am from Annapolis. Rock Cioni, Garrett Eagan, and Mike Connelly will provide full coverage. Immediately following the football contest, WCBC will covert the Allegany College of Maryland Trojans hosting Baltimore City Community College with Tony Orndoff and Brad Reed.

Governor Wes Moore today announced the transition of the governor’s chief legislative officer from Eric Luedtke to Jeremy Baker following Luedtke’s appointment as senior policy advisor. Baker, who currently serves as chief of staff to Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, will assume the role on Wednesday, Dec. 11. “I want to extend my deepest gratitude to Eric Luedtke in recognition of his unwavering passion for serving the people of Maryland,” said Gov. Moore. “I look forward to Eric’s continued contribution to our team in his new role as senior policy advisor as we welcome Jeremy Baker to…