The Allegany Campers emerged as the winner in the 1A West regional with a 2-0 win over Mountain Ridge Tuesday night at Greenway Avenue Stadium.  The Campers survived late season injuries and resurgent efforts by Fort Hill and Mountain Ridge to advance.

The Frankfort Falcons have moved into the #1 seed in Class 2A in West Virginia.  The defending state champions are 9-0 this season and have won 23 consecutive games.  In 1A West in Maryland, Fort Hill currently sits as the #1 seed, followed by Allegany and Mountain Ridge.

A man is in critical condition in Pittsburgh after falling from the upper tier at PPG Paints Arena during a hockey game Monday night.  Over the weekend, a worker fell at Acrisure Stadium working near the scoreboard prior to a Steelers game.  Last April a fan fell onto the field at PNC Park at a Pirates game and was seriously injured.

Early Sunday morning, the Hagerstown fire department responded to a call on Baltimore Street in the Hub City for a high-rise fire.  An apartment on the 8th floor of the Potomac Towers was showing heavy smoke when crews arrived. Apartment residents were evacuated from the structure and crews able to control the fire in under 15 minutes. A preliminary investigation shows the fire started in the apartment’s kitchen or living room and the Maryland State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause.

On Monday, October 27th, 2025, the Cumberland Police Department arrested Richard Leonidas Page II, 68, of Cumberland MD. Page was arrested on an active Bench Warrant issued by the Allegany County District Court on October 20th, 2025. The warrant alleges Page failed to appear in District Court on that date for a previous trespassing charge. He was taken before a District Court Commissioner for an Initial Appearance where he was remanded to the Allegany County Detention Center. He is currently being held without bond. ARRESTED -  Richard Leonidas Page II, 68yo. CHARGES -  Bench Warrant-Failure to Appear.

The House of Representatives is set to reconvene today in Washington, and members are hopeful that their Senate colleagues can come to an agreement soon, ending a four-week shutdown of the government.  Congresswoman for the Sixth District, April McClain Delaney, a Democrat, is hoping that meaningful talks will happen this week…     “We’re here. I mean, we’re going to be back Tuesday but you can’t fake showing up and our GOP colleagues have effectively – are no shows. So, it is really difficult to have a dialogue when they’re not even showing up to work.”

The federal government shutdown is now on week four with both the Democrat and Republican parties pointing fingers of blame at each other.  Maryland’s Senior Democratic Senator, Chris Van Hollen, would like to see President Trump focusing on resolving the problem and finding answers…     “You would think the President of the United States could carve out just a little time to help reopen the government. To have a negotiation on reopening the federal government. Instead, he’s bringing down Republican members of the House and Senate to the White House and wining and dining them and patting them on…

WCBC 1270AM will be undergoing tower maintenance today at their site on Wills Mountain.  You can continue to listen to our programming at 103.1FM.

WCBC Radio will be conducting some tower maintenance at our transmitter site atop Wills Mountain today. For that work to be conducted safely will be lowering power on our 1270AM transmitter as we perform tower maintenance and electrical service update to one of the dog houses at the transmitter site. You will still be able to listen to your favorite programs on our FM translator at 103.1FM.  

On Monday, October 27th, 2025, Officers with the Cumberland Police Department observed a silver Mitsubishi fail to stop for a red light in the area of Queen City Drive. A traffic stop was initiated on the vehicle and contact made with the three occupants. During the course of the stop, a police K9 was utilized to conduct a free air sniff of the vehicle which alerted positively to the presence of CDS. During a subsequent search of the vehicle and its occupants, John Phillip Blank, 29, of Cumberland MD, was found to be in possession of a quantity of CDS…