One person was transported by helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown following a crash on Interstate 68 Friday morning. Emergency crews responded just before 9am for a vehicle with rollover and entrapment just beyond the Clarysville Bridge. Westbound lanes of the interstate were closed for a time to allow a medivac helicopter to land at the scene. 

On Thursday, October 9th, 2025, Officers with the Cumberland Police Department responded to a residence in the 300 block of E. Offutt St. for a report of a burglary. Upon arrival, officers contacted the residents who advised they had located an unknown female sleeping in an upstairs bedroom. The residents advised they did not know why the female was there and that she did not have permission to be in the home. Officers then contacted the female suspect who claimed she had been given permission by another subject. As a result of the investigation, Jamie Elaine Pierce, 45, of Cumberland…

New Cumberland Police Chief Jim Pyles began his first day on the job before 7am Thursday morning as he attended his first rollcall with night and day shift police officers at the downtown headquarters. Pyles spoke with the Dave Norman Show in the WCBC studios shortly after that meeting and shared with listeners what he spoke about to the officers now under his purview…     “I laid out my career with them and I said after that, after today, it’s about you – the officers, it’s about your family, and it’s about the City of Cumberland. I said one…

West Virginia’s Investment Management Board is working to enact a divestment plan encouraged by state treasurer Larry Pack that would divest the state’s funds from Chinese-owned companies. The move is to ensure that investments are not in companies with interest in adversarial countries. Pack says the IMB has been working on making the divestment official for some time…    “This is an issue we have been talking about at the Investment Management Board for over a year. We’ve also done so previously at the Bureau of Treasury Investments so we’re going to do everything we can to protect the investments…

Policing within the new Baltimore Street corridor has been a challenge.  More vagrancy is being reported in the area with people having public arguments and disturbing shoppers as well as those taking advantage of outside dining. Mayor Ray Morriss tells WCBC the police department’s foot patrols in the area have increased over the past year, along with arrests, but more can be done…     “Of the last 2,000 foot patrols in the City of Cumberland, 1,800 of them were in the Baltimore Street, Centre, Liberty Street area. But we’re looking to see what we can do to increase it,…

Congresswoman April McClain Delaney announced Thursday afternoon that she has sent a request that her salary be withheld for the duration of the government shutdown. In a letter to the Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, McClain Delaney said she plans on donating her pay to nonprofits within the 6th district that are addressing food insecurity for families impacted by cuts to SNAP and other federal programs. House of Representatives members make $174,000 per year.

Local food banks will benefit from funds raised through the annual CROP Walk scheduled for Saturday on the GAP Trail. Sandy Cowan, local coordinator for CROP – which stands for Christians Relating to Other People – says funds will support May’s flood victims with help for the upcoming holidays…     “We’re even doing boxes and that for all the families up there who need it for Thanksgiving and we’re also collecting items – scarves, mittens, hats, and everything on our Love Tree for Christmas as well. So, even though we were devastated up there by the floods and everything,…

October through December marks deer-mating season, making the animals more likely to dart onto roads. Though deer strikes rarely involve serious injury, the average claim for AAA policyholders in Maryland for hitting a deer is around $6,000. Drivers should be especially attentive in early mornings and late evenings. AAA’s Jane Tidewell tells drivers to remain steady behind the wheel and never swerve. “You may not realize what’s on either side of you, whether it’s a guardrail, a concrete median, an embankment – you just never know.”