The Elijah Cummings Youth Program is a unique youth leadership experience that focuses on building bridges between Black and Jewish communities.  Started by the late Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings in 1998, the program this year celebrates its 25th anniversary.  Governor Wes Moore spoke about the work of Cummings in the community and with the program… As part of the celebration, the Moore administration reinforced its commitment to keeping faith communities safe from hate crime throughout the state through grants to organizations for security and other programs…  

Another Maryland Congressional seat is now open with the announcement that Representative John Sarbanes, a Democrat from the state’s 3rd district will not seek a tenth term.  Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen released statements praising Sarbanes’ work while in the House of Representatives and fellow Congressman David Trone commended Sarbanes’ work in public service.  Sarbanes’ father, Paul Sarbanes also served as a Maryland representative in the US Congress and Senate for over 30 years.  

A late night tractor trailer rollover accident still in the clean up stages along Eastbound Interstate 68 at mile marker 41 Traffic remains closed Eastbound and being detoured on the exit 40, Vokie Road.

Law Enforcement continue to piece together the events leading to the fatal shooting of a 17 year old male and injuring three others in Cumberland Saturday. A number of individuals from out of town were detained for questioning immediately after the tragic event. A suspect remains in custody as charges are pending.  Detectives with the Allegany County Combined Criminal Investigation Unit canvas the area taking statements and gathering video footage as they piece together a timeline leading to the shooting. Sources tell WCBC news a party Friday night permitting underage drinking at a local bar spilled into the streets of…

On Saturday, October 28, 2023 at approximately 9:37 AM, officers of the Cumberland Police Department and the Cumberland Fire Department responded to a residence in the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue for a possible stab wound victim.  Officers arrived and observed the victim sitting on the floor with a stab wound.  Officers rendered aid to the victim until the Cumberland Fire Department arrived and took over care.  The victim reported that the suspect that stabbed him was at a residence in the 400 block of Race Street.  The victim stated that the suspect had also assaulted another person at the…

On Saturday, October 28, 2023, the Cumberland Police Department served a Circuit Court body attachment on Abree Braithwaite.  The body attachment was child support-related.  Braitwaite was arrested and transported to the Central Booking.  She was later seen by a District Court Commissioner and released on her personal recognizance. ARRESTED: Abree Danicka-Nickol Braithwaite   AGE:  30   Cumberland, MD

Gov. Justice, the West Virginia Department of Tourism, and the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (WVDACH) invite all West Virginia students in grades K-12 to participate in the 2024 Almost Heaven Governor’s Art Exhibition. Entries are currently being accepted, and the deadline for submissions is Dec. 13, 2023 (hand-delivered or postmarked no later than Dec. 6). Only one entry may be submitted per student. Download submission form here Designed to showcase student creativity and the arts, this year’s exhibition is a call for one-of-a-kind postcard designs illustrating star gazing at your favorite West Virginia park or public…

 Frostburg State Men's Cross Country team competed in the Go Fast River Run on Saturday morning, placing sixth.     Freshman Jaxon Jones finished with the fastest time for Frostburg, knotting a 28:56.2 time for a team-high 24th finish.  Freshman Isayah Stewart was next in line for the Bobcats, crossing the finish line in 38th place with a 30:37.5 time.     Freshman Nathan Hillhouse (31:02.9) and junior Logan Folmer (31:10.2 placed back-to-back taking 44th and 45th place, while junior Eric Hutchison clocked a 31:43.3 time for 49th place and sophomore Justin Dowell ran a 32:27.2 for a 57th place finish.     FSU will look…

Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 17 Attorneys General in support of the Biden administration’s defense of its revised “public charge” regulations, which determine who can obtain or keep legal immigration status. The revised regulations reject changes undertaken by the previous administration, which caused hardworking immigrants and their families to avoid or refuse critical health, nutrition, and housing programs for which they qualified. In today’s amicus brief, the coalition emphasized the importance of the Biden administration’s new rule, which supports their states’ efforts to protect the health and well-being of immigrant families and all the…