Maryland crime victims’ advocates are applauding the decision by a Baltimore judge to allow the release of a report outlining 80 years of recorded child sexual abuse within the religious organizations in Archdiocese of Baltimore. On February 24, Judge Robert Taylor, Jr., Associate Judge for the Circuit Court for Baltimore[Read More…]
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Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of February 20-26: February 20 Traffic enforcement, Hancock area, three stops. Service to advise, 200 block East Main Street. Subject advised. Alarm, 100 block Rayloc Drive. Checked okay. Assisted EMS, first block West Main Street. 911 hang-up, 100 block[Read More…]
HCC Athletic Hall of Fame nominations being accepted
Applications are now being accepted for the Hagerstown Community College 2023 Athletic Hall of Fame. Nomination forms are due by May 1. Nominees will be considered upon five years of completion of their final semester or graduation year at HCC. They will remain on the ballot for three years after[Read More…]
Police arrest sex offender with multiple dating profiles
A Berkeley Springs man convicted of second-degree rape in 1997 in Washington County was arrested on February 25 for failure to register as a sex offender. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Trooper B.A. Meyers with the West Virginia State Police, information was received[Read More…]
League bowling scores for the week
Bowling scores for the Tri-State Mixed on February 6: High scratch game: Get-R-Done 583, Mike’ s Scrap Metal 527 and The Concords 521. High scratch series: Get-R-Done 1,563, Mike’ s Scrap metal 1,503 and The Concords 1,379. High scratch game men: Pete Coe 244, Jeremy Breeden 213 and John Duvall[Read More…]
Berkeley Springs official offers help to Hancock in supporting train extensions to local stop
by Geoff Fox Susan Webster from the Town of Bath, W.Va. spoke with Hancock officials last month to renew her support for a train extension effort after seeing an article on the topic in The Hancock News. Webster told town officials she knew Maryland legislators passed statutes encouraging the study[Read More…]
Panthers’ indoor track and field team members medal at state championships
by Lisa Schauer The Hancock Panthers’ indoor track and field team returned from the Maryland state championships at Prince George’s Sports Complex on February 20 with a gold and a bronze medal in two individual events. Senior Josie Foltz won gold in shot put with a personal best of 33[Read More…]
Mercersburg woman arrested on multiple charges
A Mercersburg woman was arrested in December in Needmore after a traffic stop but charges weren’t filed until February. According to Pennsylvania State Police, Rhiannon Reese, 38, Mercersburg, was stopped in Needmore in the area of Great Cove Road and Pigeon Cove Road for several traffic violations. Police said Reese[Read More…]
Dusting over area primarily pollen, says enviro agency
A pale dust that filled the air in some parts of the Eastern Panhandle and settled onto cars and other surfaces on Thursday, February 23, was primarily pollen mixed with “trace mineral matter,” said the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on Monday. The regional emergency response social media[Read More…]
Town lobbyist alerts council to cannabis reform bill, questions impact on town partnership with Trulieve
by Geoff Fox & Kate Shunney A cannabis reform bill in committee in both the Maryland House and Senate has town officials wondering what effect it could have on the Town of Hancock and its partnership with Trulieve moving forward. Trulieve, formerly Harvest, is a grower and processor of medical cannabis[Read More…]
