Washington County’s Office of Emergency Management is encouraging all residents to sign up for the newly launched Everbridge Citizen Alert Program, a free service designed to provide timely, critical information during emergencies. This program will send real-time alerts about infrastructure outages, severe weather events such as tornadoes, major traffic incidents,[Read More…]
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Panther boys close season with tough losses
Maryland School for the Deaf came out onto the court firing off shots on Monday, February 24 and didn’t quit, topping the Hancock Panthers 77-47. The MSF Orioles put 21 points on the board in the first quarter, another 21 in the second quarter and then lit up the board[Read More…]
Hagerstown Regional Airport announces spring-fall flight schedules
Hagerstown Regional Airport (HGR) announces Allegiant’ s Spring-Fall 2025 flight schedule. St. Pete–Clearwater, Fla. (PIE): Flights currently operate on Sundays and Thursdays. Beginning May 27, a new Tuesday service will be introduced, running through August 12. There will be a brief pause in service throughout September. Flights will return on[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of February 10-23: February 10 Service to advise, 100 block West High Street. Subject advised. Theft reported, 200 block West Main Street. Theft of tag, report to follow. Service to advise, 100 block West High Street. Subject advised. Traffic[Read More…]
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Correlator to help check town water flow, find leaks
by Geoff Fox The Town of Hancock Water Department has a new tool to check how water is flowing in the pipes under the streets. Mayor Roland Lanehart said the crews can put a correlator at one end of a street and another end and it would check the water[Read More…]
Maryland Car Rally Task Force dismantles illegal car rallies
A joint investigation between partner law enforcement agencies and the Maryland Car Rally Task Force yielded five arrests in connection with car rallies in Baltimore City and Baltimore and Prince George’s counties yesterday. Those arrested and charged are identified as: —Joseph Derek Houck, 20, of Hagerstown, Md. is charged with[Read More…]
Maryland workplace fraud report finds 5,500 workers not receiving labor protections
Maryland’s Joint Enforcement Task Force on Workplace Fraud (JETF) has released a new annual report, revealing the magnitude of worker misclassification in Maryland. Misclassified workers lose out on critical workplace protections, including access to unemployment benefits, workers’ compensation, health insurance coverage, minimum wage, and overtime pay, and workplace fraud also[Read More…]
Pa. State Police handle I-70 accidents
by Geoff Fox Two accidents along Interstate 70 in Fulton County earlier this month kept Pennsylvania State Police busy. The first accident occurred in the very early morning hours of Wednesday, February 12 in the Warfordsburg area along eastbound I-70. According to police, around 12:43 a.m., a 2022 Chevrolet Express[Read More…]
Town gets clean financial audit
by Geoff Fox Hancock town officials received good news during the February town meeting on Tuesday, February 18, after the annual audit of the town’ s books came back with a clean opinion and their finances were correct. Cheryl Dodson of Albright, Crumbacker, Moul, & Itell, LLC presented the report[Read More…]