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Rotary Club of Hagerstown Foundation awards local grants
Twenty-five Washington County charitable organizations were awarded a total of $62,800 in grants June 19 at a celebratory lunch held at the Morris Frock American Legion Post 42,405 Northern Ave., Hagerstown. Fundraising events held by the Rotary Club of Hagerstown, donations to the foundation in memory of deceased rotarians and...
PHOTOS: Tractor-trailer hauling liquid asphalt overturns on I-81 in Washington County
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Roads on I-81 in Washington County reopened Saturday after an overturned tractor-trailer caused a massive liquid asphalt spill on Friday afternoon. At around rush hour on Friday, a tractor-trailer hauling liquid asphalt overturned in the northbound lanes of I-81. The incident, according to the Washington County Division of […]
Last defendant sentenced from 2022 prison-yard fight with Maryland correctional officers
The last co-defendant in a 2022 prison-yard fight at Roxbury Correctional Institution south of Hagerstown was sentenced Monday to nine months after pleading guilty to second-degree assault against a Maryland Division of Corrections officer. Christopher Firor, 41, told Washington County Circuit Court Judge Dana Moylan Wright that he jumped on a correctional officer...
Tractor-trailer hauling liquid asphalt overturns on Interstate 81
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — A portion of a Maryland interstate was closed Friday after a tractor-trailer hauling liquid asphalt overturned. According to the Washington County Division of Emergency Services, the northbound lanes of Interstate 81 are closed. "The incident has caused significant disruptions, and the closure is expected to last...
Silver Spring, Md., contractor dies after what appears to be electrocution in Williamsport
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) is investigating an incident Wednesday in Williamsport in which a contractor from Silver Spring, Md., died after he was apparently electrocuted, authorities said. Sgt. Carly Hose, spokesperson for the Washington County Sheriff's Office, confirmed on Friday that the 47-year-old man working for a contractor's company died at...
Heat Advisory Today 12pm-8pm
The advisory covers Southern PA, Berkeley Springs, WV, Washington County, MD – conditions may cause heat-related illnesses. Drink plenty of water and use air conditioning or go to air conditioned spaces. Franklin County’s Chambersburg, Greencastle and Tuscarora senior activity centers will be open for extended hours (8 a.m. to...
Here's who is excelling for Boonsboro, Funkstown legion baseball teams
With about one month completed in the American Legion baseball season, let's take a brief look at which players are lighting it up at the plate and/or on the mound for Washington County's two 19U teams, Boonsboro Post 10 and Funkstown Post 211, so far. Boonsboro Post 10 The Patriots, who are the defending...
Frederick, Md., man found guilty in murder of Hagerstown man after accomplice testifies
A Washington County jury recently found a Frederick, Md., man guilty in the St. Patrick's Day 2022 shooting death of Hagerstown resident Jermaine Reed II in Hagerstown's West End. The weeklong trial included testimony on Thursday, June 27, from a co-defendant in the case who supplied Hagerstown Police with information that Kyeron, or Kye'ron, Zaimere Cottingham, also referred to as "Kruddy," was the second shooter in the car both men were in during the daylight shooting. ...
Walkersville Man Convicted For A Hagerstown Murder
The homicide occurred on Hagerstown’s West End. Hagerstown, Md (KM) A Walkersville man was convicted recently in Washington County for killing a man in Hagerstown on Saint Patrick’s Day in 2022. Kyeron Zamierer Cottingham, 27, was found guilty by a jury on June 28th, of 1st-degree murder and 17 other offenses for the shooting death of Jermaine Reed. This verdict followed a one-week trial.
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