PUMP PRICES
Prices at the pump are up about four cents from a week ago as Americans begin traveling for Memorial Day Weekend. Overall, prices are down a dollar from a year ago.
NOAA PREDICTS NEAR-NORMAL’23 HURRICANE SEASON
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a “near-normal” 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. The official government forecast calls for 12 to 17 named storms, with five to nine hurricanes and one to four major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher. Hurricane season runs from June 1st to November 30th.
SAFE HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRAVEL
If your Memorial Day weekend includes travel plans, you’ll have plenty of company. Around 853-thousand Marylanders are expected to travel 50 miles or more for the holiday. Law enforcement agencies will have extra patrols on the roads watching for speeding, impaired, aggressive and distracted drivers. MDTA Police Colonel Kevin Anderson said DUI accidents are too common…
UKRANIAN PRESIDENT DELIVERS SURPRISE GRADUATION SPEECH
Those attending the graduation ceremony at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore are still buzzing about a surprise speaker. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky [[ VLO-doe-meer ze-LEN-skee ]] addressed the class of 2023 Thursday morning via livestream. A focal point of Zelensky’s speech was “time,” saying it is “our most precious resource.” He urged the graduates to…
BAY BRIDGE GETS FIRST REAL TEST THIS WEEKEND
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland is in for its first big test this Memorial Day weekend. A new automated system for managing lanes will be fully up and running since going live in December. It features signs, lights, lane markings and 22 swinging gates. Officials gathered there yesterday to remind drivers to be patient…
MARYLAND JOBLESS CLAIMS DROP
The number of Marylanders seeking unemployment benefits continues to drop. The U.S. Labor Department says about 17-hundred first-time jobless claims came in last week. That’s about 250 fewer than the previous week. Nationally, new claims rose by four-thousand, but analysts had been expecting a much higher number.
KOHBERGER’S PARENTS CALLED BEFORE GRAND JURY IN SEPARATE CASE
Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger’s parents were questioned about the death of a woman who was missing from Pennsylvania. In May of 2022, 45-year-old Dana Smithers went missing after leaving a friend’s house. Nearly a year later, her remains were found in Stroudsburg, a community about 30 minutes from Bryan Kohberger’s home. His parents, were…
WASHINGTON COUNTY BENCH WARRANT ISSUED FOR CUMBERLAND WOMAN
Fifty-year-old Cumberland resident Michelle Miner was served a Washington County District Court bench warrant earlier this week. The warrant was issued as the result of Miner failing to comply with an order of the court. She was originally charged with possession of CDS with intent to distribute, possession of paraphernalia, maintaining a common nuisance and…
KEY DATES FOR END OF GARRETT COUNTY SCHOOL YEAR
There are some key dates on the Garrett County school calendar before Tuesday, June 13th-the last day of school for students. On Wednesday of next week, it will be the last day of school for seniors, with Graduation Day on Saturday, June 3rd. Northern will graduate at 10 a.m. and Southern at 2 p.m. Ceremonies…
MARYLAND AMONG STATES SUING OVER ILLEGAL ROBOCALLS
Maryland’s Attorney General has joined 48 counterparts in a lawsuit against a telecom company that was allegedly involved in illegal robocall schemes. Anthony Brown and the other AGs claim that between 2018 and 2023 Avid Telecom sent or attempted to transmit more than 24-billion calls nationwide, with more than 7-point-5-billion going to numbers of the…
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