MD. D.N.R. POLICE ISSUE CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS DURING BEAR HUNT
Maryland Natural Resources Police have issued a number of citations for illegally hunting black bears. The state’s black bear hunting season ran from October 20th through the 25th in Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties and over that time, officers cited people for hunting without a license, illegally targeting bears over bait, and hunting with…
CUMBERLAND MAN ARRESTED ON BENCH WARRANTS, DRUG CHARGES
Cumberland resident Kendall Shane Lowers was served two bench warrants for failure to appear and was found to be in possession of suspected methamphetamine. He was found in the elevator area of the George Street parking garage, and initially gave police a false name, because of the failure to appear bench warrants on counts of…
MAN ACCUSED OF HIT-AND-RUN DIES BEFORE PRELIMINARY HEARING
Morgantown resident Stephen Anthony Lemro, who was accused in a hit-and-run accident, died a day before he was to appear for a preliminary hearing. Lemro is accused in a fatal hit-and-run in Fairchance, Pennsylvania last August. He allegedly struck and killed Paula Silvis, as she was crossing the street. He fled the scene, but was…
THREE KILLED, FIVE INJURED IN MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH
Three people were killed, and five were injured, in a multi-vehicle crash on State Route 40, just past the Somerset County line Monday evening. The crash occurred when a tractor-trailer crossed into oncoming traffic, hitting a pickup truck head-on. The pickup then hit a van, head-on. One person in each of the vehicles was killed.…
TIMBROOK ACQUIRES 20TH DEALERSHIP
Brookville Chevrolet in Brookville, Pennsylvania marks the20th dealership acquired by Fred Timbrook, Jr., who had set a goal in 2001, to own 20 vehicle dealerships. Timbrook now sells 12 makes of vehicles at 18 auto dealerships and two motorcycle stores, with a total of 600 employees. The dealerships include five locations in Cumberland, two in…
NTSB TO HOLD HEARING ON KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE
Federal investigators will meet next week to determine the probable cause of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. The National Transportation Safety Board says the cargo ship Dali lost power and slammed into the bridge in March 2024, killing six construction workers. The board will vote on its findings and safety recommendations during…
CONGRESSMAN APPLAUDS U.S.D.A., MD. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE FOR FUNDING PURCHASES FOR FOOD BANKS
Congressman Andy Harris applauded the Maryland Department of Agriculture for awarding one-point-nine-million-dollars to food banks across the state so they can buy wild-caught Chesapeake blue catfish filets. The program, funded through the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, will provide 283-thousand pounds of catfish for statewide distribution. The First District Republican says food banks are now supplied…
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISSING MINER
The search for a missing miner from the Alpha Metallurgical Rolling Thunder Mine is continuing around the clock. Governor Patrick Morrisey says the worker went missing when the mine flooded on Saturday afternoon. Nearly two-point-seven million gallons of water remain in the mine before rescuers can safely enter the flooded areas. Alpha Metallurgical is drilling…
JUDGE RULES ON GUARD DEPLOYMENT
A Kanawha County circuit judge has ruled against a lawsuit challenging the governor’s authority to deploy the West Virginia National Guard to Washington, DC. Judge Richard Lindsay denied a preliminary injunction and dismissed the case yesterday afternoon. Governor Patrick Morrisey deployed between three-hundred and four-hundred members of the National Guard in August following a federal…
DATE SET FOR NEW TERMINAL OPENING AT PITTSBURGH INT’L. AIRPORT
An opening date is now set for the new terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport. The facilityis opening a week from yesterday, Tuesday, November 18th. The one-point-seven-billion-dollar construction project took a decade to plan and four years to complete. Over two-thousand people have participated in two large-scale dress rehearsals at the new terminal.
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