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Wilma A. Symons, 93, of Lonaconing, Md., passed away peacefully into eternal life surrounded by family on Sept. 14, 2017. She was born on July 20, 1924 in Lonaconing. She was the daughter of the late James and Jean (Mitchell)…

Pauline V. Burker, 85, of Boonsboro, died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown. The family will receive friends Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bast-Stauffer Funeral Home, 7606 Old National Pike, Boonsboro . The service will…

Beatrice Joy Judd, 86, of Charles Town, W.Va., passed away Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born June 27, 1931, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Jacob Riley and Eleanora (Mullenix)…

Robert R. “Rob” Pryor Jr., 65, a resident of Greenfield Senior Living and formerly of Waynesboro, Pa., and Hagerstown, Md., died Thursday evening, Sept. 14, 2017, at the nursing home. Born May 11, 1952, in Waynesboro, he was the son…

Motorists in Washington County be warned, starting Oct. 1, the sheriff's department will be ticketing drivers who fail to slow down or move to another lane when passing emergency workers or law enforcement oficers stopped on the side of the…

The Washington County Planning Commission will review three rezoning applications at its public rezoning meeting Monday evening.

A Funkstown man has been arrested after he allegedly stole nine 4-week-old puppies from a home on Bethlehem Court earlier this week.

Hagerstown police said they have nothing new to release about a shooting that left a man critically wounded Monday morning at a Dual Highway hotel.

Most of the Washington County Board of Education's nearly $20.5 million in capital requests next fiscal year will go toward two major projects currently in design.

Area roundup — Thursday, September 14, 2017