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Peggy Joyce Butts Baker, 81, of Boonsboro, Md., passed from this life on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, at her home.

A helicopter flew over the Potomac River in Washington County on Thursday, spraying a bacterial insecticide in an effort to treat the water for rampant black-fly populations in the area.

Re-enacting the American Civil War has been popular for decades, drawing big crowds and enthusiastic participants representing both the Union and Confederate armies.

Their trial was scheduled to begin Monday and last more than two weeks, but two of three people charged with making unlicensed predatory consumer loans instead entered plea agreements Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court, while the third had her…

Morgan-Keller Construction and Morgan-Keller Specialty Contracts picked up half of the first-place awards Thursday night during an annual event in Hagerstown to honor quality construction projects in the Tri-State area.

WASHINGTON — The fight to put Harriet Tubman on the face of the $20 bill by 2020 has been revived with the introduction of bipartisan legislation in the House co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings.

A registered sex offender was being held without bond Thursday after Hagerstown police charged him with sexually assaulting a woman in her apartment Wednesday night, according to charging documents filed in Washington County Circuit Court.

Efforts to create a new financing tool for development in older city centers have gained a little momentum in the Maryland General Assembly over the past three years — but what they haven't gained is passage.

The Maryland State Highway Administration said a project to resurface a portion of Md. 68 in Washington County will begin at the end of the month.

Work has started to bring a new anchor tenant to Long Meadow Shopping Center in Hagerstown's North End. An interior demolition permit was issued in August for 1535-1539 Potomac Ave., where Family Farm and Home is considering a new location,…