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Barry S. Noland, 41, of Charles Town, W.Va., died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Martinsburg, W.Va. Memorial services and burial will be private. Arrangements are by Melvin T. Strider Colonial Funeral Home, Charles Town.|w

Sharon Eileen Hawker, 69, of Orrstown, Pa., died Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, at her home. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at J.L. Davis Funeral Home, Smithsburg.|w

A former Hagerstown man indicted for a 2016 murder in Texas waived extradition to that state during an appearance Tuesday in Washington County District Court.

The Hagerstown City Council on Tuesday agreed to move forward with entering into memorandums of agreement with the Maryland Historical Trust and the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development.

The case of a Williamsport Town Council member accused of head-butting his son-in-law in July could be headed for dismissal after the state and defense entered a joint request for a postponement Wednesday in Washington County District Court to allow…

A Hagerstown bar has been ordered to pay a $500 fine after police responded to a fight at the business while it was on probation.

KEEDYSVILLE — A town council member asked county officials Tuesday night when they plan to remove debris that has been washed up against a stone bridge near Keedysville for years.

The case of a Hanover, Md., woman accused of smuggling 99 strips of the drug buprenorphine into Maryland Correctional Institution-Hagerstown last year was forwarded to Washington County Circuit Court following a preliminary hearing Wednesday in district court.

Thursday, Sept. 14

SHARPSBURG — When Gary Rohrer got the call on Feb. 11, 2012, that a gentleman from Calgary in Alberta, Canada, wanted a tour of Antietam National Battlefield, he jumped at the opportunity.