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Mary Elizabeth Roach, 85, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home and…

Douglas “Dale” Shives, age 75, of Needmore, Pa., passed away on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, at his home. Born Feb. 3, 1942, in Hancock, Md., he is the son of the late Melvin J., Sr. and Rosella (Dittmar) Shives. Dale…

Harriet Regina “Jean” Whisner Haines, 90, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. She was the wife of the late Robert H. Haines for 62 years. Born Dec. 16, 1926, in Frederick, Md., she was the daughter…

LeRoy Vernon Ruby, 87, formerly of Clear Spring, Md., passed away on SaturdaySept. 2, 2017, at Mayfair Manor in Lexington, Ky. Born June 26, 1930, in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of the late Elizabeth M. Ruby Sowder. Lee…

A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for north central Washington County in north central Maryland, central Frederick County in northwestern Virginia, eastern Morgan and Berkeley counties in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle and southeastern Hampshire counties in eastern West Virginia…

WILLIAMSPORT — The Washington County Sheriff's Office said it is still investigating a shooting and a stabbing that occurred early Sunday at the Waffle House restaurant in Williamsport.

BOONSBORO, Md. — There was a chill in the air when buses from Washington County Public Schools started making their rounds Tuesday for the first day of school. It was the first time schools have started after Labor Day since…

BOONSBORO, Md. — There was a chill in the air when buses from Washington County Public Schools started making their rounds Tuesday for the first day of school.

WASHINGTON — Hagerstown Regional Airport will get a $260,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for runway repairs and improvements.

A Hagerstown man charged last year with assaulting a woman in a restaurant women's room was sentenced Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court to three years in prison after entering an Alford plea to second-degree assault.