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Area residents were buying up tickets this week for a chance to win a Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $535 million, with cash option of about $338.8 million.

Freddie's sandwich shop at 520 Park Lane in Hagerstown is closed temporarily while workers complete some minor interior updates, according to business owner Tom Domer.

An investigation into the death of a Smithsburg man whose body was found inside a charred tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 earlier this month could take several more weeks to wrap up.

Portions of Pleasant Valley Road will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday and Tuesday for pipe installation, according to a Washington County news release.

Downtown Summer Slide Festival, Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Baltimore, South Prospect and Walnut streets, Hagerstown.

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A jury found two men charged in connection with the fatal 2016 shooting of Ryan Mumaw guilty of first degree murder and conspiracy Friday morning in Jefferson County Circuit Court.

President Donald Trump passed through Hagerstown Regional Airport around noon today on his way to Camp David.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A statue of the of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that upheld slavery and denied citizenship to African-Americans was removed from the grounds of the Maryland State House early…

FUNKSTOWN — People were injured during at least three fireworks shows in the last 13 years put on by a company Funkstown has hired for a Labor Day weekend show.

Antietam Battlefield Guide Matt Borders will present a talk, "From Dred Scott to Secession," on Wednesday at the Rohrbach Inn at 138 W. Main St. in Sharpsburg.