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3 charged in month-old Hagerstown slaying

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:36:49 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - Police in Hagerstown say they've charged two men and a 15-year-old boy with first-degree murder and murder conspiracy in a shooting last month.

Md. woman pleads guilty in comb stabbing

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:06:06 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - A Hagerstown woman has pleaded guilty to stabbing her boyfriend in the back with a plastic rattail comb.

Group plans black Civil War veteran memorial

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:31:18 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - Soldiers in Hagerstown were among the first black men in Maryland to join the ranks of the Union during the Civil War, and were involved in the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, during the conflict.

Group plans black Civil War veteran memorial

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:40:28 -0400

Aircraft tech school opens Hagerstown expansion

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:19:04 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - An aircraft maintenance school in Hagerstown is celebrating an expansion.

Hagerstown man has car devoted to Dolly Parton

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:04:36 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - Dolly Parton once said "Sometimes you just have to toot your own horn. Otherwise, nobody will know you're a-comin'."

Lawmakers defend Md. prison guard bill of rights

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:48:17 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - Two sponsors of the Maryland Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights are defending the 2010 law against FBI criticism that it was ineffective in deterring alleged corruption at a state-run Baltimore jail.

Speed camera firm refunding $27K in Hagerstown

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:36:56 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - Police in Hagerstown say a speed camera contractor will refund more than $27,000 for about 800 speeding tickets because it failed to get its equipment inspected as often as state law requires.

Electronic home plate nearly to take the field

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:42:30 -0400

HANCOCK, Maryland - In the 1950 comedy "Kill the Umpire," Bill "Two Call" Johnson (played by William Bendix) is chased by a vengeance-seeking mob of fans after he made what they believed to be a bad call in a minor league baseball game.

Md. county considers dress code for teachers

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:22:39 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - Washington County public school officials say they're considering a dress code for teachers.

Md. man pleads guilty to stabbing teen

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:12:44 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - A man charged with stabbing a teenage girl he had been accused of molesting has pleaded guilty to two crimes.

Western Md. Humane Society plans spay clinic

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:28:41 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - The Humane Society of Washington County is planning to build a spay-and-neuter clinic as an expansion to the existing shelter.

Antietam illumination inspires documentary

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:29:11 -0400

SHARPSBURG, Maryland - A Maryland producer is hoping an online campaign will help him create a documentary about annual Antietam National Battlefield Memorial Illumination

Teen honored for volunteering at equestrian center

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:49:27 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - Horses are Stephanie Eberly's favorite animal.

Educators takes teaching Japanese to a new level

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:32:46 -0400

BOONSBORO, Maryland - Ayako Shiga knows how difficult it can be to learn a foreign language.

Pa. man charged after police cruiser is hit

Fri, 03 May 2013 20:50:29 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - A Pennsylvania man has been charged with assaulting a Maryland State trooper after he hit a cruiser trying run away from them in a van.

Hagerstown monument to honor black Civil War vets

Fri, 03 May 2013 10:49:04 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - The city of Hagerstown says it will erect a monument to black Civil War veterans 90 years after white veterans of the war were similarly honored.