A snow emergency has been declared in the Borough of Waynesboro, effective at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.

SOME COUNTY PROGRAMS CANCELLED FOR SATURDAY, SUNDAY Some programs and services offered by Washington County will be closed on Saturday and Sunday due to the adverse weather conditions.

Officials from Washington County's municipalities said Friday they wanted more input into a planned change in how municipal residents are taxed, complaining the County Commissioners voted on the change without discussing it with them first.

A man who faced 18 charges related to a September home invasion in Hancock entered an Alford plea Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court to one count each of first-degree assault and first-degree burglary.

A father charged with injuring his 5-week-old Hancock daughter, who died Jan. 9 at a Washington, D.C., hospital, was released from the Washington County Detention Center on $150,000 bond Monday afternoon, a spokeswoman at the jail said.

Washington County residents, elected officials and candidates for elected office joined a rally to protest taxes and government spending Wednesday night near the governor's mansion in Annapolis.

A crowd estimated at more than 200 packed into the Hancock Community Center at Town Hall Saturday night for the Hancock Arts Council's second variety show.

A Hancock man has been charged with making arson threats against his home and Hancock Elementary School, the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office said in a news release Friday.

According to the Washington County Sheriff's Department, a 5-week-old baby girl has died after they say she was abused by her own father.

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A 5-week-old infant who was injured Jan. 3 at a home in Hancock died Saturday, the Washington County Sheriff's Department confirmed Sunday.

In the month leading up to his death at North Branch Correctional Institution, Clarence Meyers wrote letters indicating he felt threatened at the state prison, an attorney in the case said Tuesday, but a correctional system spokesman said if Meyers felt threatened, the inmate did not take steps to ensure his safety.

It could be awhile before anyone is charged in the prison death of a man serving two life sentences for setting a fire that killed two young Hancock sisters, Allegany County State's Attorney Michael O. Twigg said Monday.

The man serving two life terms for setting a fire that killed two young sisters in Hancock is dead.

All lanes of westbound Interstate 70 near the Interstate 68 interchange were reopened at 10 a.m. Friday after being closed for about an hour due to numerous accidents on ice-covered roadways, Maryland State Police said in a news release.

A Washington County Circuit Court judge on Monday set a bond of $750,000 for Grace Marie Fink, a 67-year-old Hancock woman charged with conspiring to kill her son's former girlfriend.

A Hancock woman accused of trying to entice someone to kill her son's former girlfriend is scheduled to be in Washington County Circuit Court for a bond review hearing Monday afternoon, a Circuit Court official said.

As snow continued to fall throughout Washington County Saturday afternoon, crews were working hard to keep interstates and main roads passable for emergency vehicles, but police urged drivers to stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary.

Christmas came early Thursday for more than five dozen youths from Boys & Girls Club of Washington County.

A Maryland State Highway Administration engineer said Wednesday the restrooms at the Sideling Hill Exhibit Center on Interstate 68 west of Hancock will close Jan.