Oakland News

A 21-year-old professional poker player from Michigan hit a lucky king to cap a nearly impossible comeback at the World Series of Poker Sunday morning, setting up a showdown with a self-employed logger for $8.55 million.

Saydi Whiteman had a match-high 19 service points and Aliesha Porter led the attack with 13 kills as Frankfort swept Petersburg in the Class AA, Region II, Section 2 volleyball semifinals Wednesday evening.

Elections board meets today CUMBERLAND - The Allegany County Board of Elections wll meet today at 9 a.m in Suite 212 of the County Office Complex on Kelly Road.

Lucky bidders may receive a historic treat this Halloween as a 300-acre Oakland property goes up for auction.

Voters in Garrett County's Elbow precinct may find themselves going out of their way to make their voice heard during next year's election.

Two juveniles were taken to Garrett County Memorial Hospital Saturday following a traffic accident at the intersection of Maryland Highway and G Street.

Railroad crossing to close next week BURLINGTON, W.Va. - The railroad crossing on West Virginia Route 42 at Blaine, W.Va./Kitzmiller, Md., is being replaced, according to the West Virginia Division of Highways.

More affordable housing will be coming to Oakland soon thanks to the Liberty & Mews housing development on Liberty Road.

A wind farm proposed in mountainous Western Maryland that proponents say could be the first to be built in the state got an airing Wednesday before state regulators, where it ran into increasingly familiar turbulence from some residents concerned about safety and environmental effects.

Effective following Garrett Highlands Pipes and Drum's appearance in the Oct. 10 Autumn Glory Grand Feature parade in Oakland, Gerald McGee retired as the band's second pipe major.

A Baltimore man was found deceased Wednesday in a vehicle parked at the Oakland WalMart parking lot, according to the Garrett County Sheriff's Office.

Maryland utility regulators are expected to consider a proposal for a western Maryland wind energy project.

The victim is from Western Maryland. There's been another death in Maryland from the H1N1 flu virus.

An average of 15,291 vehicles traveled daily through downtown Oakland on U.S. Route 219, according to the 2008 Maryland State Traffic Count Division.

A twirler with the Cheat Lake Middle School Band, Morgantown, W.Va., leads the school's musicians and performers down U.S. Route 219 in Oakland Saturday afternoon during the 42nd annual Autumn Glory Grand Feature parade.

Lake group at Garrett meeting OAKLAND - Friends of Deep Creek Lake will make a presentation at the Garrett County commissioners public meeting Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the courthouse.

Board of Health meets Tuesday CUMBERLAND - The Board of Health with the Allegany County commissioners and health department management staff will meet Tuesday from 12:15 to 2 p.m. at the health department.

Garrett County Memorial Hospital recently named Steven Peterson as its information systems director.

Sitting at the top of the stairs, Brooke and Justin Rothshank's 10-month-old son Layton starts to fuss.

The Maryland Highway Administration will conduct a public meeting with the Garrett County commissioners in the commissioners' meeting room on Oct.