Snow Hill News

Authorities say some of the suspects charged in a Virginia-to-New York cigarette smuggling scheme have links to top officials of Hamas, the Islamist militant group that rules the Gaza Strip.

SNOW HILL, Md.- Car after car whisks by and traffic moves at a constant flow. Most people who live in Snow Hill use one word to describe this intersection.

Authorities say some of the suspects charged in a Virginia-to-New York cigarette smuggling scheme have links to top officials of Hamas, the Islamist militant group that rules the Gaza Strip.

The parking lot in front of Stephen Decatur High School was already packed with cars at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday for the public hearing on Worcester County's 2014 budget.

S. H. Car Events will host a major car show during the 64th Delmarva Chicken Festival in Snow Hill, Md.

Officers were called to a 7-11 on Coastal Highway last month because of a fight and later charged 24-year-old Brandon Maurice Hudson with assault.

SNOW HILL , Md.- Detectives with the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation are investigating two separate burglaries of homes in the county.

The 28-year-old Dagsboro man accused of raping and killing a woman when they both worked at Bay Shore Community Church in Gumboro last spring was in court Wednesday.

Two candidates will compete to represent the Western District on Snow Hill's Town Council in the upcoming town election on Tuesday, May 7. Michael Pruitt and C. Monte Campbell are running to replace incumbent councilman Gerald Shockley, who is not seeking re-election because he is moving out of town.

Furnace Town was a iron-smelting enterprise that operated between 1820 and 1850, mining iron ore from the swamps around Nassawango Creek and turning the ore into pig iron.

This summer, Delmarva Poultry Industry is planning to give people a history lesson ... in chicken.

After 27 years of service to the community, the county's Chief Administrative Officer, Gerald T. Mason, announced he will retire at the end of June.

After seven years of silence, fireworks returned to the city's skies last year on the Fourth of July, attracting an estimated 10,000 spectators.

Two candidates will compete to represent the Western District on Snow Hill's Town Council in the upcoming election May 7. Michael Pruitt and C. Monte Campbell are running to replace incumbent councilman Gerald Shockley, who is not seeking re-election because he is moving out of town.

After 27 years of service to the community, the county's Chief Administrative Officer, Gerald T. Mason, announced he will retire at the end of June.

When Beverly was built on the banks of the Pocomoke River, it was a full two years before Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence and the United States was created.

Until the big 1933 hurricane struck, the small waterfront community 6 miles east of Snow Hill was a resort that rivaled any on the mid-Atlantic coast, including neighboring Ocean City.

This is Part 2 of a series on farming regulations and their impact in Worcester County.

The suspect who led police on a manhunt across southern Worcester County turned himself into police late Monday.

When the two-day family fun event gets underway at Byrd Park in downtown Snow Hill, there will be attractions for all ages.