Washington County

Severe thunderstorms continued to pound the area Friday evening, just hours after residents began cleaning up damage from Thursday's line of storms. "I saw the lightning hit the telephone pole by my house," Philip Hebb of Englewood Road said Friday...

A traffic accident was reported at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday on southbound Interstate 81 near Exit 2 (U.S. 11) at Williamsport, a superivsor from Washington County Emergency Services said. The accident scene was cleared by 2:50 p.m. At 3 p.m., traffic...

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued, then lifted, Wednesday afternoon after a fast-moving storm swept through Washington County and West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. At 3:07 p.m., the National Weather Service had issued the warning for Washington...

AUG. 28, 1953-MAY 27, 2011 Vickie Eloise (Taylor) Clem, 57, of Falling Waters, W.Va., died Friday, May 27, 2011, at her home in Falling Waters, W.Va. Born Aug. 28, 1953, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Harold E. and Margaret Edna...

Friends and colleagues of Vickie Clem, the victim of a Friday-morning homicide in Falling Waters, W.Va., remembered the North Hagerstown High School graduate Wednesday as a kind, cheerful person and dedicated community volunteer. “If you asked...

Mr. Peter Francis “Pete” Bryan, 77, of Hagerstown, died late Tuesday afternoon, June 28, 2011, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. He was the husband of the late Virginia T. “Ginger” Bryan, who preceded him in death on...

Virginia Etheline Forrest, 89, of Hagerstown, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. Born June 26, 1922, in Prince Edward County, Va. she was the daughter of the late Martin B. and Virginia E. (Bagby) Covington....

Although there was net job growth in the projects the Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission worked on in the past year, Executive Director Timothy R. Troxell said Wednesday that the county is experiencing what appears to be “a...

Pickup truck driver in fair condition after rollover crash   Two people who were in a pickup truck when it rolled over Wednesday night on Burnside Bridge Road near Churchy Road south of Sharpsburg were taken to Meritus Medical Center, the Washington...

With Independence Day weekend approaching, residents and visitors to Washington County talked about how gasoline prices in the area have, or haven’t, affected their travel plans this summer. Ashia Walker of Hagerstown said she was going to visit...