HAGERSTOWN — Washington County prosecutors are seeking a 50-year sentence for a man who was featured on “America’s Most Wanted” after fleeing from child pornography charges in Maryland. The Herald-Mail newspaper of Hagerstown reports that 46-year-old Robert Mulkern pleaded guilty ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Hagerstown’s mayor is asking Gov. Martin O’Malley for $10 million to help build a new stadium for the minor-league Hagerstown Suns. According to The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown, the letter from Mayor David Gysberts says $10 million would cover ...

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The Supreme Court is hearing a high-profile test case of Maryland’s DNA collection law next week, but neither Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler nor Public Defender Paul B. DeWolfe will be arguing it.

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HAGERSTOWN — Inmate-on-inmate homicides at Maryland state prisons spiked in 2012 to seven, the highest number in at least 11 years, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said Tuesday. The seven slayings, up from four in 2011, ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A Hagerstown woman is avoiding jail time after striking a plea deal in the drowning death of her 7-month-old son. Twenty-seven-year-old Taria King pleaded guilty Thursday to reckless endangerment in the death last March of Ronald Oliver Jr. ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Hagerstown officials are considering a proposed redevelopment concept for the former Washington County Hospital properties in the city’s East End. Meritus Health owns the largely vacant tracts of land. The Herald-Mail reports the company unveiled its initial plan ...

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HAGERSTOWN — The Hagerstown Suns minor league baseball team says it has hired the city’s former mayor as sales director. General Manager Bill Farley told The Herald-Mail newspaper Monday that Robert Bruchey has joined the club. Bruchey was ousted as ...

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HAGERSTOWN — The city of Hagerstown is taking a fresh look at downtown redevelopment. The agenda for Tuesday’s City Council meeting includes a presentation from Towson-based Sora Development. The company is a partner in a public-private revitalization effort in Glassboro, ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Hagerstown Community College has jumped ahead of all other community colleges in Maryland in enrollment growth. The Maryland Higher Education Commission says enrollment at HCC grew by 6.8 percent this fall. That’s the highest-percentage increase in the state. ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Utility companies say they’re working to restore electricity to more than 6,000 customers in central and western Maryland affected by a winter storm. More than 4,000 of the outages Thursday were in Harford and Baltimore counties. Baltimore Gas ...

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