Cumberland Times-News

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 21-year-old Michigan poker professional who chose cards over college won the World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas early Tuesday, winning $8.55 million and becoming the youngest player to win the tournament in its 40-year history. Full Story »

Sitting in a cement cellar for six hours only to come out and have sirens calling you back underground isn’t what many people are used to now-a-days, but that’s what Erna Bucklew remembers from her days in Germany. Full Story »

Tire-grabbing ruts and unofficial swimming holes along the C and O Canal towpath, made possible by heavy rains, will soon be as historical as the famous canal itself when a resurfacing project clears the pedestrian pathway next year. Full Story »

Local farmers and members of the Amish community begin work Monday to build the walls of a new barn for longtime Allegany County farmer John Helmstetter. Full Story »

Users of the city’s WiFi services can start expecting a fee if the mayor and council members approve an order adopting a fee structure at tonight’s public meeting. Full Story »

Changes are coming to the process by which Allegany County government responds to requests under the Maryland Public Information Act. Full Story »

At least one person was injured in a mobile home fire at 17804 Sierra Lane in Oldtown that was reported at 1:54 p.m. Monday, according to the Allegany County 911 center. Full Story »

As part of Cumberland Goes To War, “Fighting For Freedom: Black Women’s Army Corps During World War II” by Janet Sims-Wood will be held today at 7 p.m. at Windsor Hall at Town Centre, 39 Baltimore St. Full Story »

Robert Taylor of Cumberland was injured Monday when he lost control of this dump truck on Knobley Road south of the Short Gap Volunteer Fire Company. Full Story »

Thousands of households in Western Maryland qualify for a free cell phone and 64 minutes of free monthly talk time for emergencies for one year, TracFone Wireless has announced. Full Story »

CUMBERLAND — Allegany County Utilities Division personnel will flush fire hydrants in the following water districts. • This week: Grahamtown/Wrights Crossing, Upper/ Lower Consol, state Route 36 and Vale Summit. Full Story »

On a springlike November day, thousands of area citizens toured the new Western Maryland Regional Medical Center Sunday afternoon, coming away by most accounts with a sense of awe at what has sprung forth in the way of modern medical technology and care on Willowbrook Road. Full Story »

A group of community members — including three high school students — will begin meeting with education officials next month to help decide what’s next for Allegany County’s middle and high schools as enrollment declines and buildings deteriorate. Full Story »

A member of a grass-roots organization claiming to fight for secure, accessible and verifiable elections results is at odds with comments made by Kitty Davis, administrator for the Allegany County Board of Elections. Full Story »

What’s good for Garrett County is good for Allegany. At least, it could be. Full Story »

Erick Wisbith from Pittsburgh portrays a forward observer from an infantry unit from 1945 Saturday afternoon as he looks for potential enemy targets at Canal Place during Cumberland Goes to War encampments of Allied and Axis troops. Full Story »

Questionable skies and chilly temperatures couldn’t discourage 47 volunteers from showing up near the railroad tracks by Canal Place to clean up that area of the Potomac River. Full Story »

Lester Albright, Leonard Bowling and Wilson Shulte scattered as one of their friends covered his eyes and began counting. Full Story »

People First, a local self-advocacy group of people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the effects of recent state budget cuts Thursday at 6 p.m. at the new Allegany County Human Resources Development Commission building at 125 Virginia Ave. Full Story »

Rockville native Steve Chambers bought a Quikcam in 1994, but he wasn’t sure what the best use of streaming video would be. Full Story »

West Virginia’s representatives in the U.S. House split along party lines when it came time to vote on overhauling the country’s health care system. Full Story »

Two big runs. Full Story »

Fort Hill High School football players Brandon Burkett (72), Colin Welsh (50) and Ben Click (22) celebrate the Sentinels’ 17-7 victory over the Allegany High School Campers Saturday afternoon at Cumberland’s Greenway Avenue Stadium Full Story »

Considered by many to be Cumberland’s signature event, the Homecoming game between Allegany and Fort Hill also has the potential for crime, packing 8,000 to 10,000 people into and around the classic high school football stadium on Greenway Avenue. Full Story »

Twenty-two correctional officers fired by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services at Hagerstown and Cumberland prisons won't be getting their jobs back, regardless of the outcome of any criminal trials. Full Story »