What happened on August 26, 1998

NEWS

• A cut above: Local barbershop singers continue tradition 

• Southern Baptist population booms in Panhandle 

• Orchardist upgrades Apples for school use 

• Berkeley starts anew under old, familiar face By BILL STERNER / Staff Correspondent

• Report says many county grads not ready for college By LAURA ERNDE

• Road projects up for bid 

• Plans for church concern resident 

• Loan guarantees updated for 'Gods and Generals' 

• Tuckwell leads commissioner hopefuls in fund raising By MATTHEW BIENIEK

• Police log 

• Nursing home plans marketing campaign By DON AINES

• Youth, area roundup 

• That's the Ticket 

• Fort Ritchie on heightened security alert By BRENDAN KIRBY

• Hancock school workers honored at banquet 

• County won't hold hearing on Commandments By MATTHEW BIENIEK

• Sneed keeps Cats scratching 

• Bonnie won't affect area, forecasters say 

• More are raising their children's children 

• Applemen prepared to 'wing' it By MIKE SIRBAUGH / Staff Correspondent

• House music on the move 

• Board of Education changes meeting schedule 

• Billboard owners may get reprieve from new law By JULIE E. GREENE

• Obituaries 

• Martinsburg lifting hopes, weights in 1998 By BOB PARASILITI

• Armed robber gets 45 years in prison By MARLO BARNHART

• Today's special: ground Roundhouse 

• Hagerstown OKs sewer rate increase By JULIE E. GREENE

• Principals chosen in Jefferson County By DAVE McMILLION, Charles Town

• 125 reasons to love Washington County 

• Police log 

• Tri-State colleges earn high marks for value 

• Woman charged with endangering child By DON AINES

• Review: 'Your Friends and Neighbors' 

• Cougars expect Mercer merger By BOB PARASILITI

• Artists honored for mural By JULIE E. GREENE

• These caterpillars build their own web sites 

• Eagles not hedging bets on trip to title game By MARK KELLER

• Speed's the enemy in slow tractor race