What happened on August 22, 2008

NEWS

• Returning your call 

• UPDATE: Woman's pregnancy a factor in how police are handling Hancock standoff By ERIN JULIUS

• Car show at Hagerstown airport to benefit aviation museum 

• Volunteers needed for South Berkeley Christmas parade 

• Hancock religious community, restaurant reaches out during crisis By MARLO BARNHART

• W.Va. woman facing DUI charges was taking daughter to school orientation 

• Milestones 

• UPDATE: Nearly 60 firefighters battle attic blaze on Northern Avenue 

• Washington County library events 

• Residents of Hagerstown house fight off armed man 

• Hagerstown golf course to close temporarily 

• Friday roundup: U.S. men's teams shine in Beijing 

• Community calendar 

• Government retiree volunteers to help write Berkeley Co. grants By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Operation Read WV benefits Eastern Panhandle organizations 

• Cuba spoils Americans' bid for baseball gold 

• Library events 

• Waynesboro outlines areas where electronic signs are allowed By JENNIFER FITCH

• Winning isn't everything By DAN KAUFFMAN

• Upcoming classes 

• Found animals 

• Police briefs 

• Removal of 13 federal mailboxes from Hagerstown a hardship for seniors By DAN DEARTH

• Community calendar 

• Children and adults can learn lessons through play By LISA TEDRICK PREJEAN

• Some Funkstown kindergartners dropped at wrong bus stop By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Around Maugansville By MELITA WISHARD / 301-790-0079

• Correction 

• Area Roundup 

• Library events 

• Washington County Democrats discuss change at picnic By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Go, Do, Learn 

• Preps Area Roundup 

• Antrim Township's decision to fire employees met with shock By KATE S. ALEXANDER

• Weekend calendar 

• Jefferson County briefs By DAVE McMILLION

• American Bryan Clay wins gold in decathlon 

• UPDATE: One couple evacuated from Hancock motel allowed to leave town By ERIN JULIUS

• Bolt strikes again, winning third gold as Jamaica sets world record in 400 relay 

• U.S. men's basketball team one win away from redemption 

• Mail Call 

• Fire reported for second time in six weeks at wood stove pellet plant By DON AINES

• Md., Washington County to loan $1 million to Volvo expand plant By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Berkeley County woman faces murder charge in death of 7-month-old son By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Letters to the editor 

• Waynesboro rejects homeless advocates group's request for money By JENNIFER FITCH

• M&T Bank near Chambersburg hit for third time 

• Meet rescued greyhounds 

• Two quickly apprehended after armed robbery in Martinsburg 

• New Boonsboro sixth-graders head for classs 

• Pa. girl plans breast cancer fundraiser for 13th birthday 

• Dalhausser, Rogers complete beach volleyball sweep for U.S. 

• Club meetings, fundraisers, reunions 

• New director of Hagerstown's 'shelter of last resort' prepares for cold winter By MARLO BARNHART

• A hero's welcome By DAN KAUFFMAN

• Greyhound rescue group holding 'adoptathon' Saturday in Berkeley Springs 

• One of "Eastern Panhandle Most Wanted" taken into custody 

• Berkeley County Commission expansion question will be on Nov. ballot By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Jury finds woman guilty of lesser charges in child abuse trial By DON AINES

• United Way pitches campaign at Hagerstown Suns game By MARLO BARNHART

• Berkeley Co. Schools schedules early dismissal 

• Remains closed, traffic being detoured in Hancock area as standoff continues 

• Ukrainian heptathlete stripped of silver medal for doping 

• Hello, World! 

• Antrim Township Supervisors release statement in firings 

• Opens after wanted man, hostage taken into custody By ANDREW SCHOTZ and ERIN JULIUS

• Hancock motel standoff throws wrench in guests' plans By ANDREW SCHOTZ and ERIN JULIUS

• Matthew Henesy of Clear Spring Troop 117 earns Eagle Scout rank 

• Fade out By TIFFANY ARNOLD

• Five new schools on drawing board in Washington County By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Antrim Township Supervisors can perform duties of manager 

• Antrim Township fires six upper-level township employees By KATE S. ALEXANDER

• Around Sharpsburg and Keedysville By HARRY NOGLE / 301-432-2437

• Obituaries 

• Porcelain doll seen near Hagerstown Treatment Center leads to bomb scare By ERIN CUNNINGHAM

• Garden tractor pull a family sport at Franklin County Fair By DON AINES

• Thurmont man killed in one-vehicle accident 

• North Hagerstown class of 1973 planning reunion 

• Former Waynesboro woman testifies in her child abuse trial By DON AINES

• A different kind of family By CRYSTAL SCHELLE

• Union threatens lawsuits over MCTC strip searches By MARLO BARNHART