Afternoon

Heifers compete for space Friday at Palmyra Farms on Wagaman Road during afternoon feeding.

HANCOCK - In the third of a series of artistic and community programs at Hancock's new performing arts center, the Hancock Arts Council will host "An Afternoon of Gospel Music" Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Hancock Community Center Stage at 126 W. High St. According to Arts Council Chairman Sinclair Hamilton, the show will feature a number of local gospel musicians and groups including The Praise Band of Hancock United Methodist Church performing rocking...

Gunnar Berger, 2, of Falling Waters, W.Va., feeds geese Monday afternoon at Williamsport's Riverbottom Park.

HAGERSTOWN - Testimony concluded this morning in the trial of a 21-year-old Hagerstown man charged in the January death of his former girlfriend's infant son. Floyd E. Bingaman Jr., father of defendant Floyd Edward Bingaman III, was the only witness called by the defense this morning. After a lunch recess, the jury at Washington County Circuit Court is to hear closing arguments. Floyd Edward Bingaman III is charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in the January death of 4-month-old Justice Christopher Calvin Myers-Cannon.

A couple feed the ducks and geese Thursday afternoon at Hagerstown's City Park.

Charles and Shirley Spencer, of Hagerstown, walk Tuesday afternoon at Renfrew Park in Waynesboro, Pa.

WAYNESBORO, PA. - A student at Waynesboro Area Middle School was stabbed Friday afternoon during a hallway fight with another student, according to Waynesboro police. "This was an isolated event and no other students are in any danger," Superintendent Barry Dallara said about 90 minutes after the fight. The injured student was taken to Waynesboro Hospital and "the other student was removed from the school by law enforcement officials. " Dallara did not identify either student, and declined to comment on what precipitated the fight, which occurred shortly before 2 p.m. Richard Starliper said he had spoken with Waynesboro Police Chief Ray Shultz, who told him the one boy "got stabbed in the shoulder.

Chelsea Richardson, 2, plays with Halloween decorations Monday afternoon at Early Bloomers Day Care in Hagerstown's North End.

HAGERSTOWN - Newspaper employees watched The Daily Mail churn along the press on its farewell run on Friday, the afternoon paper's final glory after 179 years. They were transfixed by the massive press making a sweet racket that no longer will be part of downtown Hagerstown's midday bustle. The Daily Mail - a victim of withering circulation for evening newspapers - isn't going away entirely. It will merge with its 134-year-old sibling, The Morning Herald, starting Monday. The new morning publication, called The Herald-Mail every day, will have all of the same features from the two departing newspapers.

Arnie Henderson of Hagerstown puts the finishing touches Monday afternoon on a new curb on Winter Street in Hagerstown's West End.