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WILLIAMSPORT -- The Washington County Sheriff's Office was investigating an armed robbery just after midnight today at the Sheetz at 100 E. Potomac St. in Williamsport. The robbery was called in at 12:03 a.m. A man wearing a white bandana or scarf with a black design entered the store, pulled a small handgun and demanded cash, Lt. Mark Knight of the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. The man fled on foot with cash, Knight said. No shots were fired and there were no injuries, he said.

"The caller from Williamsport says that President Obama is the only president who thinks he never makes mistakes. George W. Bush was asked what was his worst mistake, and replied that he couldn't remember making any. " - Chambersburg, Pa. "I'm calling about the child support issue. I'm a grandmother who is disabled, raising a grandchild. Both parents pay child support. The father's support had his cut in half, but it's like this. If the mother is working and making more money, then she shouldn't receive child support, if the father can prove that he can't do it. Just like if the father has the child, the father should be paid the child support by the mother.

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Near the turn of this century, Christopher "Cricky" Shultz had a developer's vision for a tract of land where four roads converge north of downtown Charles Town. He was going to call it Windmill Crossing. Shultz's development at the intersection of U.S. 340, Country Club Road, Somerset Boulevard and Marlowe Road, began to take shape mid-decade when he razed a century-old brick four-square farmhouse to make room for a 200-unit town home development. Today off Marlowe Road, most of the homes in that project are built and lived in. An Aldi grocery store anchors the corner of Somerset Boulevard and Marlowe Road.

When people think of fundraisers, a shoot-a-thon might not be the first thing that comes to mind. This year, however, the Heritage Academy shoot-a-thon was a great success. In order to participate, students had to have sponsors and raise at least $50. Students then had 10 minutes to make as many baskets as possible. The third-grade class raised the most money in the elementary, and had the opportunity to play a basketball game against the varsity team, whose members were only allowed to use one hand.

NOV. 26, 1938-DEC. 9, 2009 Joyce Elaine Lane, 71, of Hagerstown, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, at Western Maryland Hospital Center in Hagerstown. Born Nov. 26, 1938, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Leon E. Purdham Sr. and Mary M. (Miller) Purdham. She was a 1956 graduate of Hagerstown High School. Joyce had worked as a customer service representative at Sears, a presser for Londontowne and had also worked at Sheetz as an assistant manager.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- A shooting at a Sheetz convenience store in Martinsburg shortly after midnight Friday left a Ranson, W.Va., man injured, according to a news release from the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department. Deputies received a call of a shooting at Sheetz on Apple Harvest Drive around 12:45 a.m. Saturday, the release said. When they arrived, they found Takouo Douai, 24, of Ranson, on the ground with a gunshot wound. He was taken to Martinsburg City Hospital for treatment, then transferred to Inova Fairfax (Va.)

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Police were searching Wednesday for a man who robbed a Sheetz convenience store on South Potomac Street in Hagerstown. During the robbery, which was reported at 1:48 a.m. Wednesday, a man entered the Sheetz at 1396 S. Potomac St. and showed a knife to the clerk, Hagerstown Police Sgt. Jim Robison said. The man left the store with an undisclosed amount of cash and fled north on foot, Robison said. Police used a dog to track him for a short distance and found some evidence along the route the man took but eventually lost the trail, Robison said.

Stranger sets good example for grandsons To the editor: Recently, I did what I find myself doing on occasion. I left my pink wallet at home on the computer stand after working online with some finances. Later, I took my 7- and 10-year-old grandsons to Sheetz on Dual Highway to get some lunch sandwiches for them. As I went to the counter to pay for their orders, I discovered that once again I had left my pink wallet at home and had only one dollar in my pocketbook.