Food trucks are typically associated with county fairs and warm summers. Recently, the mobile eateries have become popular mainstays, offering new weekly meal options year-round. Nick Mathews, owner of Cooked, a Richmond-based food truck serving burgers, chicken and more, sees the recent area surge in food trucks as customers wanting different, fresher cravings. “It’s more […]
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Lorin Williams is a reporter for the Western Wayne News.
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2026 officers elected at Nettle Creek school board
Nettle Creek’s first school board meeting of 2026 saw the election of officers and committee appointments. At the Jan. 14 meeting, the board appointed Shaun Lieberman as president, Sandi Schraub as vice president and Julie Blaase as secretary. They elected Cody Sankey as board representative for the agricultural advisory committee; Lieberman to the Hagerstown park […]
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Housing push expands
Cranes, hard hats and dump trucks are just some of the clues that Wayne County’s housing stock is growing. It’s hard to keep track of the medley of projects that are in various stages, and you might be surprised by how many organizations — and which ones — are jumping in to work on the […]
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Nonprofit fundraiser InConcert to pause operations this year
After 20 years of entertainment and service to the Richmond community, nonprofit InConcert announced it would pause operations after its 2025 season. The organization shared the news on its Facebook page on Dec. 29. In the statement, InConcert President Liz DeMao expressed gratitude for the numerous sponsors, partners, volunteers, performers and patrons that made InConcert […]
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Hagerstown council honors heroism
A humble feat of heroism was acknowledged at Hagerstown’s Jan. 5 council meeting. Hagerstown High School junior Cale Schmitz received the Citizen of the Month recognition for his lifesaving actions last November. Council member Chris Blaase described how Schmitz and his father, Bryan, were involved in a head-on collision the weekend before Thanksgiving. Schmitz, despite […]
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Funding cuts cause nonprofits uncertainty
Oak Park Church has become a beacon of service to the community’s most vulnerable. Its multiple outreach efforts are all supported by revenue from the Oak Park Early Learning Academy’s childcare services. But with last year’s budget cuts to federal social services, the church finds itself in a fiscal bind. “We saw a 30-plus percent […]
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Early arrival for Reid’s New Year’s Day baby
Amanda and Cody Lane celebrated the new year by welcoming a new life at 5:18 a.m. on Jan. 1. Cade Lane, the Richmond couple’s newborn boy, received the honor of being Reid Health’s first baby born in 2026. Cade, weighing 7 pounds, 14.8 ounces, was an early surprise as Amanda was scheduled to be induced […]
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Warming center opens
Richmond’s Emergency Warming Center is a collaborative nonprofit effort led by Oak Park Pentacostals and LifeSpring Church South. Located at 501 S. Seventh St., the center opens when the temperature is 25 degrees or below and has enough volunteers. Entry is from 6-9 p.m. with 20 cots available on a first-come, first-served basis to men, […]
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Tigers cheer historic bid to nationals
When Hagerstown High School’s cheer coach, Kayla Vinson, lands in Orlando, Florida, in January, she will have completed two firsts — her first time at Disney World, and the school’s first national cheer competition. In November, the Hagerstown Tigers participated in the 2A Game Day division at the Hoosier Cheer Coaches Association Spirit State competition. […]
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67-year-old pedals past expectations
Jim McKinney is living proof that it’s never too late to chase one’s passion. After a 22-year hiatus, the 67-year-old retired music teacher came back around to his: BMX racing. The Richmond rider recently competed in the Race of Champions during the 2025 USA BMX Grands at SageNet Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Among the 3,000 […]