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Town delays egg farm hearing

A farmer’s plan for a 20,000-hen egg farm has been delayed a month because neighbors weren’t properly notified of a zoning hearing. On July 26, the Hagerstown Board of Zoning Appeals tabled action on a variance request by Gideon and Anna Ebersol. They want to start a commercial egg farm on their property, east of […]

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4-year teacher receives Ivy Tech state honor

After four years as a Hagerstown Jr.-Sr. High School teacher, Christy Herr says a recent award ceremony reinforced her view that “there is so much good going on in education.” Herr received the statewide Excellence in Dual Credit Instruction President’s Award, the highest honor for Ivy Tech Community College’s dual credit faculty. The college honored […]

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Act or get off the pot, council member says

A council member urged Hagerstown Town Council to act on items that are repeatedly brought up for discussion without final resolution. Donnie Benedict said the council has been talking for years about locating a solar array in town and annexing properties on the west side. At the council’s July 10 meeting, he suggested making final […]

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Gallery: Hagerstown Fly-In fun

The Hagerstown Fly-In event welcomes vintage airplane pilots to the Hagerstown airport’s grass runway to showcase their aircraft and flying skills as the public looks on. Photographer Joshua Smith captured these moments for the WWN during a visit to the aviation event on July 18, 2023:

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Hagerstown 8-9-10 wins district title

Hagerstown earned a berth in the Little League Indiana state tournament Monday, July 10 by defeating New Castle Green by the score of 13-8 in the title game.   Cousins Owen and Jace Hale shared the pitching duties. They pitched well and they had plenty of offensive support. Corbin Bulmer, Jase Cowan and Palmer Ward […]

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Player with Hagerstown roots drafted No. 4

When the Texas Rangers selected University of Florida outfielder Wyatt Langford with the fourth pick in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft Sunday evening, knowledgeable baseball fans around the country were not surprised. Langford, while a high school player at Trenton High School in Florida (a school with an enrollment of approximately 600 students) helped […]

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Board OKs new attendance policy

The Nettle Creek school board approved a new attendance policy for Hagerstown Jr.-Sr. High School in a special meeting on June 28. The policy removes a requirement that some board members had objected to when Principal Josh Hallatt presented a revised student attendance policy on June 14. It would have required students to present a […]