It's Week 9 of the 2026 Washington County high school football season, which means one thing. It's rivalry week.

Herald-Mail top stories for Oct. 28.

A Hagerstown apartment fire that occurred before a police-involved shooting has been ruled arson. State investigators release identity of decedent.

The Maryland state fire marshal's office listed a lithium battery as the preliminary cause of an Oct. 24 mobile home fire ...

Part of Pennsylvania Avenue in Hagerstown is closed until early Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 27, for electrical facility repairs.

An award-winning documentary about Green Bank will screen in Shepherdstown, followed by a discussion with West Virginia ...

The Red Cross and local partners will install free smoke alarms in Funkstown homes and provide fire safety information.

The MPSSAA released the playoff brackets for boys and girls soccer. Here are region quarterfinal matchups and Washington ...

Learn how Atlantic salmon restoration evolved during a free Oct. 28 lecture at the National Conservation Training Center.

It's time to vote for the Washington County high school sports athletes of the week for Oct. 19-24. The polls close Friday, ...

High's is celebrating its new Boonsboro store with an Oct. 27 grand opening that includes a gas deal during the grand opening ...

More people are showing up at emergency departments, urgent care centers and doctors' offices with influenza as Meritus Medical Center begins seeing early signs of a potentially more active flu season ...