Western Branch

The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday will be Monday, and a range of events will mark it. Parking at South Bend’s Century Center, 120 S. St. Joseph St., will be free all day for Monday’s events. And donations of nonperishable food items will...

Concerned about hungry children and their families in Washington County, a group of Hagerstown Sunrise Rotary members and many other volunteers prepared more than 500 spring break meal bags for distribution around the area. Support from donors at the...

TALLWOOD TEAM CHALLENGE Boys 1, Tallwood 84. 2, Churchland 68. Others: 6, Woodside 54. 12, Warwick 34. 14, Phoebus 18. 100: 1, Doyle, Kempsville, 11.41. 2, Barrett, Warwick, 11.43. 5, Becnel, Phoebus, 11.70. 6, Jones, Woodside, 11.70. 8, Butler,...

The Key Club at Heritage Academy was awarded the Best New Club Award at the Capital Key Club District Leadership Conference March 8 to 10 at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor. The club, which has 24 members, was formed last year under the sponsorship of the...

ATLANTIC COAST INVITATIONAL Held at Lakeland High School Girls Team scoring: 1, Norfolk Academy 142.5. 2, Phoebus 108. Others: 6, Kecoughtan 49. 16, Hampton 9. LJ: 1, King, Phoebus, 17-1 1/2. 3, Bunch, Phoebus, 16-4 3/4. HJ: 1, Brown, Phoebus, 5-2. 4,...

Though she didn't repeat as Player of the Year, Woodside's Adrienne Motley made the All-Group AAA first team for the second season in a row. Motley averaged 26.2 points a game for the Wolverines, who finished 26-2 and advanced to the Eastern Region...

Parkway Neuroscience and Spine Institute in Hagerstown saw a lot of change in 2012. It recently opened a new facility — Parkway Professional Center — which houses physical therapy and chiropractic branches, as well as a state-of-the-art...

Washington County Public Schools is piloting food pantries at six schools to help families of those schools’ students, said Teresa Thorn, the school system’s development coordinator. Officials with the Western Branch of the Maryland Food...

EASTERN REGION BOYS MONDAY GAMES Great Bridge 56, Tallwood 47 Maury 56, Phoebus 50 Landstown 64, Nansemond River 58 Hampton 78, Norview 52 Kecoughtan 62, Churchland 57 Western Branch 65, Kellam 55 Norcom 93, Woodside 69 King’s Fork...

Phoebus' Carolyn Brown won the girls' 55-meter dash in the Eastern Region track meet Friday, nipping Asonya Anderson of Heritage. Brown ran 7.02 seconds to Anderson's 7.09. Jayme Thomas of Bethel won the girls' triple jump with a leap of 36 feet, 10...

Only three Peninsula District wrestlers were among the 56 who qualified for next week's state meet following Saturday's finals of the Eastern Region tournament. Kecoughtan's Dontez Jones, the Peninsula District champion, reached the championship match...

GIRLS BASKETBALL    Abingdon 57, Tazewell 49    Alleghany 44, Staunton River 35    Atlantic Shores Christian 32, Hampton Christian 19    Atlee 59, Lee-Davis 56    Bassett 31, Patrick County 27    Blacksburg 47, Christiansburg 41    Broad Run 53, Freedom...