Daniel Stickney News Today

RISING SUN — The mayor and commissioners have canceled the Jan. 16 town meeting and declared an official period of mourning through Jan. 20 to mark the passing of Rising

ELKTON — Ruling that prosecutors failed to provide the defense — in a timely fashion — evidence that could have benefitted the defendant at trial, a judge has dismissed the

RISING SUN — Mayor Travis Marion swore in two new officers and promoted two others during a recent Rising Sun town meeting in a ceremony where the men were introduced

Efforts to rebuild a special camp for children and adults with challenges is facing its own set of challenges.

RISING SUN — A brawl at a Sunday evening wedding reception resulted in the arrest of one man according to police.

The City known today as Presque Isle was founded in 1828 and was known as Fairbanks Mills.  However, despite being a growing village, the community was not proactive about fighting fires, despite most buildings at the time being constructed of wood, until some 50 years later. 

ELKTON — A man caught in downtown Rising Sun with nearly 100 baggies of heroin mixed with fentanyl and other contraband — moments after making a drug sale — has

The Cecil County town of Rising Sun has agreed to settle for $85,000 a federal lawsuit alleging three of its police officers used excessive force in shooting to death an armed and suicidal man two years ago.

RISING SUN — A man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly desecrated the grave of his ex-girlfriend’s mother in a Rising Sun cemetery on Easter Sunday because he had been jilted, according to Cecil County District Court records. During a police interview after his arrest, the suspect — Dwayne Earl Young, 60, of York, Pa. — admitted to knocking over stone grave markers, shattering vases and pulling flowers from the ground at that burial site in Brookview Cemetery, poli...

RISING SUN — A Rising Sun man has been charged with disturbing the peace and failure to obey police orders after verbally attacking two members of the town police department.