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CecilWhig A daily website and two-days-a-week newspaper serving Cecil County, Md. The Cecil Whig newspaper was founded on Aug. 7, 1841 by Palmer C.

Ricketts to promote the Whig political party. Today, the Whig is one of the nation’s oldest newspapers, and the oldest newspaper on Maryland’s Eastern Shore still publishing under its original name. Look for Cecil Whig content every day online at cecildaily.com and twice weekly in print on Wednesdays and Fridays. Follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook!

CECIL COUNTY — Students in Cecil County Public Schools finished their academic year Friday. Teachers and staff at Bohemi...
06/15/2025

CECIL COUNTY — Students in Cecil County Public Schools finished their academic year Friday. Teachers and staff at Bohemia Manor Middle and High Schools in Chesapeake City and Cecilton Elementary School showered students with bubbles as they headed h…

CECIL COUNTY — Students in Cecil County Public Schools finished their academic year Friday. Teachers and staff at Bohemia Manor Middle and High Schools in Chesapeake City and Cecilton Elementary

RISING SUN — Brenda Maynard said the flooding at her home started with Streetscape some 20 years ago.
06/13/2025

RISING SUN — Brenda Maynard said the flooding at her home started with Streetscape some 20 years ago.

RISING SUN — Touting their tight rein on spending, the mayor and commissioners approved their Fiscal Year 2026 budget, w...
06/13/2025

RISING SUN — Touting their tight rein on spending, the mayor and commissioners approved their Fiscal Year 2026 budget, which holds the property tax rate at 46 cents per $100 of assessed value and holds the personal property tax at 90-cents per hundr…

RISING SUN — Touting their tight rein on spending, the mayor and commissioners approved their Fiscal Year 2026 budget, which holds the property tax rate at 46 cents per $100

ELKTON — As many as 100 students from North East Elementary School will attend a different school when classes resume in...
06/13/2025

ELKTON — As many as 100 students from North East Elementary School will attend a different school when classes resume in September according to R. Joseph Buckley, Associate Superintendent for Administrative Services for Cecil County Public Schools.

ELKTON — As many as 100 students from North East Elementary School will attend a different school when classes resume in September according to R. Joseph Buckley, Associate Superintendent for

ELKTON — Cecil County Executive Adam Streight visited Leeds Elementary School for Career Day recently, meeting with 4th ...
06/13/2025

ELKTON — Cecil County Executive Adam Streight visited Leeds Elementary School for Career Day recently, meeting with 4th and 5th grade students. Even though he is in charge of county government, Streight said most of the questions from students cente…

ELKTON — Cecil County Executive Adam Streight visited Leeds Elementary School for Career Day recently, meeting with 4th and 5th grade students. Even though he is in charge of county

UPDATE: NORTH EAST — Maryland State Police have released pending charges levied against Darrian Lynelle Randle of North ...
06/12/2025

UPDATE: NORTH EAST — Maryland State Police have released pending charges levied against Darrian Lynelle Randle of North East. Randle will be charged with first and second degree murder in the death of her 3-year-old daughter, Nola Dinkins, pending her extradition from New Castle County, Del. to Cecil County.

NORTH EAST — Maryland State Police have charged Darrian Lynelle Randle of North East with first and second degree murder in the death of her 3-year-old daughter, Nola Dinkins.

ELKTON — A Newark, Del. woman and a North East man are in police custody in connection with a missing child.
06/12/2025

ELKTON — A Newark, Del. woman and a North East man are in police custody in connection with a missing child.

ELKTON — Maryland State Police Homicide Unit is investigating the disappearance of a 3 year old child reported missing f...
06/11/2025

ELKTON — Maryland State Police Homicide Unit is investigating the disappearance of a 3 year old child reported missing from Newark Tuesday evening.

ELKTON — Maryland State Police Homicide Unit is investigating the disappearance of a 3 year old child reported missing from Newark Del. Tuesday evening.

RISING SUN — In spite of threatening skies, the streets in the center of Rising Sun were packed Saturday for Sunfest, th...
06/11/2025

RISING SUN — In spite of threatening skies, the streets in the center of Rising Sun were packed Saturday for Sunfest, the annual festival hosted by the Rising Sun Chamber of Commerce.

RISING SUN — In spite of threatening skies, the streets in the center of Rising Sun were packed Saturday for Sunfest, the annual festival hosted by the Rising Sun Chamber

ELKTON — A man accused of pointing a handgun at people and punching a 15-year-old girl in the face during an Earleville ...
06/11/2025

ELKTON — A man accused of pointing a handgun at people and punching a 15-year-old girl in the face during an Earleville house party in November has been sentenced to time served — 211 days — after accepting a plea deal, according to Cecil County Cir…

ELKTON — A man accused of pointing a handgun at people and punching a 15-year-old girl in the face during an Earleville house party in November has been sentenced to

ELKTON — A suspect remained jailed Sunday night after he allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint on the street of an Elkton n...
06/11/2025

ELKTON — A suspect remained jailed Sunday night after he allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint on the street of an Elkton neighborhood, according to Cecil County District Court records.

NORTH EAST — There's going to be a party Saturday at the North East Branch Library with the return of the Children's Boo...
06/11/2025

NORTH EAST — There's going to be a party Saturday at the North East Branch Library with the return of the Children's Book Festival.

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
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The Cecil Whig newspaper was founded on Aug. 7, 1841 by Palmer C. Ricketts to promote the Whig political party. Today, the Whig is one of the nation’s oldest newspapers, and the oldest newspaper on Maryland’s Eastern Shore still publishing under its original name. Heralding itself as “Devoted to Politics, Agriculture, The Useful Arts, Literature and General Intelligence,” the Whig was published weekly in Elkton, Md., in a log cabin that had been used as campaign headquarters for William Henry Harrison. The Cecil Whig also has a rather infamous history in that its founding editor shot and killed the editor of the rival Cecil Democrat in front of the Elkton Post Office in 1843. Ricketts continued to publish the newspaper from his jail cell as he awaited trial. A jury found that he had acted in self defense. In 1989, the Whig became a daily newspaper. In 2012, the Whig moved to a three-day print product with a daily website.