Del. Szeliga’s bill would give authority to create statewide virtual public...
Republican Del. Kathy Szeliga has proposed legislation that would allow local school boards, the state education department and institutions of higher education to start virtual public schools that...
View ArticleBaltimore City Council committee advances nomination of Jim Shea for solicitor
Jim Shea, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s nominee to be the city’s next solicitor, is one step closer to being confirmed for the job following a unanimous vote by Baltimore City Council’s Rules and...
View ArticleMary T. Dempsey, office administrator, dies
Mary T. Dempsey, who worked in medical billing, has died at 92.
View ArticleHere are the Baltimore bars and restaurants that have been penalized by the...
Baltimore City has served thousands of dollars in fines, revoked a liquor license and temporarily shuttered several establishments as a result of COVID-19 violations.
View ArticleRobert K. ‘Rob’ Ray, a general contractor, avid sports fan and a founder of...
Robert K. "Rob" Ray, a general contractor and an avid Orioles and Ravens fan, has died of COVID-19 at 52.
View ArticleCarroll County marks 15 years of traffic calming program, has seen steady...
Carroll County’s traffic calming program is coming up on its 15th anniversary and has seen a steady increase in traffic calming requests since the program initiated in 2006.
View ArticleCarroll County health officer ‘encouraged’ about progress in COVID vaccinations
According to health department numbers, more than 27,000 Carroll countians have been vaccinated. Some 7,310 adults older than 75 have been vaccinated after nearly 900 got shots on Monday or Tuesday,...
View ArticleAnne Arundel Medical Center, Doctors Community Medical Center reopen to...
Anne Arundel Medical Center and Doctors Community Medical Centers are allowing visitation again starting Thursday with one to two visitors per patient.
View ArticleEmployers at BWI Airport should be required to hire back workers laid off in...
Under a bill heading to a state legislative committee Friday, employers at BWI Marshall Airport would be required to re-hire workers laid off during the pandemic by seniority, an idea that has won...
View ArticleCrushing COVID-19: Harford volunteers helping others schedule hard-to-get...
Mary Boblits, of Bel Air, started a Facebook group called Harford Citizens Crush Covid-19 in early February. The group has recently started recruiting volunteers to help others schedule an appointment...
View ArticleRetired Maryland police chief used arson for vendettas, prosecutors say; a...
Former Laurel Police Chief David Crawford was ordered held without bail Thursday after being charged with committing a multi-year series of arsons across the region, targeting an enemies list including...
View ArticleBaltimore got most COVID-19 vaccines in state through February with 75% sent...
Maryland sent more first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Baltimore than any other jurisdiction in the state over the first 11 weeks of immunizations, but about three of four of those doses were spread...
View ArticleMaryland Gov. Hogan announces COVID vaccine equity plan that seeks community...
Gov. Larry Hogan touted the plan as a way to improve the pace of getting coronavirus vaccine shots into the arms of Marylanders who are not white.
View ArticleNo COVID deaths reported by Carroll County Health Department this week; case...
There were three deaths in Carroll County attributed to COVID-19 last week and three the week before that. While a death was reported by the health department on Monday, it had actually occurred the...
View ArticleSteelers, Ben Roethlisberger agree to new deal, assuring 39-year-old...
Ben Roethlisberger is returning for an 18th season with the Pittsburgh Steelers and is taking a pay cut to do it.
View ArticleJayla Oden scores 26 points to lift McDonogh girls basketball to 60-58...
McDonogh senior guard Jayla Oden scored a game-high 26 points and provided a much-needed spark in the fourth quarter in a 60-58 victory over the Eagles’ Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland...
View ArticleSecurity personnel at Prince George’s County public schools with arresting...
The number of security personnel with arrest powers at Prince George’s County public schools will decrease next school year, according to recommendations from the school system CEO that the board of...
View ArticleBaltimore County man federally indicted in connection to U.S. Capitol...
A Baltimore County man was federally indicted Wednesday for his alleged participation in the U.S. Capitol insurrection.
View ArticleActivists march to Maryland State House demanding no compromise, ‘real police...
A crowd of activists from across the state marched on the Maryland State House on Thursday to demand “real police reform” from politicians inside, illustrating fissures between protesters and many...
View ArticleMaryland State Board of Education votes to delay standardized tests until fall
Students across Maryland will not be taking standardized tests this spring after the state school board voted Thursday afternoon to delay the tests until fall.
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