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Adam Porter Tapped to Co-Lead the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing
Adam Porter has been named co-executive director of the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC), effective July 28, 2024. Porter is a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) and has served since 2015 as executive director of the Fraunhofer USA Center Mid-Atlantic, an applied research center affiliated with UMCP.
$50,000 windfall heading to man after winning trip to Thurmont convenience store
25 July 2024- A Pick 3 player from Western Maryland who tried his luck with scratch-offs walked away a big winner. The Frederick County man won $50,000 playing the Money Money Money scratch-off!. The lucky man was getting off work as a packaging official last week when he decided to...
Person seriously hurt in Montgomery County collision
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A Maryland State Police Medevac helicopter was requested to help a person who was seriously hurt in a collision in Poolsville on Thursday evening. A collision involving a bicycle happened at around 6:30 p.m. in front of the Colony SupplyCenter on Darnestown Road, near Beallsville Road. Crews said […]
Fairfax County refused multiple ICE detainers linked to man who is now a murder suspect
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — ICE confirms to 7News that one of the men that the Fairfax County Police Department arrested in connection to a murder in Oakton, Virginia last weekend is a Honduran in the U.S. illegally. This isn’t the first time he was arrested in Fairfax County....
Midlothian man pleads guilty to embezzling $4 million from VDH
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - A Midlothian man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to stealing millions of dollars from the Virginia Department of Health. According to court documents, on Aug. 10, 2013, Adam Lamar Harrell, 41, became an employee of VDH. In 2019, Harrell became...
Lansdowne Resort named 2024 Smart Stars Award winner
Leesburg, VA, (July 25, 2024) – Lansdowne Resort has been named a 2024 Smart Stars Award winner in the Best Golf Resort category from Smart Meetings Magazine. The resort’s 45 holes of golf harmonize with its rolling Potomac River Valley setting on 500 acres in Loudon County. Golf is available exclusively to members and resort guests.
Virginia awards $17 million for broadband to localities in Southwest and Southside
The commonwealth granted $41.6 million total to get broadband fiber to hard-to-reach areas, according to the governor's office. The post Virginia awards $17 million for broadband to localities in Southwest and Southside appeared first on Cardinal News.
Pinpoint Weather: Few storms Friday, drier weekend
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — While the chance of rain is not completely out of the forecast, Southwest and Central Virginia will trend drier into the weekend. A backdoor front will move through the region on Friday. This front will keep skies variably cloudy overhead. A few isolated showers and storms could develop. The severe risk […]
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