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How Second Amendment Radicals Are Attacking Laws Meant to Keep Firearms Out of the Wrong Hands
This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Subscribe to its newsletters SUSAN WEBB STOOD with her colleague on Parks Road. The Chesapeake Bay and the abandoned store with the sagging roof were behind them, the smell of discarded crab lingering in the air. Once again, someone had lodged a complaint against the ramshackle property that belonged to Donald Willey. He Took a Psychedelic to Cure His Addiction. It Was His Last Trip The home was on Hoopers Island, an isolated speck of land off Maryland’s Eastern Shore, connected by a narrow road that often took on water during high...
Calvert school board tackles hiring policy changes
Calvert’s public school administrators didn’t have a lot of editorial changes to some of the system’s provocative policies, but the ones they did have Aug. 8 yielded feedback from the board of education. The school system’s hiring policy was originally presented to the board for discussion by Zachary Seawell, human resources director, with no recommended changes. However, when the board reviewed the policy in July, the board members requested that the purpose of the policy contain an assurance that in addition to being fair, equitable...
Video shows arrest of suspect in Maryland mom Rachel Morin's murder
BALTIMORE -- WJZ obtained video from the night police in Oklahoma arrested Victor Martinez Hernandez, the man charged in the murder of Rachel Morin, a Maryland mother of five.Martinez Hernandez was taken into custody in June at a bar in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 10 months after Morin was found murdered off the Ma & Pa Trail in Harford County.The video shows Martinez Hernandez being escorted out of the bar, put in handcuffs and into the patrol car. He was later extradited to Maryland where he is facing charges of first and second-degree murder, rape, sex offense and kidnapping.Investigators said they were tipped...
Police Drone Use Sparks Privacy Debate in Maryland
A recent panel discussion at the Maryland Association of Counties summer conference in Ocean City highlighted the growing debate over Police use of drones. The discussion, reported by Maryland Matters, focused on the benefits and concerns surrounding law enforcement agencies employing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for surveillance and emergency response.
Hoyer experienced ‘mild’ stroke, has ‘no lingering symptoms,’ office says
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) experienced a “mild” stroke Sunday night and, after treatment, is not experiencing lingering symptoms, the congressman’s office announced Tuesday. A spokesperson for Hoyer — the 85-year-old former House majority leader — said the Maryland Democrat expects to resume his normal schedule next week. “On Sunday night, August 11, Rep. Steny Hoyer experienced […]
'It was all smiles': Cambridge National Night Out brings more than 800 to county pool
CAMBRIDGE — This year’s National Night Out event in Cambridge brought more people, more hotdogs and more smiles. “Like many other years, it was another successful year,” Cambridge Police Chief Justin Todd said. “We had tons of kids and a lot of people and businesses and community leaders that came out and all took part. It was all smiles.” Between 800 and 900 people showed up to the Dorchester County...
Virginia Woman Shocked As Her Great Dane Delivers Stunning 21 Puppies In Just 27 Hours
Giving birth to a litter is always overwhelming, but a pretty special time to female dog owners! If you have witnessed one, then you know that there are very few things in the canine world that could even remotely compare to the beauty of a doggo mom-puppy relationship. In March...
Pa. woman shares insights on her 98-day hike across the Appalachian National Scenic Trail
A Pennsylvania woman had her two daughters drive her to Georgia and let her off on a trail. She willingly solo-hiked all the way back to the Keystone State, and then kept on going north into Maine. It was part of a Somerset County woman’s quest to hike all 2,197 miles of the...
2 people shot, nearly a dozen homes damaged in Southeast DC shooting
FOX 5 EXCLUSIVE - Two people were shot, nearly a dozen homes have damage from bullet holes and police have made no arrests after a wild shootout in Southeast D.C. A teenage girl and a woman were among those injured in the shooting. According to police, they showed up at the hospital on their own. They are expected to be ok.
Valiant Comeback Effort Ties it but Late Crabs Rally is Difference
(August 14, 2024 – Waldorf, Md.): The York Revolution mounted a six-run comeback to tie the game but a pair of eighth inning runs were the difference as the Revs fell to the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, 9-7 on Wednesday night at Regency Furniture Stadium. Down 7-1 through three...
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