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Since Key Bridge collapse, several ships have experienced trouble in Maryland waters
The massive ships that regularly sail into Maryland carry cars, cargo, commerce — and a degree of potential calamity. That minute, but real, risk that each vessel presents became horribly apparent March 26, when the 100,000-plus-ton Dali cargo ship decimated the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six men, after losing power at the most inopportune moment. It was an unprecedented disaster, but a ...
It's 'go time' for new McDaniel College head coach Skyler Fultz
WESTMINSTER, Md. — There is a new kind of energy around the McDaniel College football team this year. It's the kind that comes with a first-year head coach. It's the kind that comes with a coach who has green blood running through his veins. "As soon as I stepped...
Maryland Leaders Unveil Plans for Chesapeake Bay Passenger Ferry Service
CRISFIELD, MD - County leaders across Maryland are exploring the possibility of introducing passenger ferries to communities along the Chesapeake Bay. A feasibility study, unveiled today, suggests that ferry services could soon be docking in key locations across five counties, including Somerset and Queen Anne's on the Eastern Shore. The...
AI to fight AI: Local governments consider artificial intelligence for cybersecurity
As state and local governments grapple with a shifting digital landscape in the form of artificial intelligence, counties have an “obligation” to learn how to incorporate artificial intelligence into cybersecurity efforts, officials said.
New legal challenge aims to protect state retirees current prescription drug plan
MARYLAND (WBFF) — Packing the parking lot of a small VFW in rural Middle River, hundreds of outraged state retirees gathered to discuss a last-ditch effort to preserve their current prescription drug plan. Current benefits are set to expire at the start of next year, downgrading thousands of elderly residents from the state’s comprehensive coverage to a limited federal plan.
MACo Matters: Ferguson renews stance against broad-based tax increases
Senate President Bill Ferguson gives thumbs-down to taxes, the Sons of the American Revolution give thumbs-up to Ferguson and Gov. Wes Moore, and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks gets the star treatment.
MSDE presents draft literacy policy
BALTIMORE — Addressing the need for literacy proficiency in the state, review and updates of the draft literacy policy were presented to the Maryland State Department of Education July 23. The MSDE passed a resolution at the beginning of the year to task State Superintendent of Schools Carey Wright and her team with drafting a comprehensive literacy policy aligned with the science of reading. Considerations of the working policy include aspects such as curriculum adoption, assessment data, analysis, early warning systems, intervention and accountability. ...
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...
American ballerina with Maryland ties gets 12-year Russian prison sentence for treason
BALTIMORE-- Russian/American dual citizen Ksenia Karelina, a ballerina who has ties to Maryland, was handed a 12-year prison sentence on Thursday for treason in Russia.Chris Van Heerden, Karelina's boyfriend, made a desperate plea on CBS Mornings to bring her back to the United States."I'm pleading to the American government," Van Heerden said. "I'm not a begging man but I'm begging the American people to help get Ksenia back."Karelina is originally from Russia but became a U.S. citizen three years ago.She was detained in Russia while visiting family in January after authorities there discovered she donated $51 to a U.S.-based...
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