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$5 Million Winning Scratch-off Sold in Maryland
A 25-year-old Michigan man is $5,000,000 richer after purchasing a winning lottery scratch-off ticket from a Howard County convenience store. Full story below courtesy MDLottery:. “Although the Maryland Lottery celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023, the observance had its last hurrah on Aug. 15 when a player claimed the final...
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 ...
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.
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 nursing home under historic oversight after state investigation
An investigation by the Maryland Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit found evidence of substandard care at a nursing home in Ellicott City. Investigators said problems they found inside the facility showed the company was violating the law and defrauding taxpayers. The owner of the Ellicott City...
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...
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.
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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