Shady Side News

Two veteran gym teachers at Southern Middle School not only failed to protect a student from bullies, but actively participated in the heckling, according to a lawsuit filed against the county Board of Education.

Here is what Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler would like to do: have the state take over enforcement of most environmental laws, meaning his office - not counties - would prosecute anyone who pollutes the Chesapeake Bay, builds illegally in a Critical Area or otherwise threatens the environment.

Dylan Cocker, 8, of Prince Frederick jumps through a hoop. Cocker was attending the event with others from Little Feet Family Day Care in Prince Frederick.

During the War of 1812, there was a famous battle in Baltimore, the 1814 "Battle of Fort McHenry." It wasn't really a battle at all - the fort didn't have cannons powerful enough to reach the British warships, so the fire was only incoming.

Julie Carroll of Edgewater recently contacted The Watchdog about a problem with a storm pipe intended to drain water from her residential street into the bay.

A 19-year-old Shady Side man must pay $493 in fines and court costs for his part in a fatal, head-on collision last year in Edgewater.

Chase Diggs and Rachel Robinson pulled up to the McDonald's drive-through window in Glen Burnie last October looking for a quick breakfast.

Carl Cates of Shady Side and Kim Zetwick of Baltimore tell the camera why they should appear on "Survivor." Zetwick said she wore her bikini as an attention-getting device.

County students and teachers will be getting out of school earlier than scheduled this summer, thanks to two unused snow days.

EDITOR'S NOTE: We reserve this space for readers to publicly say thanks to Good Samaritans.

A former federal worker was sentenced Thursday to a year and a half in prison for taking bribes in exchange for awarding inflated construction contracts, even though he's cooperated fully with investigators and ...

About a hundred years ago, Capt. Perry Rogers began building boats, powered by engines instead of sails, that were designed for bay waters around Shady Side.

There were 136 high school students at Camp Letts over President's Day weekend, working in small groups to come up with community service projects to take back to their communities.

As Boy and Girl Scouting nears the centennial anniversary of their respective organizations - Boy Scouting began in 1910, and Girl Scouting got its start in 1912 - Scouts in south county have been busy keeping ...

Jeff and Cheryl Whitaker of Edgewater and their combined family will have a chance to tell their story on national television, appearing on the "Today" show tomorrow morning.

From a Justice Department press release today : WASHINGTONa 'A government contractor and former employee of the U.S. Department of the Treasury was sentenced in Washington today in connection with a bribery ...

Two events last weekend helped raise funds for two charities that do great work for our south county friends and neighbors.

ANNAPOLIS House Speaker Michael E. Busch on Tuesday announced the creation of a 14-member legislative work group that will examine the state's emergency medical services system, which has been under scrutiny ...

A Maryland state delegate says bail bondsmen who charge low upfront rates threaten public safety and plans to introduce a bill in the coming weeks that would make their practices illegal, a change that could ...

Months of painstaking work went into planning Inaugural balls in the nation's capital to celebrate the inauguration of President Barack Obama.