Anne Arundel County News

Service members who have lost their lives fighting for their country will be honored on Saturday at the fourth annual Memorial Day Weekend Salute at George P. Kalas Funeral Home in Edgewater.

Last July, Maj. Pamela Davis was taking on the role of acting police chief in Anne Arundel County, in the wake of former Police Chief James Teare Sr.'s retirement.

In the past year, volunteers have spent more than 500,000 hours working with schools in Anne Arundel County, and once a year, the school system honors those who make sacrifices to better their local schools.

If you see a ghost at Anne Arundel County's newest ball field, don't shriek and run away.

In Anne Arundel County, where new stormwater fees have generated national attention amid criticism of Maryland's so-called "rain tax," the debate over how much to charge property owners will continue into June.

According to Maryland's Natural Resources Police, 70-year-old William Eckert's body was found around 9 p.m., at the Holiday Hill Marina in Edgewater.

A local woman and former Anne Arundel County school teacher plans to open a tutoring and therapy center this summer for kids who need a little extra help in school.

Faculty and students are mourning the death of a student-teacher at Annapolis High School who was killed in a car wreck in Wisconsin on Sunday, according to school officials.

African-American students appear to be making progress in the classroom in Anne Arundel County, one of only a few school districts in the nation that agreed in writing to try and close the achievement gap between African-American and white students.

A woman who was rescued from a fire in a Crofton townhome on Tuesday remains in critical condition at a Baltimore hospital with severe burns and smoke inhalation, a fire department spokesman said.

Anne Arundel County police are advising residents to be on the lookout for burglars.

Anne Arundel County fire crews extinguished a small house fire in Pasadena Wednesday afternoon.

Not everyone plans a getaway for Memorial Day weekend. But if you don't want to be stuck in the house with the kids for three days, a solidly-planned day trip with the family may do you some good.

Anne Arundel County police arrested a Linthicum man after finding 21 bags of marijuana in a vehicle, during a traffic stop early Tuesday.

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Anne Arundel County police arrested four men for soliciting sex through an online escort service in early May.

Anne Arundel County police arrested a Brooklyn Park man in a stabbing that sent the victim to Shock Trauma on May 13.

Police are investigating apparently intentional reckless driving near Marley Station Mall earlier this month, based on a video posted on YouTube .

Severna Park students are being introduced to computer technology earlier in life than ever before, and schools in Maryland are trying to teach kids how to afford the smartphones, laptops and flatscreen televisions they want, with lessons on personal finances.

Out of control drivers at a popular car show at Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie are now in the cross-hairs of police.