Worcester County News

SNOW HILL -- A local environmental group has filed a complaint against the Worcester County Commissioners, claiming that a closed-session decision to consolidate three government departments violated state law.

Maryland's First Lady rolled up her sleeves Tuesday and served lunch to students in Worcester County.

SNOW HILL - The Worcester County Recreation Center will be closed from July 1 to July 5 to allow for the facility to be cleaned.

Maryland State Police responded two domestic assaults overnight Worcester County residences, one of which led to the injury of an infant.

OCEAN CITY , Md.- Maryland State Police say one bicyclist is dead and another injured following an early Friday morning DUI hit-and-run crash on the Route 50 bridge in Ocean City.

POCOMOKE CITY , Md.- Investigators say DNA evidence has helped them identify the suspect behind a previously unsolved rape that occurred more than 18 years ago in Pocomoke City.

Human remains found in Worcester County back in January have been identified. Police say the body of Richard Wright Jr.

An Ocean City man is accused of posing as a doctor and calling in fraudulent prescriptions to pharmacies.

The Worcester County Fair will be held Aug. 7, 8 and 9 this year at Byrd Park in Snow Hill.

A New York man has been charged with the rape of a Pocomoke City woman after a DNA sample taken from the crime scene 18 years ago matched his own.

The Worcester County Bureau of Investigation has issues a warrant for a man accused of raping a Pocomoke City woman in 1991.

In early April, Laura Carpenter was handed an application to be considered for a Habitat for Humanity house by a customer of the Ocean Pines salon where she works.

OCEAN PINES -- A 17-year-old will be charged as an adult for allegedly raping an 18-year-old woman whom he knew at an Ocean Pines residence.

" Bob Melvin has the Mayor and City Council in his corner. Now all he has to do is convince the Worcester County Commissioners.

NEWARK, Md. - Worcester County will change the hours and raise tipping fees at the Central Landfill starting Saturday.

Three more Worcester County public schools students and another county resident have tested positive for the H1N1 virus -- otherwise known as swine flu -- bringing the total of confirmed cases up to six.

OCEAN CITY -- A tiff between two women that started in Ocean City's popular underage nightclub spilled out onto the Boardwalk a few hours before a larger brawl broke out as the club closed for the night, police said.

SNOW HILL , Md.- A convicted murderer who was released from prison last year for "good behavior" and education credits, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for violation of probation.

" The Assateague Coastal Trust will challenge a controversial closed meeting held by Worcester County elected officials last month by lodging an official complaint with the Maryland Open Meetings Act Compliance Board next week.

OCEAN CITY a ' A Pennsylvania man was arrested on assault and reckless endangerment charges last weekend after stabbing another man during a fight.