Maryland News

UPDATE - Much of the state is under a severe thunderstorm watch Wednesday evening.

Howard County is getting some high marks from Yale University's Center for Food Policy and Obesity, recognizing the district's wellness policy.

These were among reports received by the Calvert County Sheriff's Office and the Maryland State Police.

The director of a Maryland summer camp where a violent storm knocked down several trees, killing one child and injuring several others, said Wednesday that he is proud of how his staff handled the situation.

The Storm Prediction Center has placed central Maryland in the "slight risk" category for severe t-storms Tuesday with the main threats being damaging winds and isolated severe hail.

Education in West Virginia is crucial, but the students in the state are not performing as well as they could be.

Severe storms packing strong winds, heavy thunderstorms and possible tornadoes killed at least five people and left tens of thousands of customers without power as it moved through the Northeast Tuesday evening, authorities said.

Here's Montgomery Councilman Marc Elrich's idea for boosting voter turnout: a series of ongoing radio/TV public service announcements educating voters about the importance of the County Council.

Within hours of the Supreme Court's decision last week that closely-held corporations could deny coverage for contraceptives through their employees' health insurance policies if doing so violated the owners' religious convictions, Gov. Martin O'Malley took to Twitter to decry the verdict: "No woman should have her health care decisions made by her ... (more)

Maryland State Police were searching for a teen boy who was reported missing from a state-run group home in Garrett County and is now believed to have committed several crimes while on the run.

The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution calling on lawmakers to change the laws for marijuana paraphernalia possession for adults.

When Jim Maguire arrived at his Pikesville home on June 28 after being out of town for a week, he found a vehicle registration renewal notice from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration in his pile of waiting mail.

As the Montgomery County Council moved to vote on a resolution making possession of marijuana paraphernalia a low priority for law enforcement, council member Nancy Navarro singled out Republican Representative Andy Harris of Maryland's Eastern Shore for criticism.

The Maryland Department of the Environment announced Tuesday that it has started enforcing violation charges after several infractions in previous months.

Three groups representing educators in Maryland have rejected a recommendation by a statewide legislative task force to delay the opening of the state's public schools until after Labor Day .

While graduation rates increased in Prince George's County high schools in 2013, the district lags behind both state and national averages.

About 100 advocates for immigrant families and children protested outside the White House Monday, calling on President Barack Obama to quickly make good on his pledge to use executive orders to move immigration reform forward, especially to help the thousands of children crossing the border.

I realize it's impolite to stand up in the 21st century and declare something that was established in Colonial Maryland - say, the election of sheriffs in every county and Baltimore City - to be archaic, inefficient and unnecessary.

When Katie Gundlach's boyfriend Ryan Donaghey died suddenly from a rare form of nasal cancer at the age of 21, she felt like her world had been flipped upside down.

State flags throughout Maryland will fly at half-staff Thursday in honor of former Prince George's County Executive Wayne Curry.