Maryland News

DENTON, Md. Maryland State Police say an off-duty state trooper is in critical condition after he apparently confronted vandalism suspects in a car in Caroline County.

A new ad campaign called "Maryland Stood Up" began airing yesterday in support of the gun control measure singned into law last week.

Authorities say a University of Maryland student was lying when she told police she'd been the victim of an armed robbery Sunday on Lakeland Road.

"We're happy to get food in the winter, in the spring and in the summer because you know we get so much food around Thanksgiving and Christmas, you know because people think people are only hungry around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Maryland's Court of Appeals ruled in January that the state must offer credits to taxpayers whose out-of-state income is subject to local piggyback taxes.

Last November, after months of campaigning - and millions spent on advertising for and against gambling expansion - Maryland voters decided the allure of live table games at local casinos was too enticing to ignore and Question 7 was approved by a narrow margin.

High school graduation ceremonies can be a memorable experience, especially if shared with friends and family.

While the damage won't be calculated for some time, the destruction is evident; a massive event and tragedy that has local urban search and rescue workers on standby.

The Obama administration's quickening push to implement health care reform is likely to create success stories and debacles that differ across states, a panel of experts said Monday.

The board of directors of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation approved the Commission's recommendation to fund 31 new proposals with the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund's FY2013 budget.

His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base.

Fewer Marylanders than last year will take to the roads, skies and seas for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.

Doug Duncan wants his old job back as Montgomery County Executive in 2014. The 57-year-old Duncan served three terms as County Executive before making a short-lived bid for governor in 2006.

New state-wide outreach programs have helped more than 15 child victims of human trafficking in the past five months alone, according to the governor's office.

Maryland is one of the best states in the region to bike, according to new rankings from the League of American Bicyclists.

Maryland was recently ranked the best place to start a business, according to Entrepreneur magazine.

Patch met with Miss Annapolis, Jade Kenny, at a recent event at the Visitor's Bureau where she tasted a new Chesapeake Bay flavored ice cream.

What's so great about being nice? Nice never got anybody anywhere, right? According to a finding from the Marchex Institute , those are some questions Marylanders might ask themselves considering the institute's recent findings: We curse and act impolitely on consumer telephone calls.

If Mohammad Rahro, 91, had gone to just any senior center in Maryland, chances are he would not have encountered someone who remembered the headmaster with four wives who rode to school each day on a beloved white donkey.

By Patch Staff It was a big week for Maryland, with a visit by the first lady and a heads up for a sixth casino in the state.