Fines for speeding in a work zone in Maryland have doubled. The new law, which went into effect Saturday, increases the $40 fine to $80 temporarily until the official cost increases in 2025, which can reach up to $1,000. The increase in zone speeding ticket costs comes in response to a crash on I-695 that […]
Maryland State Police are investigating a prisoner’s death at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Somerset County. Eugene Stanford, 49, originally of Trappe, Maryland, was killed while serving time at the facility around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, police said in a news release. The Eastern Correctional Institution is a medium-security facility in Westover on the lower […]
Former President Donald Trump in New York Thursday after his conviction on 34 state charges in a hush-money case. Response by Maryland Democrats was muted, but Republicans were generally angry. Photo by Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images A day after former President Donald Trump’s historic convictions, Maryland Democrats were calling for trust in the system Friday while […]
A man led state police on a high-speed pursuit, traveling more than 90 mph, from the suburbs into the City of York early Wednesday morning, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Yariel Fuentes-Reyes, 18, of Laurel, Maryland has been charged with fleeing or attempting to elude officers, evading arrest or detention on foot, recklessly […]
Did someone steal your construction tools? If so, they might have ended up in Howard County, Maryland where police recently recovered more than 15,000 stolen construction tools, according to a news release. The Howard County Police Department in Maryland has recovered about 15,000 stolen construction tools. Police believe the thefts occured in the region, including […]
The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit Wednesday against the Maryland Department of Natural Resources over what they call “thousands” of horseshoe crab deaths. The suit revolves around issues the group has with the department under the state’s Public Information Act for failing to release information detailing exactly how thousands of horseshoe crabs are killed, […]
Cloudforce’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for its expanded office space at National Harbor in February 2024. CEO Husein Sharaf is third from right. Photo courtesy of Caitlin Bartlett, Cloudforce. By James Matheson Prince George’s County has long been considered the poor step-sibling of the Washington area’s more affluent and business-savvy counties. But that image is starting to […]
ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Police in Arlington County said a man from Waldorf, Md. was arrested Sunday for assaulting a police officer. Just before 1 a.m., an officer with the Arlington County Police Department (ACPD) was conducting parking enforcement in the 2900 block of Columbia Pike when he saw a man trying […]
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Though many cities in the D.C. area are honoring Memorial Day all weekend long, there are several events on Memorial Day itself this Monday, May 27 to honor the men and women who gave their lives fighting in the American armed forces. If you and your friends or family are […]
The sound of exploding airbags awoke a family of five recently as an SUV burned in the driveway of their Maryland home. Vicki and Philip Hill, who have 5-year-old twins and a 7-year-old, told FOX 5 that if their SUV had been parked in their garage when it suddenly caught fire, it could have caused the […]
BALTIMORE — The 51-year-old owner of Baltimore County contracting companies was convicted after a seven-day trial of wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud a nonprofit internet provider. A federal jury charged Wayne Kacher Jr., of Harford County, owner of Bel Air Underground (BAU) Inc. and Pro Comm Engineering and Locating Services (Pro Comm) […]
The state has acceded to public demand to retain all 36 of its commuter bus routes but at reduced frequencies, the Maryland Department of Transportation and Maryland Transit Administration said in a news release Wednesday. In February the department said it would cut eight routes and reduce service on 26 more, including 10 in the […]