Sheriff's Office warns of phone scam
The Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office is warning the public to beware of a phone scam from a person identifying himself as "Sgt. Jackson from The Anne Arundel Sheriff's Department." The caller is...
View ArticleNavy Blue Angels jet crashes in Tennessee, killing pilot
A Blue Angels F/A-18 fighter jet crashed Thursday near Nashville, Tennessee, killing the pilot just days before a weekend air show performance, officials said.A U.S. official said the pilot was Marine...
View ArticlePopular home improvement columnist to resume weekly 'On The Level' column
Well-known home and garden columnist Jim Rooney will resume his weekly column with The Capital after taking a brief hiatus for health reasons. Rooney, who has written almost 1,000 columns for The...
View ArticlePolice identify woman found dead in Parole, charge man with her murder
County police have charged a man with murdering a woman whose partially decomposed body was found Tuesday in a wooded area outside of Annapolis. Police identified the woman as Holly Carol Smith, 24,...
View ArticleLawsuit at heart of abandoned Keller's Bakery in Linthicum
When the Keller family turned over their family business to new owners Dawn Skelton and Jay Schad in June 2015, there was an initial optimism Keller's Bakery would remain a community fixture. Now,...
View ArticleWho went to jail? Anne Arundel jail intake reports from May 24-30
Here's a look at who went to the Anne Arundel Detention Center from May 17-24. Charges are accurate at time of intake and could have changed subsequently. Source: Anne Arundel County Detention Center....
View ArticleAnnapolis ceremony commemorates the Battle of Midway
The Navy Information Operations Command, MD, based at Fort Meade, held a ceremony at the Maryland World War II Memorial in Annapolis to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Midway.
View ArticleRoadwork to close some lanes this week
The State Highway Administration will close some lanes in the area over the weekend. Beginning at 9 p.m. Friday there will be single lane closures on East Ordnance Road at Hawkins Point Road for...
View ArticleMan arrested on drug charges after foot pursuit in Brooklyn Park
Anne Arundel County police said a man was arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop and foot pursuit Thursday in Brooklyn Park. Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by...
View ArticleNorth Anne Arundel officials say Port Covington proposal isn't just about...
The benefits of a proposed $5.5 billion South Baltimore retail and housing project could spread into northern Anne Arundel communities, economic development officials say. To appreciate the impact of...
View ArticleRepublicans target District 30 Senate seat
Part of larger plan to end Democrats' veto-proof majority in legislature
View ArticleA moment with a legend: When a local reporter met Muhammad Ali
With Muhammad Ali's death at age 74, stories of his enormous impact are flooding in. He helped change a culture with his fame and his principles. He fought seemingly insurmountable odds, managed to...
View ArticleMayo peninsula residents raise concerns about park, development
County Executive Steve Schuh, who has made opening boat ramps, beaches and bike trails a mission since getting elected, has seen to it that several such projects are funded in his budget proposal for...
View ArticleMy Time: Severna Park High School Leadership Institute students take on...
Through the Leadership Institute at Severna Park High School, Leadership 3 students are able to design their own service projects to benefit an organization they are passionate about. These projects...
View ArticleLove still has wings: Couple revisits a 40-year-old gift
Passers-by at the Annapolis harbor Saturday afternoon, seeing a plane-towed banner reading "Hurray Diane! After 40 years — still 'our day' — Love Mike" probably thought it a nice gesture in honor of a...
View ArticleMy Time: North County High School honors seniors at inaugural College Signing...
Nearly 90 students were joined by their parents, teachers, administrators and others recently as North County High School celebrated its inaugural College Signing Day. Dovetailing on First Lady...
View ArticleGetting into character: Awesome Con pays tribute to comics, movies, TV shows...
Walk by the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in D.C. this weekend and you might not notice anything amiss — until you're waiting at a crosswalk between a group of "Star Wars" stormtroopers and...
View ArticleOfficials ID deceased boater who went missing in South River
Maryland Natural Resources Police have identified a deceased boater who went missing Saturday as Joseph Vincent Rossi, 47, of Edgewater. The body will be taken to the medical examiner's office for an...
View ArticleMemorial service honors fallen firefighters
John "Skillet" Ulmschneider was the kind of person who could make friends and colleagues laugh, no matter what. He also "had that work ethic that you just can't teach," said Alan Doubleday, assistant...
View ArticleBlue Angels pilot's body has been flown home
The body of an elite fighter jet pilot who was killed in a crash near Nashville Thursday has been flown home. The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/1t8LRnv) that a Navy C-130 "Fat Albert" plane flew...
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