Rob Hiaasen: 2015 - a great year barely remembered
A wise man once said: "The days are long, and the years are short." He also said: "My shorts are long, but that's how the kids wear them." But to his larger point, time is a speedy, unsentimental...
View ArticleIn Pasadena, sisters, 5 and 12, alert grandmother to garage fire
Investigators believe cause was electrical, no one hurt
View ArticleTeens of the Week: Where are they now? Jeremy Blackstone
"When I start something, I like to finish it." So said Jeremy Blackstone when he was the Teen of the Week on Feb. 5, 2010. His goal: a bachelor of science degree in computer science, as a...
View ArticlePolice identify woman killed in Linthicum crash
An accident Sunday morning in Linthicum that involved a Megabus and a car killed a woman and sent a man to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center with serious, life threatening injuries,...
View ArticleBudweiser Clydesdales visiting Annapolis for Military Bowl parade
Ivan may be the smallest horse on the team, but he has a big personality. The Budweiser Clydesdale — who is about 18 hands (6 feet) tall — will be at the front of the world-famous group of horses to...
View ArticleSchuh proposes changes to school board nominating commission
County executive working on legislation that would require all chambers to share business seat on panel
View ArticleTeens of the Week: Where are they now? Britta Vander Linden
As an Arundel High School senior, Britta Jepsen was preparing to step back into the year 1535 as a member of the new Young Actors Ensemble, the first group of teenage actors invited to participate in...
View ArticleTractor trailer, car collide in Hanover
Two people were taken to hospitals after a tractor trailer and a car collided early Monday morning in Hanover, county fire officials said. Firefighters responded to northbound Route 295, north of...
View ArticleMan stabbed in Glen Burnie on Christmas Eve
A man was stabbed after he allegedly tried to help a homeless man on Christmas Eve in Glen Burnie, county police said. Edward Wayne Kramer, 52, of no fixed address, has been charged with attempted...
View ArticleMan charged in robbery of Millersville 7-Eleven
A 23-year-old man has been charged in the robbery of a Millersville 7-Eleven this past July, county police said on Monday. Leroy Carl Boffen, of Glen Burnie, has been charged with armed robbery,...
View ArticleOdenton pizza delivery driver robbed
Anne Arundel police are searching for a man that robbed a pizza delivery driver late Sunday night in Odenton. The robbery occurred just before midnight in the 2200 block of Conquest Way. The Domino's...
View ArticleOdenton video store clerk thwarts attempted robbery with pepper spray
An Odenton video store clerk thwarted an attempted armed robbery with pepper spray Saturday night, county police said. Police responded to the Factory Direct Video Outlet at 1634 Annapolis Road around...
View ArticlePhotos: 2015 Military Bowl Parade in Annapolis
The annual Military Bowl Parade was held Monday morning in downtown Annapolis. The parade started at City Dock and traveled to the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, site of the game between Navy and...
View ArticleAAMC: More funding needed to combat smoking
To successfully combat smoking, Anne Arundel Medical Center would need to receive $1 million per year from the county health department, hospital officials said. This year, AAMC received about...
View ArticleKeenan Reynolds closes career in style, leads Navy to Military Bowl win over...
Senior quarterback accounts for four touchdowns in 44-28 win
View ArticleThe Gap closing at Westfield Annapolis mall
The Gap will close its Westfield Annapolis store next month, one of 175 planned closures nationwide. Store signage showed that the Annapolis location would be having a 50 percent off sale until its...
View ArticleTeens of the Week: Where are they now? Shavonne Shorter
Leadership roles as a student continue into adult life
View ArticleOdenton man to serve two years for cockfighting operation
An Odenton man will serve two years in prison for his role in a cockfighting operation that shocked the local community back in June. Ethan Harmon, 36, pleaded guilty to five counts of cockfighting...
View ArticleOdenton man sentenced to two years for cockfighting operation
An Odenton man was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for his role in a cockfighting operation that shocked the community in June. Ethan Harmon, 36, pleaded guilty to five cockfighting-related...
View ArticleCounty accepting applications for Maryland Live grants worth $300K
The Maryland Live casino will again provide grants to community organizations in 2016.The county will distribute $300,000 — in grants from $1,000 to $40,000 — on a reimbursement basis starting in...
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