Rachel Baye

Updated: Sat, May 11, 2013

Montgomery County residents handed over 111 guns, 11 BB guns, 10,000 rounds of ammunition and a grenade at Saturday's statewide gun turn-in day, according to county police spokeswoman Lucille Baur. Among the 111 guns were 68 hand guns, 27 rifles -- including at least one AK-47 -- 15 shot guns...

Rachel Baye

Updated: Sat, May 11, 2013

Maryland student robbed at gunpoint A University of Maryland student was robbed at gunpoint in College Park early Saturday morning, Prince George's County Police report. At around 3:45 a.m., the suspect approached the male student near Baltimore Avenue and Berwyn House Road. Showing the...

Rachel Baye

Published: Sat, May 11, 2013

A University of Maryland student was robbed at gunpoint in College Park early Saturday morning, Prince George's County Police report. At around 3:45 a.m., the suspect approached the male student near Baltimore Avenue and Berwyn House Road. Showing the student his gun, the suspect demanded...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Sat, May 11, 2013

Law enforcement staff in the region and across the country are participating in National Police Week events to honor fallen officers. Many of the region's tributes will honor a young Prince George's County police officer killed in the line of duty last year. Officer Adrian Morris, 23, died...

Matt Connolly

Published: Sat, May 11, 2013

With the 138th Preakness Stakes set to run on Saturday, Maryland casino revenue is keeping the state's once-flagging horse racing industry afloat the other 364 days of the year. Horse racing is a storied tradition in the Free State, dating to the colony's founding in 1633. While the industry...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Sat, May 11, 2013

Panel could authorize higher charges starting in July Maryland officials decided not to allow hospitals to increase charges for the remainder of the current fiscal year ending in June, but could authorize rates to rise starting in July. The Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission...

Matt Connolly

Published: Sat, May 11, 2013

One local business icon is eyeing an opportunity as horse racing in Maryland starts to see a casino-driven resurgence. Kevin Plank, who founded athletic apparel company Under Armour in 1996, bought Sagamore Farms in Baltimore County with the hope of restoring it to its former glory. The farm,...

Kate Jacobson

Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect corrections to the size of the WSSC rate increase and its budget, and to clarify that utility workers, not county employees, will be receiving raises. Workers at Montgomery and Prince George's counties' water and sewer provider will...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Fri, May 10, 2013

A 77-year-old Silver Spring woman was fatally struck by a vehicle when she was sitting on a bench at a Wheaton bus shelter, police said. About 4:30 p.m. Thursday, a 1996 Ford Explorer was traveling eastbound on Veirs Mill Road and then made a U-turn onto the road's westbound lanes at the...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

Outhouse not cutting it anymore? Maryland has a loan program for homeowners who want to install indoor plumbing. Low-income Maryland homeowners can apply for low-interest loans under the Maryland Indoor Plumbing Program to pay for items like wells, septic tanks, connections to septic systems...