New gun range preaches safety in town of school shooting

Steve and Cindi Thomas believe that their public indoor range in Southern Maryland is a needed, secure environment for the community to practice and learn about firearms. 
“We want to provide a safe place for people to come and shoot year round,” Steve Thomas said. “(But) it’s Southern Maryland. Just like most places around the country right now, people are running out of places to shoot their gun (safely).”

Thousands rally in DC for March for Our Lives

Just days after the fatal shooting at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County in Southern Maryland, more than 100 students from the high school joined with hundreds of thousands of others from around the country in taking to the streets of Washington, D.C. last Saturday for the March for Our Lives.

St. Mary’s County offers help to veterans in need of resources

At the second annual Veterans Resources Day in St. Mary’s County, home to Patuxent Naval Air Station, former members of the military attended in search of help for concerns ranging from their health to their home.

Maryland’s heroin and opioid crisis reaches an all-time high

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Barbara Allen signs her emails with the names of her family members she has lost to addiction. Jim’s mom, Bill’s sister, Amanda’s aunt. Her son, Jim, died from a heroin and alcohol overdose in 2003 after battling…

Opiates decline in Maryland prisons after cut from Medicaid list

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Since Suboxone film strips were removed from the Medicaid Preferred Drug List in July, the amount of the drug recovered in Maryland correctional facilities as contraband has decreased by 41 percent, according to Maryland’s Department of Public…

School-Based Probation Officers Keep Close Eye on Students

Department of Juvenile Services “Spotlight on Schools” program closely monitors and provides support for students in the juvenile justice system.

Gun Rights Advocates Rally Against O’Malley’s Gun Control Bill

Gun rights advocates rallied in Annapolis against proposed assault weapons ban, magazine size limits and increased licensing for firearms.