Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – Bill Trautman taught biology in Baltimore public schools for 17 years

WASHINGTON – When it comes to reasons why her MARC train is late, Christy Huddle believes she’s heard it all

WASHINGTON – Most of the elected officials had already had their say, but when Carole Price got up to speak Wednesday in the shadow of the Capitol, the crowd got a little more attentive and the applause grew a little more enthusiastic

ANNAPOLIS – Ever since he was 18, when he converted a surplus military rifle to a sports rifle, guns have been a way of life for David Eccles, owner of Eccles Shooting Sports here

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has ruled that Wicomico County resident James Deaton violated the Clean Water Act after digging a drainage ditch on his property

WASHINGTON – Days before the anniversary of the murderous shootout at a Colorado high school, Maryland’s Talbot County has been identified as having one of the highest rates of murder of parents in the country

WASHINGTON – When gunman Joseph Palczynski was loose in eastern Baltimore County for 10 days in mid-March, about 28 schools in that area went into lockdown, locking doors and windows and keeping students inside to keep them safe

ANNAPOLIS – Montgomery County is finding it increasingly easy to get wishes granted by the Maryland General Assembly, at the same time Baltimore struggled this session to get 16 percent of the $49

UPPER MARLBORO – They look old, their faces lined like tobacco leaves and, in summer, about as dark

ANNAPOLIS – David Shafer said he can’t make a living hauling caskets and bodies alone – he needs the dozens of road trips he takes to the Baltimore- Washington International Airport every month for his Cumberland-based limousine service to turn a profit