ANNAPOLIS – Four days after nearly 4 feet of snow fell on parts of his county, Garrett Schools Superintendent Wendell Teets said all he can do was take it one day at a time

WASHINGTON – Federal officials are focusing on eight islands in the mid- Chesapeake Bay that could be the next dumping grounds for silt dredged from bay shipping channels

ANNAPOLIS – Kay Cross will tell lawmakers Thursday that there is only one just sentence for the person who killed her son — the death penalty

ANNAPOLIS – With tons of snow sitting on frozen ground, and forecasts calling for rain and several days of above-40 temperatures, Maryland Emergency Management Agency officials worry that the state could be facing a repeat of the 1996 floods

ANNAPOLIS – For a fifth straight year, the Maryland House has killed a proposal that would make it illegal for motorists to use a handheld cell phone while driving

CHESAPEAKE CITY – Like the newborn foals she treats, Olga Smolenskaia- Souvorova is seeing Maryland for the first time

WASHINGTON – Reports of gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia skyrocketed in Eastern Shore counties in 2001, pushing rural counties ahead of many larger jurisdictions and making them second only to Baltimore in sexually transmitted disease rates

ANNAPOLIS – State Police Superintendent Edward T

ANNAPOLIS – Valentine’s Day signaled the end of Giant Food’s promotion of Durex-brand condoms as part of its A+ Bonus Bucks school donation program

WASHINGTON – Weeks after the Department of Environment suggested that Gov