ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals rejected Hadden Clark’s bid for a new trial in the 1986 murder of 6-year-old Michele Dorr Wednesday, upholding the Montgomery County Circuit Court decision to include evidence and testimony that the defense argued were hearsay and inadmissible
State Troopers To Sub For National Guard At Maryland Airports
ANNAPOLIS – About 100 Maryland National Guardsmen will provide additional security in the state’s three commercial airports, but not before they receive special training to prepare them for “civilian interaction,” said Gov
Maryland Reserve Unit Called to Active Duty, Begins Training at Andrews AFB
WASHINGTON – They don’t know where they’re going or exactly what their jobs will be, but members of the Maryland-based 459th Security Forces Squadron of the Air Force Reserves have been called to service and told to get their affairs in order
Students, Homeless After Monday Tornado, Pick Up Pieces from Apartments
COLLEGE PARK – Hundreds of University of Maryland students were allowed back into tornado-damaged apartments Wednesday and given 15 minutes to collect up clothes, books and other parts of their lives before being shooed away again
Health Choice Program Endangered, Physicians Warn
ANNAPOLIS – Health care experts warned lawmakers Wednesday that Health Choice, Maryland’s largest Medicaid program, is in danger of collapse if it doesn’t get more money soon
State, Federal Officials Say It’s Time to Reopen Reagan National Airport
WASHINGTON – Next to a locked-down newsstand, where racks of Sept
Laurel High School Ripped by Tornado
ANNAPOLIS – Tornado damage closed Laurel High School Tuesday — along with all other Prince George’s County schools — but some teachers couldn’t stay away
Appeals Court Overturns Finding of Excessive Force by Guards at Super Max
WASHINGTON – A divided appeals court ruled that Maryland prison guards did not use excessive force when they sprayed an inmate 12 times with pepper spray and then locked him, shackled in his underwear, in a bare cell for two days
FEC Rules Lierman Did Not Violate Election Laws in Loan to Moran
WASHINGTON – The Federal Elections Commission said this week there was “no reason to believe” that lobbyist and Maryland congressional candidate Terry Lierman violated election laws when he made a $25,000 low-interest loan to Rep
Clarksville Sisters Inseparable in Life, Death
CLARKSVILLE – Colleen and Erin Marlatt were inseparable – so much so that they died together, victims of the tornado that ripped through the University of Maryland, College Park and across parts of Prince George’s County Monday evening