Baltimore Sewage Plants Fall Short of Nutrient Removal Limits; Rivers Suffer

BALTIMORE – Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 150 million gallons of musty sewage churns through 12 vats at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant for nitrogen removal treatment

Hunting Accident Victims Less Likely Than Most to Have Had Safety Training

WASHINGTON – Maryland hunters who have not taken the state’s hunting safety course might want to consider enrolling: The life they save may be their own

Trees Pose Biggest Hazard to Maryland Hunters, As Tree-Stand Use Takes Off

WASHINGTON – The number of Maryland hunters injured in tree-stand accidents has risen so dramatically that falls from tree stands are now the most common type of hunting accident reported in the state

Ancient Medicine Meets Modern Drug Problems in Baltimore Prison Trailer

BALTIMORE – Meditation music hums through the single-wide trailer as 25 men in maroon uniforms, their names scrawled on plastic identification bracelets, sit shoulder-to-shoulder in a cramped circle

U.S. Attorneys Defend Record of Scant Prosecution of Police Brutality Cases

WASHINGTON- Police brutality cases are rarely prosecuted by the U

Prison Officials, Inmates Stick Up for Acupuncture Treatment of Drug Abuse

BALTIMORE – Michael, a drug addict at the Maryland Detention Center in Baltimore, said he has found his salvation — in a needle

Don’t Call It P.G.

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers from Prince George’s County came to the General Assembly session here three months ago with a 12-point written agenda, but one key item wasn’t on the list: Get people to stop calling the county P

Advocates Say Law to Protect Special Education Students is Being Ignored

TOWSON – Joshua Golden, 18, walked for the first time at age 14

Tuskegee Airman Spent Life Shooting for the Sky; Now Honored With School Name

LANHAM – As a child, Herbert Flowers would look into the sky and picture himself floating above the clouds and soaring through the heavens

Organ Recipients Strut Their Good Health in an Effort to Encourage Donors

WASHINGTON – Before his kidney transplant, Chris Barbera, 15, of Darnestown was always out of breath during sports, had low stamina and was too tired to pay attention in class