Texas Shooting Has Churches Asking if They Must Be A Mighty Fortress

ROCKVILLE – Music and laughter filled the chapel at Redland Baptist Church as a rambunctious group of teen-agers in jeans and sneakers gathered Wednesday for PreFix, the church’s weekly youth night

EPA Says Tipton Airport Cleanup Complete, `Superfund’ Status Should End

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to remove Tipton Airport from the “Superfund” cleanup list, a step that Anne Arundel County officials say is crucial to their operation of the airfield

State Educator Says Teachers Need Training to Make Technology Work

WASHINGTON – Computers in classrooms are not enough if teachers are not properly trained to use them, a Montgomery County school official told a congressional subcommittee Wednesday

State Teachers, Schoolkids, Rally for Federal Help for Homeless Students

WASHINGTON – Alexis Mack wanted to go to school in Dundalk, where she landed with her mother and sister last summer after they escaped an abusive situation in their home in New York

Appeals Court Rejects Request for Tripp Grand Jury Information

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s highest court Tuesday overturned a lower court’s order that would have forced the state prosecutor to reveal details of his probe of Linda Tripp to an independent legal group

Maryland, Delaware Beaches Stand Firm in Face of Floyd

WASHINGTON – Maryland and Delaware beaches survived Hurricane Floyd with little damage and no increase in erosion, local officials and residents said Tuesday

Report Shows Which Maryland HMOs Are Making the Grade

ANNAPOLIS – Fewer than half of Marylanders enrolled in the state’s largest health maintenance organizations said they always got care quickly when they needed it, according to a state report card issued Tuesday

Small Number of Marylanders Account for Large Amounts of `Soft Money’

WASHINGTON – A dozen Marylanders contributed a combined $432,000 in “soft money” to political parties in the first half of this year, a practice congressional reformers have targeted as unfair

Scientists Look to Long-Term Benefits in Floyd’s Wake

WASHINGTON – Scientists assure Marylanders that there is a softer side to Floyd, the storm that swept across the state Thursday leaving five people injured and 660 homeless

Despite Thinning Field of Sarbanes Challengers, GOP Claims Optimism

WASHINGTON – Several Maryland Republicans are still weighing challenges to Sen