Working Poor, Elderly, Children Turn Up in Soup Kitchen Lines

BALTIMORE – Children, the elderly and the working poor are more likely than ever to turn to charitable organizations for food in Maryland, according to a new survey by the Maryland Food Bank

Trucker Gets Workers Comp Hearing Despite Positive Cocaine Test

ANNAPOLIS – A Virginia truck driver who tested positive for cocaine after crashing his rig on a Maryland highway will be allowed to file for Maryland worker’s compensation

Bill Would Let State Control Orioles and Ravens Ticket Prices

ANNAPOLIS – The Orioles couldn’t sign players like Cal Ripken if the state adopts a proposal to regulate ticket prices at Camden Yards, warned a team representative

`Rough Sex’ Conviction Upheld by Appellate Court

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Friday upheld the conviction of a Baltimore County stable worker who raped, sexually assaulted and beat his former employer

Lawmakers Fight To Keep Water Intake Out Of Potomac

ANNAPOLIS – To residents from the Montgomery side of the river, the Potomac is a treasure that brings “joy to the eye and peace to the soul” — but maybe not for long

Opticians Locked in Stare Down Over Proposed Regulations

ANNAPOLIS – Barbers have to be certified in Maryland, but the people who fill eyeglass prescriptions don’t even need a high school diploma

Pfiesteria Plan Would Allow Amish Farmers Off the Hook

MECHANICSVILLE – Joe Stoltzfus has lived in the same Amish community here for all of his 56 years

Appeals Court Orders Third Trial in Triple-Murder Case

ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland appeals court has again overturned the triple-murder conviction of a Prince George’s County man and ordered a new trial — his third in four years

Eastern Shore Secession Plan Gets Cool Reception at Hearing

ANNAPOLIS – Michael Johnstone and five South Dorchester High School classmates did not know when they came to Annapolis Thursday that lawmakers would be debating Eastern Shore secession

Maryland Seeks to Block Other States Same-Sex Marriages

ANNAPOLIS – Same-sex marriages are already outlawed in Maryland