About this time of year the flu bug starts winding down. But this year is proving to be one of the worst for Maryland, and the rest of the country,with new cases of the flu still coming in at a high rate.
League of Dreams gives children with special needs a chance at baseball
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland — The University of Maryland baseball team partnered up with the League of Dreams organization to hold a baseball clinic for children with special needs. League of Dreams helps teach individuals with special needs the sport of baseball.…
State delegate works to make streets safer following grandson’s murder
There were 342 homicides in Baltimore last year. Among the victims, the grandson of Baltimore City Delegate Talmadge Branch. Branch is sponsoring legislation to try and expand a violence prevention program already operating in the city in the hopes of saving the lives of others
Baltimore joint crime effort nets hundreds of arrests
Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies working together for the past 60 days to combat violent crime in Baltimore has resulted in the arrests of hundreds of the city’s most violent offenders. The crackdown has lead to ten charges of murder, ten charges of attempted murder and 76 charged with assault or aggravated assault.
Montgomery County students walk out of class, demand change in gun legislation
Hundreds of Montgomery County students joined with others from around the region in a rally in front of the White House on Wednesday. The students say they wanted to add their voice to the students from Douglas High School in calling for changes in the law to prevent massacres at schools like the one last week at the Parkland, Florida school that left 17 students and faculty members dead.
College players and pros provide some special baseball lessons for area kids
Many children with special needs and autism from around Prince George’s County and Washington, D.C. attended a baseball clinic hosted by the University of Maryland baseball team. The clinic was organized by League of Dreams, a non-profit foundation that focuses on teaching the game of baseball to children regardless of mental or physical disabilities.
“Black Panther” dominates the box office — and social media
“Black Panther” broke box office records in its opening weekend. And social media is lauding the movie’s message of diversity.
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium starts transformation into hockey rink
The National Hockey League has started construction on the rink for the first NHL game to be played at a service academy, and the 25th outdoor game since 2003.
Critics hit Trump’s food program plan as ‘devastating’ to Maryland
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal 2019 includes an overhaul of a supplemental food assistance program for low-income people that could affect nearly 750,000 Marylanders. Many in the state’s predominantly Democratic congressional delegation are attacking the White…
Maryland SoccerPlex and D.C. United prep for unusual season home opener
With the 2018 MLS season set to start early next month, D.C. United will play its home opener against the Houston Dynamo at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Montgomery County.