Eastern Shore

A 42-year-old man died after a pickup truck struck the lawn mower he was driving in Caroline County Wednesday afternoon, Maryland State Police said.

Denise Shorts, the district’s former chief academic officer, was charged with theft, embezzlement and misconduct.

The Eastern Shore county’s school board uses ‘secrecy as a tool to avoid accountability,’ attorneys said.

The event, organized by the Maryland Federation of College Republicans, has drawn criticism from the Maryland Republican Party and prompted university officials to charge the group $3,500 in security fees.

In an Eastern Shore county, a simple teacher of the year announcement became a source of discord. Was the winner Myresha Bevins, or Corey Bivens?

The local specialty traces its roots to the kitchens of Sotterley Plantation, where Black cooks developed the dish, which is stuffed with greens and spices.

Authorities said Dayton Webber was driving a Tesla with Bradrick Wells in the passenger seat when the shooting took place on Sunday night.

Being the top prosecutor in Maryland’s smaller jurisdictions means taking on daunting caseloads for less pay than a legal professional could earn in private practice.

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a 31-year-old man who was jailed at Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover.

Oceans Calling, a three-day multigenre music festival, returns to Ocean City this fall with the likes of Dave Matthews Band, Gwen Stefani and Mumford & Sons slated to headline.

Charles Albert Tindley, who wrote the lyrics to more than 50 gospel hymns, including what became the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome” was molded on the country roads of Worcester County in the waning days of slavery.

Maryland State Police say two more teenagers have been arrested and charged in a vehicle shooting in January in Somerset County that left one man dead and another hospitalized.

Frederick Douglass, the ardent abolitionist and social reformer, was born into slavery on the banks of Tuckahoe Creek in Talbot County and later became its most famous native son.

State officials suspect a third bird flu case statewide at a chicken farm in Caroline County.

Downed branches peppered the heavily wooded community of Ocean Pines on Monday following inch after inch of snowfall.

In Ocean City, the snow — more of a flaky sludge, really — began Sunday evening, and it didn’t just fall. Rather, it whipped through the air propelled by gusts strong enough to knock over pedestrians.

Berlin, Maryland, was without power after a powerful nor’easter dumped snow across the region.

COLUMN | As Maryland approaches the greatest period of major bridge building in its history, a larger point isn’t being discussed. Totaling a combined $30 billion, the Bay Bridge, Key Bridge and American Legion projects could generate more than 100,000 jobs and reshape the state.

A house exploded in Kent County on Valentine’s Day evening, killing Charles William Heaps, 68.

Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes says she has some idea of what Maryland Republicans are feeling in terms of redistricting.