Eastern Shore

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.

A provision included in one of the budget bills in 2025 requires counties to now pay half of any compensation — even though state’s attorneys are independent elected officials.

Two teenagers are accused of shooting two people in Princess Anne, leaving one dead and the other injured, Maryland State Police said in a news release Tuesday.

The family and their community are pushing for the mother’s release so she can mourn her son and attend his funeral.

An effort to map sites important to African American history in the Chesapeake Bay region has uncovered dozens of previously undocumented examples and shed new light on many more — many with close ties to waterways and the bay itself.

7 Brew, a popular drive-thru coffee chain known for its customizable drinks, opened its first Maryland location.

Mary Dennard has served as a guardian of Harriet Tubman's history since the 2000s, when residents and later federal and state officials came together to develop a plan for the $21 million Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad historical park.

The Fishmonger's Daughter, Candela and Armada are just a few of the restaurants we hope to see open in 2026.

Donna Satterlee, a former faculty member at the HCBU, accused its president, Heidi Anderson, of plagiarizing several paragraphs of her 1986 dissertation.

Enrollment for Maryland public schools saw a much steeper decline than early estimates showed.

This is just the latest attempt to rein in a MAGA-aligned Maryland school board that has run amok.

The flaunting of Confederate flags in a small Cecil County town’s holiday parade over the weekend has riled up community members and left some wondering how they were permitted to participate.

An exhibit at UMBC, “Picturing Mobility,” runs through Dec. 19 and features two inventions that made leisure travel possible during segregation — the automobile and the camera.