Western Maryland

Seeking to quell concerns about their plans to convert a sprawling Western Maryland warehouse into a makeshift detention facility, federal officials met with Washington County leadership to address the local impact.

The pause on construction came shortly after the DHS awarded a $113 million contract for the build-out of the facility.

County commissioners detail their DHS meeting on the Williamsport ICE facility that could hold up to 1,500 detainees — including job projections and who would pay for infrastructure upgrades.

Clay Kearns and his mother, Erica, want lawmakers to require local governments to address safety issues.

A review of public contracting records by The Banner reveals details about the private companies that are helping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement turn a massive Washington County warehouse into a detention center.

The contract brings total Department of Homeland Security spending to at least $215 million on the proposed detention and processing site that has sparked massive controversy in Western Maryland.

Shadow Robinson joins Frostburg from the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith.

Washington County commissioners declared support for the conversion of a sprawling warehouse outside Hagerstown into a proposed federal immigration detention facility on Tuesday.

The federal government moved quickly over the last month to establish a foothold in Maryland, notifying Washington County officials of its intentions just days before inking the deed giving it full ownership of the property in Williamsport, just outside of Hagerstown.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has inked a deal to purchase a warehouse just outside Hagerstown for $102.4 million.

Prosecutors have dismissed the charges against three Anne Arundel County law enforcement officers and one of their spouses, saying the evidence did not support a woman’s claims that the off-duty police assaulted her at a softball tailgate in Hagerstown.

Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins plans to keep working with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even in light of the killing of an American citizen by an ICE agent.

Maryland State Police have launched an investigation following a reported killing at North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County.

James Corson, a two-time “Jeopardy!” winner who works as a nuclear engineer in Frederick, was knocked out of the tournament of champions after a spelling error during Friday’s episode.

Keon Wilson-Hawkins, 22, of Baltimore, was found guilty in Frederick County Circuit Court of first-degree murder and related crimes in the killing of Brice Boots, 65, of Pikesville.

Maryland State Police are investigating the 12th prisoner death this year and third this month, officials said Monday.

Rep. April McClain Delaney is disavowing her January vote in support of a law that requires federal law enforcement to detain undocumented immigrants accused — but not convicted — of certain crimes.

Maryland State Police are investigating the 11th prisoner death this year and second in the last week, officials announced Wednesday.

An Anne Arundel County Police officer has been charged with assault almost eight months after a woman alleges the officer and a relative physically attacked her at a softball tailgate in Hagerstown.

Though traveling by car this Thanksgiving could be hectic, cheaper gas is a silver lining, especially in Maryland.