Annapolis Junction News

A Severn man and woman involved in a motorcycle accident Monday night on Guilford Road near Annapolis Junction in Howard County were in serious condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, according to police.

The death of a 27-year-old Columbia man in a lawnmower accident last week underscored the rare but real danger of simply cutting the grass.

The following stories have been hand-selected by the Assignment Desk at News4: VIRGINIA TEST SCORES CLIMB More Virginia schools fell short of academic benchmarks in the past school year even though passing rates on state reading and math tests continued to climb, according to results made public Thursday morning.

By Luke Broadwater lbroadwater@patuxent.com A 26-year-old Columbia man was killed Wednesday when he apparently lost control of a riding mower, fell down a steep embankment and became pinned underneath the mower.

Howard County General Hospital about 3 p.m. Wednesday. Someone taking a break found Valtazar pinned under a riding mower about 2 p.m. in the 9000 block of Junction Drive near Annapolis Junction.

The National Security Agency wants to expand on 236 acres near its headquarters at Fort Meade.

The National Security Agency wants to expand onto 236 acres nearby. View Larger The National Security Agency is planning to double the size of its headquarters at Fort George G. Meade in an expansion slated to bring more than 11,000 workers to the Anne Arundel County military base.

For the first time, more than half the defense workers whose jobs are moving from Northern Virginia to Fort Meade as part of the federal base realignment and closing process say they are coming too, according to a new survey.

Averna , a global test engineering solutions company, reportedly has acquired U.S.-based DAQTron Inc.