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A man who entered pleas to charges of rape and distribution of cocaine was sentenced Monday in the Calvert County Circuit Court.

Doug Poole of Port Republic rushes a spiny-hound shark to a tank of seawater, saving its life.

The American Chestnut Land Trust announces two local paddling trips this weekend, according to a release.

A civil lawsuit filed by a Port Republic man suing a Calvert County Sheriff's Office deputy who shot him during a traffic stop in 2007 was decided in favor of the plaintiff on May 21 in the U.S. District Court for Maryland in Greenbelt.

The judge who convicted a man for child abuse and sex abuse of a minor a year ago heard testimony Wednesday to reconsider the man's sentence and eliminate any jail time.

Fourth-generation farmer Earl F. "Buddy" Hance was sworn in Thursday as Gov. Martin O'Malley's new agriculture secretary, taking over the post as Maryland farms face severe development pressures and as the first wave of tobacco buyout payments will soon run out.

A Great Mills man's guilty pleas this week to conspiracy, armed robbery and firearms charges from a heist last fall at a St.

Faith Brown, 8, goes up against her dad Jeff Brown in a boxing match on the Nintendo Wii.

Southern Maryland farmer Earl F. "Buddy" Hance was named Maryland's secretary of agriculture Tuesday.

Worcester County native Roger Richardson announced Tuesday he will step down from his post as Maryland's secretary of agriculture.

An 18-year-old Anne Arundel County woman was killed and another motorist injured in a head-on collision in Lothian on Saturday afternoon, police said.

Collin O'Mealy, 11, left, and his sister Casey, 8, get a lesson in screening dirt Saturday from public archaeology assistant Alex Glass of Lusby.

The Calverton School seventh-grader Dylan Stearn, 12, of Huntingtown and theatre and English teacher Jason Searles spread bamboo mulch Friday on the hiking trails at American Chestnut Land Trust in Port Republic.

Two Maryland residents accused of stealing credit cards from hikers in West Virginia have pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges.

Rural lawmakers are bristling over an urban-led proposal to broaden the scope of the state's rural broadband program, which they fear could shift the focus from underserved areas before high-speed Internet access is made available statewide.

Federal prosecutors say a Port Republic man has pleaded guilty to bank robbery and weapons charges in the abduction of a bank manager and her two children.

Monday, March 02, 2009 WBAL Radio as reported by Anne Kramer, Steve Fermier, Robert Lang and Scott Wykoff and Associated Press A foot of snow buried parts of Maryland on Monday, stranding hundreds of motorists ...

Kathy Rafferty Tollerton of Scientists Cliffs holds a picture of her with former President John F. Kennedy taken in 1962 just before she left the White House to go back to school to pursue a master's degree.

Christopher Lancaster, 11, of Port Republic will be handling his grandmother's Pug, "Candyland's Mazing Caper," nicknamed Cutter, at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Feb.