Frederick County News

If it seems like there's been more crime in Ocean City recently, it's because it's June.

The Maryland State Department of Education says it has approved teacher and principal evaluation plans in 21 Maryland school systems, clearing the way for the state to receive $250 million in federal funds.

The former president of the Parent Teacher Association at a Frederick County school has been charged with stealing more than $10,000 from the organization.

A two-vehicle crash occurred just before 8 a.m. on I-270 South at Route 85 in Frederick County , according to state highway officials.

A large line of severe thunderstorms have been detected approaching the western edge of the county and are moving east at 55 mph -- capable of producing damaging winds in excess of 60 mph.

In Frederick County, Md., crews are already seeing some of the mess mother nature left behind from Friday morning's storm.

The Frederick County Planning Commission has approved the development of 701 homes in the Landsdale development in Monrovia, the Frederick News Post reported.

According to county District Court records, a warrant was authorized Tuesday for Stewart Robert Deerr, 52, for manufacturing marijuana stemming from an incident in January.

All roads are closed on MD 194 in Frederick County due to a two-vehicle collision between Glade Road and MD 550 at 8:34 a.m., on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Like a last-minute extension on a big homework project, Montgomery County Public Schools is getting a one-year reprieve before it has to comply with a state law requiring teacher evaluations using standard test scores, The Gazette reported .

From Meteorologist Alan Auglis Follow Alan on Facebook and Twitter TODAY: A warm front to our south and a cold front to the west brings scattered showers and thunderstorms.

"It's pretty much a strait shot, you can run most of the East Coast on Route-15, there's a lot of truck traffic, traveler traffic and commuter traffic," says Trooper First Class Daryl Hood of the Maryland State Police.

The flagpole from which an American flag now flutters in front of the Roger Brooke Taney house on South Bentz Street might be considered a bookend in local history.

You may have seen it in the skies over Frederick. No, it's not a bird, or a plane, or Superman, or even a UFO from another planet.

An 18-year-old Frederick man is going off to prison. Dylan Jesse Gray pleaded guilty on Thursday in Frederick County Circuit Court to 1st-degree assault in connection with a shooting late last year.

"We're looking for crime, and we're using data. We're actually deploying out officers to areas that we know are seeing an increase, a spike, in certain types of crime we're focusing on," says Lt.

Police say 23-year-old Tyler Dolan had a warrant out for his arrest since he was identified as the suspect in a May 23 burglary in the 2500 block of Hope Mill Lane in Adamstown.

The board also approved the Capital Budget of approximately $69 million for the funding of projects and the fiscal year 2014 - 2019 Capital Improvements Program of approximately $555 million.

New figures that belie the soul-crushing traffic heading out of Montgomery County each morning show that most people living in the county also work in the county.

The original Frederick County, Maryland, seal, dating back to the mid- to late-1800's, depicted an unclothed farmer holding a spike-toothed harrow and a single-shovel plow.