Frederick County News

Frederick County Sheriff's deputies stand guard outside the house in Middletown on Saturday, April 18, 2009 where five bodies were found Newly released police records show that a suicidal Middletown father left loving goodbye notes to the wife and three children he killed in April.

The Frederick County Grand Jury indicts two for robbery, one for arson. It was a busy Friday morning for the Frederick County Grand Jury.

Senator Barbara Mikulski will meet with the Commissioners at 12:30 pm today in the third floor meeting room of Winchester Hall, 12 East Church Street, Frederick.

Courtesy photo by David Vogin Hundreds attended a Winchester Hall public meeting Tuesday in search of answers to questions regarding letters they received from the planning department, suggesting a name change to their property zoning.

It's a duty every dad does: take your child to the bathroom. However, when a Frederick man took his two daughters into a public bathroom, he says he was made to feel like a criminal.

The Frederick County Commissioners are offering Walkersville a new avenue to discuss their anger regarding the suburban fire tax rate.

The projects will improve ride quality and road safety. Several road resurfacing projects will be taking place this year in Frederick County.

The pair was apprehended Wednesday in Prince George's County. Two suspects were apprehended Wednesday in connection with two armed bank robberies in Frederick County.

A suspect accused of murdering a Frederick man, almost four years ago, has struck a deal with prosecutors.

A judge has convicted a Frederick County jail inmate of trying to arrange the killing of his former girlfriend's fiance.

The Frederick County State's Attorney Office says two teachers from Hagerstown have been charged with sexually abusing students.

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A 62-year-old city man was arrested Monday on sex offenses charges following investigation by the C3I Unit.

Two local teachers face criminal charges amid allegations of inappropriate behavior involving female students at their schools, the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office said Friday.

In partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, the Board of County Commissioners helps build awareness about the Census, provides information about the importance of an accurate census count on April 1, 2010 and encourages residents to participate.

The Health Department says the patient is recovering. The Frederick County Health Department has recorded the area's its first swine flu case.

Health officials in Frederick say one resident has tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

FREDERICK, Md. - The Frederick County Sheriff's office says an autopsy found a father involved in a Middletown murder-suicide that claimed the lives of his wife and their three young children had prescription drugs in his system, but not alcohol.

Only gold label sparklers, novelty items and ground-based sparklers. It is illegal to discharge fireworks that explode, rise into the air, move across the ground or shoot projectiles into the air.

FREDERICK, MD The Frederick County Board of Commissioners have reached a decision about plans to build a trash incinerator near the Monocacy Battlefield.