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Senate Minority Leader Stephen S. Hershey (R-Upper Shore) has formed an exploratory committee to weigh a 2026 bid for governor, citing the need for "balance" in a state that has gone "so far to the left" under Democratic control.

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order Wednesday to accelerate housing production and improve affordability across Maryland, aiming to tackle a statewide housing shortage of 96,000 units.

BALTIMORE, MD—A new study by 5 Star Car Title Loans reveals that Maryland has one of the highest vehicle theft rates in the nation, driven by a staggering 184% increase in thefts between 2022 and 2023.

Detectives with the Fairfax County Police Department’s Major Crimes Bureau have charged a 34-year-old Alexandria man in connection with a carjacking reported late last month in Groveton. According to police, officers were called to the 3300 block of Lockheed Boulevard around 11:05 a.m. on Aug. 25 for a reported...

Demonta King, an 18-year-old from Washington, D.C., has received a 15-year sentence for a series of violent crimes, including an armed carjacking and a separate armed robbery. According to a report from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, King pleaded guilty to one count of armed carjacking and...

Authorities have confirmed that a body found recently belongs to 19-year-old DaCara Thompson of Lanham, bringing a tragic end to a nearly… The post Sad Update: Body Found During Search for DaCara Thompson Confirmed to Be Hers appeared first on Shine My Crown .

A D.C. man was sentenced Tuesday for stabbing two people, one of whom is a correctional officer, according to the USAO.

There exists a culinary treasure trove tucked away in western Maryland where seafood aficionados and hungry travelers converge in pursuit of the state’s most celebrated delicacy. Jimmy Joy’s Log Cabin Inn in Hancock serves up blue crabs so magnificent they’ve created their own gravitational pull, drawing devoted...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Police have released images of a man who they believe was near the downtown Silver Spring parking garage where Charles "Joe" Reynolds was fatally shot just before Christmas in 2022. Montgomery County PD investigators believe the man in newly released photos may have been a witness...

The Loudoun County Fire Marshal’s Office said crews were called just after 5 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5, to the 1700 block of North Brunswick Street in Sterling Park, where flames were already tearing through a single-family home. Firefighters from Sterling Park, Cascades, Kincora, and Fairfax County raced to the...