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The roof of a church in Alexandria reportedly collapsed under the weight of snow and ice from last week’s winter storm.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Baltimore, Maryland – A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect from noon to midnight Tuesday for portions of western Maryland and eastern West Virginia, where accumulating snow is expected to impact...

Two Montgomery County, Maryland, residents are sharing how scammers posing as federal agents wiped out their life savings. Their stories, law enforcement officials say, show the emotional toll these schemes take and the continued danger posed by fraud networks that remain active. Montgomery County police and the FBI...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) — Internal state records show Maryland health officials identified worsening cases of senior trafficking tied to unlicensed assisted living homes, discussed enforcement strategies behind closed doors throughout 2023, and then abruptly stopped documenting action, without conducting a sweeping...

M Bachand shares with us from Mount Pleasant: “Even the rats have had enough.”. Wondering if you have any insight into this crazy situation we are having on our block in NoMa. It looks like someone, likely a neighbor, is actively trying to get more rats on the block....

Maryland has launched a $5 million program to incentivize small businesses and other employers to hire and train registered apprentices. “This program is a direct investment in a proven model: apprenticeships that prepare and make Maryland’s economy more competitive,” Gov. Wes Moore said in a statement. “By removing...

Days after a fast-moving overnight fire tore through a Maryland townhome, displacing a family and destroying nearly everything they owned, friends are now rallying to help them rebuild from the ground up. The blaze erupted in the early morning hours of Friday, Jan. 30, at a three-story townhome in the...

Coming Soon signage is now up for a new Goodwill location in Rockville. Back in December, we reported that Goodwill was set to take over the space most recently occupied by Planet Aid at the Montrose Shopping Center, the longtime shopping center anchored by MOM’s Organic Market. The storefront, located at 5520...

LAUREL, Md. (7News) — Two people are in the hospital after being shot Sunday in Laurel, Maryland, the city's police department said. Officers were called to 9600 block of Fort Meade Road, the location of a Wawa convenience store, around 6:27 p.m. and found two people who had been shot.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — As last week’s winter storm blanketed the region in snow, Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy and two dozen senior officials stayed at the Hotel at the University of Maryland — a decision now drawing criticism after invoices showed taxpayers covered more than $43,000...