Governor Wes Moore announced that the expanded Maryland SUN Bucks program provided over $70 million in federally-funded grocery benefits to more than 586,000 children during the summer, making it the largest investment in combating childhood hunger in the state’s history, with increased participation across all 24 jurisdictions. (more…)
CBS’s 48 Hours will air an episode this Saturday, October 5 at 10 p.m. on the death of Sarah Harris, initially reported as an overdose by her boyfriend, Dr. James Ryan, an oral surgeon in Germantown, MD. An investigation revealed evidence of Ryan providing powerful drugs to Harris, leading to his conviction and 45-year prison sentence on charges of second-degree depraved heart murder. A preview of the episode can be seen below.
On the evening of Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, a single-engine airplane crashed into a wooded area at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport (FFA) in. Roth Carolina. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash of the Cirrus SR-22 airplane. Among those killed in the crash was Montgomery County, MD man Shashwat Ajit Adhikari.
Governor Wes Moore issued the following statement on Tuesday, October 1: (more…)
Members from the Maryland Car Rally Task Force, working in collaboration with the Maryland State Police Special (MSP) Operations Division, and allied police agencies disrupted twelve unlawful exhibition driving events throughout multiple Maryland counties, including Prince George’s, Anne Arundel, Howard and Baltimore, Saturday night.
Maryland Department of Health officials are advising Marylanders to stock up on free COVID-19 tests for the fall and winter. COVID-19 tests are now available at COVIDtests.gov and through many local health departments statewide.
With small cities often offering significantly lower costs of living than large cities, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2024’s Best Small Cities in America, with three Maryland cities coming in ranked in the top 6%.
With nearly $886 billion spent on research and development in the U.S., the non-profit organization SmileHub today released new reports on the Best Charities for Research and the States That Care the Most About Research in 2024. Maryland came in ranked as 2024’s state that cares the 3rd most about research.
The New York Times has released its list of “America’s 50 Best Restaurants.” According to the newspaper, “Over the last 12 months, reporters and editors traveled to nearly every state scouting restaurants for our annual list.” While two DC restaurants (Moon Rabbit and Pascual) and one VA restaurant (Joon in Vienna) made the list, just one Maryland restaurant was included.
Frederick County Fire & Rescue responded to a fire in the 13600 block of Glissans Mill Rd in Mt. Airy at approximately 3:37 a.m. on Thursday, September 26. (more…)
50 Top Pizza, a pizza evaluation site in Paestum, Italy, not far from Naples, has released its 2024 Top 50 Pizza list. 50 Top Pizza is “an independent online guide which evaluates pizzerias with anonymous inspections during which the bill is paid in full.” Maryland contributed with the 22nd and 50th ranked pizzerias in the country.