WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) led his colleagues this week in a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland, urging the two agency heads to follow the guidance set out by President Joe Biden to proactively prevent discriminatory profiling based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity) or disability. Signing the letter with Cardin are Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.),…

Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred this morning in Baltimore County. At about 7:20 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police JFK Memorial Highway Barrack responded to I-95 South in White Marsh, Maryland for a report of a pedestrian struck on the roadway. According to a preliminary investigation, a tractor-trailer was parked on the right shoulder of I-95. The pedestrian, identified as Joseph Russell Thomas II, 52, of New York, was wearing a fluorescent vest and was attempting to assist another truck driver with connecting his tractor-trailer to his truck. At the same time, a…

On 11/18/2022, at approximately 1655 hours, Deputies attempted to affect a traffic stop on a vehicle for operating with expired registration, traveling Eastbound on Interstate 68, near mile marker 50.  The vehicle failed to yield to Deputies, and recklessly fled on to Pleasant Valley Road.  A vehicle pursuit ensued, but was ultimately terminated after the suspect vehicle began to pass other motorists traveling on Pleasant Valley Road in an unsafe and negligent manner.  After terminating the pursuit, Deputies were able to maintain a visual on the suspect vehicle as it traveled into Pennsylvania, and then back into Maryland.  After re-entering…

The following students from Parkside Elementary School earned Principal's List honors for the first marking period of the 2022-2023 school year:  Grade 3:  Adalyn Alvey, Quinn Andrews, Emma Benson, Bentley Cowan, Graham Dorsey, Jasper Foster, Rocco Fox, Aria Fussell, Brighton Gray, Kaydence Jackson, Finneas Kranz, Christian Larrick, Chase Layman, Ophelia Lopez, Graham Miller, Mila Price, Dylan Rando, Roman Raucci, Dax Reyes, Connor Sheetz, Nathan Sheetz, Ezekiel Wharton Grade 4:  Isabella Alburtis, Isaiah Banks, Frederick Benson, Brody Burk, Shelby Carden, Aubrie Covalt, Piper Daley, Bailee Garlitz, DaMari Green, Hunter Haller, Sophie Holbrook, Dracke Kozlowski, Landon Lantz, Wei Hao Lin, Summit MacGray, Sterling Mallow,…

Kindergarten Good Citizenship Award:  River Barnard, Aurora Beal, Raeven Brewington, Addison England, Hazel McRobie, Ericson Martinez, Dezzlyn Metheny, Avery Nave, Mark Smith, Dailey Frye, Quinlyn Harris, Elijah Holloway, Ryan James, Merci Jordan, River Lease, Ryker Lowry, Teagan Main, Lilly-Ann Mills, Jaxon O’Haver, Patrick Records, Trenton Rymer, Anna Studli and Denarius Williams.    First Grade: Avigail Blacker, Archer Crockett, Kambriah Dawson, Isabelle Dishman, Kassidy Frazier, Zion Parker, Elias Stouffer, Nannie Wagstaff, Penelope Cage, Harper Conner, Onika Ellis, Karlie Faidley, Aliyana Jones, Colby Nelson, Anyah Sheets and Izabella Twigg. Second Grade: London Butler, Sophie Henry, Zoey Hill, Malachi Jordan, Miles Mines, Zane…

(GLEN BURNIE, MD) – Maryland State Police arrested a woman on impaired driving charges following a five-vehicle crash in which one person died early this morning in Anne Arundel County. Shortly before 12:45 a.m. this morning, troopers from the Glen Burnie Barrack responded to southbound Interstate 97 at Route 32 for a report of a five-vehicle crash. According to a preliminary investigation, a 2009 Honda Accord, driven by Asia Lashae Bryant-Pelloni, 30, of Bowie, Maryland was traveling north in the southbound lanes of I-97 when she crashed into a 2012 Ford Fiesta that was traveling south on the same road….

  CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Friday wrote a letter in support of a recent petition from 22 states for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services to repeal an interim rule mandating health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.   “Every American has a right to work and mandates like this do nothing but impede that right,” Attorney General Morrisey said. “Placing restrictions on an individual’s right to make informed decisions about whether to vaccinate for COVID-19 infringes upon their liberties and religious beliefs.”   “The rule is inconsistent with…

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Flintstone, Md. – Nov. 18, 2022 – Rocky Gap Casino Resort, located at 16701 Lakeview Road NE, will collect toys for local children through the annual Toys for Tots drive, a holiday gift collection program sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve to benefit less fortunate youth.    Rocky Gap will collect new and unused toys for children in the community from Thursday, Dec. 1 to Tuesday, Dec. 20 and the toys will be picked up on or before Friday, Dec. 23. Since Rocky Gap’s first Toys for Tots drive in 2014, team members and guests have remained committed to making gift…