Maryland

A local farmer is feeling the brunt of the Trump administration’s cuts to agricultural programs. Emma Jagoz, the owner of Moon Valley Farm in Frederick County, Maryland, has provided fruits and vegetables to school systems in the state for years through the “Farm to School” program. But Jagoz said the state recently told her the program will be discontinued...

Emma Jagoz, the owner of Moon Valley Farm in Frederick County, Maryland, has provided fruits and vegetables to school systems for years. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Maryland officials shared a heartbreaking update after a great-grandfather with Alzheimer’s disease left home for a walk in January and never returned.

Neighbors in Gaithersburg are coming together to end homelessness. News4’s Molette Green reports on the “paint it forward” event helping more than three dozen families who receive housing support.

A 6-year-old Maryland boy is being hailed as a hero for saving his mother’s life last month. Zahra Naqvi had just finished running errands on a Saturday when she got sick. “As I was driving home, I started getting lightheaded and I felt really sick,” Naqvi said. “As I got into the house, I could feel my legs giving...

A 6-year-old boy from Montgomery County is hailed as a hero for quick thinking that saved his mother’s life. News 4’s Jessica Albert reports the family wants to make sure others are prepared in case they end up in a similar situation.

Maryland will soon be the first branch of the Air National Guard in the country to not have a flying mission as it transitions to a focus on cyber security. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Maryland will soon be the first branch of the Air National Guard in the country to not have a flying mission as it transitions to a focus on cyber security. On Wednesday, divested the first of 21 combat jets, an A-10C Thunderbolt II, at Warfield Air National Guard Base in Middle River. “We will be the only state in the…

Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog will be at the University of Maryland! The world’s most famous frog will deliver the university’s commencement address on Wednesday, May 21. The Muppet will share his words of wisdom with summer 2024, winter 2024 and spring 2025 graduates at the SECU Stadium. The Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the university in 1960. He made…

The Paradise Brothers, Jeremiah and Zach McBride, started cold plunges to maintain their sobriety. The activity since has created a community in their backyard. News4’s Molette Green reports. 

The world’s most famous frog is going to be the next commencement speaker for the University of Maryland! Muppet creator and UMD alum Jim Henson first debuted the iconic group right on WRC-TV. 

A Baltimore man will spend decades in prison for the fatal shooting of a woman who was visiting Prince George’s County from El Salvador to attend her grandson’s funeral. Lidia de Carrillo had no connection with the man who shot her, police said, and two years later, they are still trying to figure out why Troy Medley pulled the...

A Maryland man will spend decades in prison for fatally shooting a woman from El Salvador who visited Prince George’s County to attend her grandson’s funeral two years ago. News4’s Darcy Spencer has newly released surveillance video from the crime scene.

Maryland is working on a program to encourage federal workers in need of a job to take up teaching. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports the “Fed to Ed” program would speed up the process of becoming a licensed teacher.

Six wreaths were released into the waters where six construction workers died after Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapsed one year ago. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

Three times in the past four weeks, deadly crashes in Prince George’s County have involved drivers fleeing traffic stops. In each case, investigators say the drivers initially pulled over and then took off. On Feb. 28 in Hyattsville, Esmeralda Montoya-Perez was killed while she waited for a bus on East West Highway in Chillum. Seven days later on Addison Road…

Nearly one year after the cargo ship Dali collided with Baltimore’s Key Bridge, experts at Johns Hopkins University warn ships are “highly likely” to strike major bridges in the U.S., with the risk of “potentially catastrophic collisions” every few years. “We have dramatically underestimated the risk that large ships pose to bridges across the country,” said Michael Shields, an...

A Johns Hopkins University researcher says the risk of a ship destroying a bridge has been “dramatically underestimated” across the U.S. for too long. Here’s what we know about the safety of bridges in the D.C. area and beyond. News4’s Ted Oberg reports.

A new bill before the General Assembly would bar officers from pulling over drivers accused of minor infractions. The bill comes after three deadly crashes in Prince George’s County involving drivers fleeing from traffic stops. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

A Tesla showroom in Maryland has abruptly closed with no explanation. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.