Maryland

Federal charges against the sheriff of Frederick County, Maryland, were dropped Tuesday after he was accused in an alleged scheme to obtain machine guns.

Prosecutors requested and a judge granted a motion to dismiss charges against Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

A dozen students at Salisbury University on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have been charged with hate crimes after police say they assaulted a gay man. Charging documents say one of the defendants made a fake account on a dating app and lured the man to an apartment by promising him sex with a 16-year-old. A defense attorney vehemently denied the alleged...

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Strathmore in Montgomery County is celebrating its 20th anniversary of its flagship program called Artist in Residence (AIR) where they help artists transition into a professional career. News4’s Melissa Mollet talks to President and CEO Monica Jeffries Hazangeles, and musician and mentor Josanne Francis about the program. 

An overnight fire in the Barnesville area of Montgomery County destroyed a large family home, despite tanker trucks full of water brought in to fight the blaze. The occupants, three adults and three children, made it to safety from the fast moving fire. Images and radio transmissions from the Montgomery County Fire Department show the large house on Peachtree Road,…

A Maryland family is safe but in need of a place to stay after a fire ripped through their home. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A domestic assault report led the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office to discover a cache of weapons last week, and authorities continue searching for the suspect. Officers responded to the domestic assault report at 9:23 p.m. Thursday in the 2000 block of Goddard Road in Lexington Park. The suspect, 39-year-old Jerod Adam Taylor, left the scene before law enforcement...

There’s good news and bad news for snow fans in our Storm Team4 winter outlook.

There’s good news and bad news for snow fans in our Storm Team4 winter outlook. Here’s what Doug Kammerer predicts and how he got there.

April McClain Delaney is projected to win the closely contested race for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District, keeping that House seat with the Democrats. She spoke with News4’s Darcy Spencer.

Mondays on NBC you can watch homegrown talent on the show Brilliant Minds. News4’s Tommy McFly spoke with actor Teddy Sears about the show and his D.C. roots.

Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been posthumously awarded the rank of general.

A family is displaced after a fire engulfed their home in Barnesville, Maryland, early Monday, officials say. Firefighters responded to the 21700 block of Peach Tree Road when they received a call at about 2:30 a.m., according to officials. When firefighters arrived on the scene, the fire was spreading to vehicles in the driveway and to surrounding trees. The home…

A family is now displaced after a fire broke out in their two-story home in Dickerson, Maryland at about 2:30 a.m. Monday morning. No one was injured. News4’s Derrick Ward reports. 

The Route 1 Improvement Project is now complete in College Park, Maryland. New sidewalks and bike lanes were put into place by the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration.  

Harriet Tubman is set to posthumously be made a one-star general by the Maryland National Guard and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Monday, which is also Veteran’s Day. The abolitionist, who was known for guiding enslaved people to freedom after escaping from slavery herself, also served in the Union Army. Tubman was born into slavery in 1822 in Dorchester, Maryland…

Local board of elections offices throughout Maryland were evacuated Friday night, after receiving bomb threats from an unknown source.

Local boards of elections in Maryland evacuated over bomb threats on Friday evening.

People throughout the D.C. area and across the country reported receiving racist spam text messages the day after the election that told them to report to plantations to pick cotton.