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Extra patrols around the capitol building and guarding the entrance to the Statehouse parking garage were just one sign of the enhanced security Tuesday.

UpdatedMon, Jan 18, 2021 at 5:41 pm ET Reply Moving the murder mysteries online took a tiny bit of tweaking to accommodate to the online format. (Photo Courtesy of Wendy Olenik) COLUMBIA, MD — Before the coronavirus pandemic invaded peoples lives, entrepreneur Wendy Olenik had a thriving business focusing on team building and murder mysteries. She crafted the storylines from different decades and for various themes, such as the Malt Shoppe Murder from the 50s and Wanted Dead or Alive with a W...

Replies(3) Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Smith is retiring in the spring due to family health issues. (Courtesy of MCPS) ROCKVILLE, MD — Dr. Jack Smith, superintendent for Montgomery County Public Schools, announced Thursday that he plans to retire in the spring. He announced the retirement in a video posted to the school districts website, saying he would step down on June 1 because of family health issues. "For more than 18 months, my wife has lived in New England and...

UpdatedSun, Jan 17, 2021 at 5:19 pm ET Replies(21) Nicholas Rodean​, of Frederick, seen holding a red flag and wearing a red hat, turned himself in after being photographed at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) Nicholas Rodean, of Frederick, was charged Wednesday with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without law authority; knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduc...

Capitol protest tracker: What happened at capitols across the US on Sunday Jay Cannon, Chastity Laskey, Jordan Culver and Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY © Winslow Townson, AP Armed protesters stand in front of the Statehouse Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, in Concord, N.H. Federal officials warned of armed and potentially violent protests at all 50 state capitals and the U.S. Capitol in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Bidens inauguration, according to an internal FBI bulletin ...

Reply (Shutterstock) From Harford County Government: Harford County Government is proud to announce the first annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Celebration presented by the Harford County Human Relations Commission in partnership with the Harford County Chapter of the NAACP. At 6 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday January 18, this virtual event will air on Harford Cable Network and the video will be posted on Harford County Governments website at http://www.harfordcountymd.gov/...

The wind and a handful of journalists were all that greeted officers as they waited for an armed protest to get underway, a protest that never happened. 

Reply January 17, 2021 U.S. Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.) gave an extraordinary interview on CNNs "State of the Union" program Sunday, speaking at length about House Democrats impeachment strategy and talking candidly about the New Years Eve suicide of his 25-year-old son, Thomas Bloom Raskin. Subscribe Raskin talked with host Jake Tapper for the first 21 minutes of the hour-long show, and it was one of the rawest, most emotional interviews involving a member of Congress in recent TV history. It...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Concerns over security at Michigan’s Capitol have reignited...