Eastern Shore

Carlos Ayala had his case dismissed earlier this week after President Trump issued a blanket pardon to the Jan. 6 participants. Ayala’s trial was scheduled for June.

Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion and fire at a cannabis processing facility in Queen Anne’s County.

Three men face trial in Wicomico District Court for misdemeanors.

Demonstrations after Donald Trump’s first inauguration were the largest in U.S. history. This time, the resistance has been subdued.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture detected bird flu at a commercial broiler in Caroline County.

Yes, that’s an emu running along Route 50.

From a Faidley’s Seafood restaurant years in the making to a whopping seven (!) concepts from Atlas Restaurant Group, here are the big openings to keep an eye out for in 2025.

Chief Donna Wolf Mother Abbott is the first woman chief of a Maryland tribe in known recorded history.

No one I know of studies Chesapeake Bay fog. It’s just the weather. But after spotting an increasing number of fog warnings on the Bay Bridge, maybe someone should.

A Morgan State University professor has been misrepresenting himself as a licensed architect for years. The Maryland State Board of Architects fined him $20,000 this month, the largest such fine in more than a decade.

Misdemeanor false imprisonment and second-degree assault charges remain for most of the defendants, and many trials are set for late January.

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin will leave office in January. It’s a moment of significant transition for Maryland, one with far-reaching consequences. You could see that as he traveled the state in the early days of his farewell tour.

Industry observers expect that offshore wind development could face serious set-backs under Trump, who could lend his support to lawsuits like the one Ocean City filed earlier this year against the development sited in view of its beaches.

Tyler Mailloux, 24, of Berlin, is charged in Worcester County Circuit Court with 17 counts in the deadly 2022 crash.

The deputy chief of a volunteer fire company in Cecil County faces multiple charges stemming from a brush fire that authorities say he started.

There have been lawsuits about police conduct. What isn’t widely known is this message from the court system in Worcester County — screw up here, and you won’t be going home anytime soon.

Twelve total Salisbury University students have been charged in an attack, which police said was captured on video, that is being investigated as a hate crime.

Seven Salisbury University students were arrested and charged with first-degree assault and other offenses in an attack on a gay man in mid-October. The incident is being investigated as a hate crime.

A former Easton Police officer was sentenced Friday for making sexual contact with two teenage girls while on duty, conduct that the judge called “well beyond an embarrassment.”

High property values and relative population density have given the town an outsized importance in the county’s economic picture.