Government
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced that the Boat Act Advisory Committee (BAAC) will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 - 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm …
PRINCESS ANNE — If you are in downtown Princess Anne 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17 pause to hear the change ringing bells of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church as they will be ringing in celebration …
In one of the deadliest cult-related massacres ever, the remains of more than 430 victims have been recovered since police raided Good News International Church in a forest in Kenya. Seventeen months …
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Environment
PRINCESS ANNE — The School of Agriculture and Natural Sciences (SANS) at UMES will start its SANS Seminar Series for the fall semester on Thursday, Sept. 12, from 11 a.m.-noon at the Carver …
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will open the archery hunting season for white-tailed and sika deer on Friday, Sept. 6. The season runs intermittently through Jan. 31, …
Cops and Courts
WESTOVER — Maryland State Police are seeking the public’s assistance in helping to locate a man wanted in connection with a first-degree assault that occurred in Somerset County earlier …
PIKESVILLE — One of the youngest investigators joining the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal has been assigned to the Lower Eastern Regional Office, which consists of Dorchester, Wicomico, and …
Kent County
CRIME
Some were deadly, others injurious or left nobody wounded.
A spate of recent shootings and a stabbing in Kent and Sussex counties brought arrests in some cases, but not all.
POLICE
WILMINGTON — A 36-year-old Smyrna man was wounded in an officer-involved shooting Friday night and later charged with offenses, Delaware State Police said.
US wind, act
DOVER — While imposing no penalties other than to generally begin acting like a public body, the Attorney General of Delaware decided the Association of Coastal Towns violated Freedom of …
Sussex County
July 5 stabbing
DEWEY BEACH — Police have distributed four images of persons of interest in two stabbings which occurred in the early hours of July 5 at the North Beach Restaurant that left one Millsboro man …
hate crime 2024
REHOBOTH BEACH — Upon learning of the six individuals, five juveniles and Jerome Charleston, 21, of Bridgeville, were facing hate crime charges following an incident early Saturday Morning, …
phish 2024
DOVER — As the jam band patriarchs of Phish continue its four day festival Mondegreen at The Woodlands, the Daily State News was there to give you a peek inside.
As part of the event, the …
New Castle County
DOVER — The Delaware Botanic Gardens, 30220 Piney Neck Road, has long been home to nesting eagles, with a family of four making their home there this past spring; and the facility is aiming to …
While he remains hopeful that the archaeological contents of the Wolfe Neck Site will be made public, Chief Brad KillsCrow of the Delaware Tribe of Indians said he favors secrecy and security right now, while negotiations with government agencies continue.
DOVER — As the early arrival camping for the four day Mondegreen festival hosted by the band Phish opens on Aug. 14, the Delaware Department of Transportation confirmed the traffic plans would …
Wicomico County
Jeffrey Mueller of Salisbury, Maryland, a Mechanical Engineering major and member of the...
Points of discussion surrounding Anne Street Village that came out of the June 3, 2024 City ...
SALISBURY — A Maryland State Trooper has been suspended without pay after a recent indictment by a grand jury in Wicomico County.
Senior Trooper Jordan Monk is facing charges of …
Dorchester County
CAMBRIDGE - The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said it has filed an online complaint with the U.S. Board of Education's Office of Civil Rights on behalf of a 12-year-old Cambridge girl.
Dorchester County
CAMBRIDGE – Maryland State Police are investigating a five-vehicle crash that occurred early this morning in Dorchester County.
Shortly after 7 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State …
REHOBOTH BEACH — A fin whale, or a finback whale, that beached on Sunday morning south of the Indian River Life-Saving Station in Delaware Seashore State Park did not survive, Nikki LaVoie, …
Somerset County
CRISFIELD — Flooding has been a problem in Crisfield and the surrounding area for decades, and it keeps getting worse, affecting businesses, residences, tourism, and transportation.
While …
ANNAPOLIS — There were 202 wild turkeys harvested in Somerset County during the spring season which made it the best year for hunters out of the last seasons.
The 1.5% increase over 2023 …
PRINCESS ANNE — Municipal voters on Tuesday rejected giving their first-term incumbent representatives another four-year term as challengers will be taking their seats as Town Commissioners on …
News
SALISBURY — Recent changes to energy assistance programs by the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS) have nearly doubled the potential number of eligible households while cutting …
CRISFIELD — TidalHealth’s Crisfield Drive-Thru Flu Clinic is returning on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the TidalHealth McCready Pavilion, 201 Hall Highway from 8 a.m. to noon.
Seasonal …
PRINCESS ANNE — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore hosts University System of Maryland (USM) Chancellor Dr. Jay A. Perman and USM Regent Yvette Lewis for a special conversation with the …
BALTIMORE — “I almost didn’t buy it,” a Virginia resident said of the $50,000 winning Pick 5 ticket while on his way home earlier this month. The “mistake …
PRINCESS ANNE — Learn the backstory about UMES and its secrets before and since its founding in 1886 by taking a ghost walk on campus Monday, Sept. 9 starting at 5 p.m.
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CRISFIELD — The City of Crisfield and its marketing committee are thrilled to announce the return of the Jazz On The Waterfront festival for its second year.
Taking place against the …
ANNAPOLIS — Landon Derbyshire of Eden has earned a Master Angler Milestone Award under the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program.
Landon is the 13th Master …
ANNAPOLIS — Governor Wes Moore on Thursday announced that Maryland will join the Internal Revenue Service’s Direct File online tool for the 2025 filing season, enabling taxpayers to …
In the lingering warm weeks of summer, ’tis the season to enjoy one last round of al fresco dining in the warm balm of September.
The Harbor Shack restaurant in Rock Hall, Md., enjoys a …
Patricia Sterling of Wyoming took this photo at an Amish farm with their cornstalks ready for the fall on Wednesday.