Jennie M Forehand

State lawmakers on Thursday took a step toward regulating mopeds and motor scooters and requiring their operators to have licenses and insurance. The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee passed a scooter bill, despite the protest of one senator who...

Baltimore County senators rebuffed an effort to abolish Maryland's death penalty yesterday, persuading lawmakers instead to restrict when capital punishment can be used. The Senate's first full debate on the death penalty in more than three decades was...

Gov. Martin O'Malley's push to end the death penalty in Maryland would probably fall short if a legislative vote were held today, even though the governor insisted yesterday that the repeal effort "has a real shot this year." A Baltimore Sun survey of...

The Maryland Senate moved one step closer yesterday to allowing automated radar cameras to snare drivers speeding through residential neighborhoods and school zones, brushing back several attempts to weaken the legislation. A final vote could come as...

District 7 32 of 32 precincts - 100% x-Diane DeCarlo 7,407 80% Jerry Hersl 1,843 20% -------------------- District 8 31 of 31 precincts - 100% x-Katherine Klausmeier 10,254 85% Raymond C. Shiflet 1,779 15% -------------------- District 11 36 of 36...

Angela Sipe witnessed a killing during a card party at an apartment in Forestville. She called 911. When police arrived, she gave them a statement and picked 20-year-old Keith Leon Carroll's picture out of a photo array. Three days later, Carroll returned...

ROCKVILLE - The Ehrlich administration is pushing ahead with plans to build an 18-mile highway through the forests and across the streams of Montgomery County - a road that has been embraced by politicians and commuters but was twice rejected by the...