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Cecil County

Great Wolf Lodge, an indoor water park chain, is opening a new resort in Cecil County, Maryland, less than a half hour drive from Delaware.
Aug 3, 2026

Woman sues Great Wolf Lodge after alleged neck injury on Perryville waterslide

A woman sued Great Wolf Lodge after she says she sustained a severe neck injury on a waterslide at its indoor water park and resort in Perryville.

Del. Tiffany Alston (D-Prince George’s) gives remarks during a candidate forum May 12. (Photo by William J. Ford/Maryland Matters)
Jul 7, 2026

MD legislative races come into focus as ballot counting wraps

Local election boards were scheduled to finish ballot-counting Monday, when the few primary elections still hanging in the balance came into sharper focus.

Del. Derrick Coley, right, shown with Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy in January on the day the Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee chose him to fill a District 24 vacancy in the Maryland House of Delegates. On Thursday afternoon, Coley had a small lead over his Democratic primary challenger, Crystal Carpenter. (Photo by William J. Ford/Maryland Matters)
Jun 26, 2026

Some MD delegates still locked in tight primary contests two days after election

For most of the candidates running for Maryland’s General Assembly, the dust is now settling after Tuesday’s primary election. But a select few are still locked in tight races two days later.

Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) is joined on stage by his wife, Lea, and their children, Caleb and Cora, at an election night victory party Tuesday, after Ferguson survived one of his biggest political challenges in years. (Photo by Christine Condon/Maryland Matters)
Jun 24, 2026

Despite some challenges, most legislators appear headed to reelection

Despite some aggressive challenges, an overwhelming majority of state lawmakers who were seeking reelection in Tuesday’s primaries skated through with relative ease.

President Donald Trump looks on as he delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 24, 2026. (REUTERS/NATHAN HOWARD)
Jun 5, 2026

With General Assembly primaries looming, it’s all about Trump all across MD

President Donald Trump stands at the center of everything in Washington these days — as well as Maryland’s June 23 General Assembly primaries.

The U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. (Capital News Service photo)
May 21, 2026

Cecil County violated man’s 1st Amendment rights; judge upholds punitive damages

A Maryland federal judge upheld punitive damages against the former Cecil County attorney in a First Amendment case.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is shown in 2017. (U.S. General Services Administration file photo)
Apr 24, 2026

Cecil prison officers not liable for opioid withdrawal death, court rules

Cecil County correctional officers are not liable for a woman’s 2020 death from opioid withdrawal behind bars, the 4th Circuit ruled.

President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as “critical race theory” and other material dealing with race and sexuality or risk losing their federal money. (DepositPhotos)
Mar 18, 2026

Deadline nears for $60K minimum MD teacher salary; 11 counties lagging

Maryland's school districts have until July 1 to raise teacher salaries to a $60,000 minimum, and only about half of them have reached that threshold.

A dairy cow peeks out through the fence of its enclosure at Long Green Farms on Nov. 21, 2025. (Sam Gauntt/Capital News Service)
Mar 2, 2026

What provides the power at this Cecil County farm? The cows.

The Cecil County farm that Alice and Caleb Crothers inherited in 2015 was, like many dairy farms nationwide, struggling — but now, cow manure is helping to keep it going.

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Jan 6, 2026

Credit union offers up to $75K in scholarships for MD students

APG Federal Credit Union announced that applications for its annual scholarship program opened for Baltimore-area students Jan. 2.

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Dec 26, 2025

MD mom to police after baby’s death: ‘Nothing I say is going to fix this, is it?’

Maryland authorities charged a 24-year-old mother with first-degree murder after her 5-week-old infant died.

Water researcher Eva Stebel pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
Nov 25, 2025

Judge rejects Gore’s bid to limit MD residents’ participation in PFAS lawsuit

A federal court allowed an Elkton couple to intervene in Maryland’s lawsuit against W.L. Gore for alleged toxic chemical releases.