Judge Brobst, 59, dies of cancer
Baltimore County Circuit Judge S. Ann Brobst, known as the “personality of the state’s attorney’s office” when she was prosecuting some of the county’s biggest murder cases, died Monday. She was 59.
Report: Few states have bulk of executions
WASHINGTON — Just four states carried out more than three-fourths of the executions in the United States this year, while another 23 states have not put an inmate to death […]
Hagerstown man gets 40 years in child abuse death case
HAGERSTOWN — A Hagerstown man has been sentenced to 40 years for the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son. Thirty-four-year-old Brian Michael Miller was sentenced Thursday in Washington County Circuit […]
Officials attribute another Md. death to Sandy
OAKLAND — Authorities say an elderly man in western Maryland died earlier this week while shoveling snow after Sandy spawned a blizzard that buried the mountainous region under two feet […]
Sandy’s death toll climbs; millions without power
NEW YORK — Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train […]
Fire official: Pasadena man killed when tree falls on house
A neighbor says the man killed when a tree fell on his Pasadena home during superstorm Sandy was a 74-year-old retired engineer. Neighbor John Brown identified the victim as Donald […]
1 person dies in crash in Germantown during storm
The state health department says a woman was killed in a Montgomery County crash related to the effects of Hurricane Sandy, but county police say the accident may have other […]
Clarence M. Mitchell III dies at 72
Former Maryland lawmaker Clarence Mitchell III, a civil rights leader and a member of one of the state’s most prominent political families, has died. He was 72. His nephew, Delegate […]
Va. reporter’s death ruled as homicide
UPPERVILLE, Va. — Authorities have ruled the death of a Winchester Star reporter as a homicide. The newspaper says the Manassas Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that Sarah […]
Concert giant seeks drafts of Jermaine Jackson’s book
LOS ANGELES — Concert giant AEG Live is seeking book drafts and manuscripts by Jermaine Jackson that it claims may reveal details about his superstar brother that will help its […]
Modell: Just Art, for Art’s sake
At 6 p.m. Monday, on the south side of M&T Bank Stadium, something will be missing.





