A federal judge has allowed to move forward but narrowed a $5 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of man who hanged himself in the Frederick County Adult Detention Center in June 2009.

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Gov. Larry Hogan has chosen an associate professor at Bowie State University to fill a state delegate seat representing parts of Frederick and Carroll counties.

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Convicted of second-degree assault, appellant challenges the trial court’s ruling that limited certain cross-examination of a prosecution witness.

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(AP) A Frederick County councilman who achieved instant Internet notoriety after he threatened to sue a newspaper for publishing his name now says he won’t sue after all. Councilman Kirby Delauter said in a written statement Wednesday he was wrong ...

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(AP) A Frederick County elected official is threatening legal action to prevent a newspaper from publishing his name without his permission. County Councilman Kirby Delauter made the threat in a Facebook post Saturday. He didn’t respond Tuesday to a telephone ...

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(AP) Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler is invalidating a political ploy that benefited the former head of the Frederick County government. He issued an opinion Tuesday that the Board of County Commissioners acted improperly last month when it appointed ...

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Gov.-elect Larry Hogan says his lieutenant governor, Boyd Rutherford, will oversee the administration's effort to reduce heroin-related crime across Maryland.

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A judge has ordered the malpractice trial of a western Maryland doctor to be moved to Frederick County.

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Appellant presents four questions for our consideration: 1. Did the circuit court err by refusing to declare a mistrial based on violations of the discovery rules? 2. Did the circuit court err in refusing to strike a potential juror for ...

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(AP) A Frederick County man is acknowledging he fatally abused a 2-year-old boy with punishments that included beating and kicking the toddler and cleaning his teeth with a wire brush. The Frederick News-Post reported that 40-year-old Raymond Matthew Brittle of ...

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