A jury in Baltimore has convicted a Baltimore man of first-degree murder in the slaying of a Frederick taxicab driver. Twenty-four-year-old Robert Lee Murphy was found guilty Wednesday in the January 2009 shooting death of Stephen Mauk. Sentencing is set ...

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FREDERICK — The U.S. Postal Service says an internal study supports closing a mail processing and distribution center in Frederick that employs about 160 people. Plant manager Bruce Wall told The Frederick News-Post on Monday that about 85 of the ...

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An attorney who walked out of district court after a judge refused to put his client’s case on the stet docket will be suspended from the practice of law for 60 days, the state’s highest court has held. The brief ...

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FREDERICK — A Frederick woman is seeking $10 million in damages from Frederick County following her daughter’s jailhouse suicide. Tobie Hosie’s lawyer sent a claim notice to county commissioners earlier this month as a precursor to a civil lawsuit. Sheriff ...

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FREDERICK — If you want to own a piece of Frederick’s history, your chance will come Thursday. An auction of items ranging from cane-bottom chairs to a vintage crib to large cabinets and bookcases from the Maryland School for the ...

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FREDERICK — A Frederick police officer is suing the agency and chief alleging his rights were violated when he was cited for a use-of-force violation after the 12 months allowed under the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights. Officer First ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A court-ordered panel of experts said Wednesday that security investigators failed to follow up on signs of mental illness that should have prevented the apparent perpetrator of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks from working with anthrax at the ...

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FREDERICK — The National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick says it’s collecting donations for Japanese earthquake victims in honor of American Red Cross founder Clara Barton. The museum said Tuesday that donors can contribute through its Facebook page ...

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URBANA — After 110 years in business at the same location, Knott & Geisbert Inc. Mowers & Farm Equipment is closing up shop. A two-day liquidation auction is planned for Friday and Saturday to dispose of inventory with an estimated ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley will testify in support of legislation that would reduce Maryland’s estate tax for family farms. Shaun Adamec, O’Malley’s spokesman, said Friday the governor feels strongly that the measure will help preserve family farming in ...

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