Maryland public health officials say poor oversight of patient care at a state-owned nursing home in Hagerstown prompted the ouster of the facility's chief executive and two medical staff members.

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A western Maryland school district says it will monitor social media for words such as "kill" and "bomb" in messages sent from middle- and high-school campuses this school year.

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The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development approved a $1 million conditional grant to Washington County to help Hagerstown-based National Golden Tissue expand.

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An official for one of the largest employers in Hagerstown said his company remains in the state only because of a large investment in its Washington County plant.

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The closing of the Petsmart distribution center in Hagerstown will affect 56 employees as of July 24

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The Seventh-day Adventist Church is proposing shutting down a Hagerstown printing plant that employs 110 workers.

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Hagerstown is sweetening a subsidy for police officers who live within the city limits.

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A former Maryland correctional officer is starting a 2 1/2-year federal prison term for conspiring to severely beat an inmate who had punched a guard at the medium-security Roxbury Correctional Institution near Hagerstown.

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A Hagerstown dentist indicted last year on federal charges of trading drugs for child sex is facing additional charges in state court.

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Meritus Health in Hagerstown plans to lay off 56 employees, saying it needs to do so in order to stay within its budget for fiscal year 2014.

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