Nine years ago this fall, Lisa Spicknall's worst nightmare came true when her two young children, Destiny and Ritchie, were murdered.

It's hard to believe that John Wesley "Wes" Pindell IV is the baby of the family.

An act of carelessness the day after Christmas paralyzed one of the region's most celebrated chefs, leaving him in a motorized wheelchair and struggling just to breathe.

Residents of the Glenwood High-Rise were shaken yesterday by a small fire that sent a blind woman to the hospital for smoke inhalation.

Grinning from ear-to-ear, the little boy held up the 6-inch fish as the police officer who helped him catch it stood close behind on the sticky hot Friday afternoon.

Val Nebbia may be small in stature, but when she opens her mouth to sing, a very big sound comes out.

He was born in Maryland on Valentine's Day 1930 and was raised by his uncles, Gus, Dick and his favorite, Mattie Brown. During his youth, he lived with his uncles and the Brice family at Primrose Acres.

St. Martin's Lutheran School now has a flag, thanks to this year's graduating eighth-grade class.

Most grannies would be content to bake cookies with their grandchildren, or maybe take one or two tots to Rita's Italian Ice for a lemon gelato on a hot summer day.

Sometimes an instructor inspires more than a micro-burst of creativity on a homework assignment.

As a wrecker chewed through the unfinished home of two brothers last week, neighbors whooped, leapt in joy and offered to bring the demolition team champagne.

Aleksandra Stanojlovic came to the United States in June 2006 to work as an au pair with the Cultural Care Au Pair program.

The Annearrundell County Free School, circa 1724, was the county's first school paid for with taxpayers' money after the Colonial Assembly passed the Free School Act.

In all the happy-go-lucky movies musicals of the 40s, the heroes meet by chance. On a whim, they'd rehearse a few numbers in a garage and by the final scene, they were a sensation on Broadway.

Scouts attending the annual Cub Scout Day Camp last week at the county fairgrounds learned that corn helps catch turtles as well as fish - one young fisherman caught three in one day - and how to fold a flag and not let it...

Queen Anne's County and state officials this week cut a ceremonial purple ribbon and showed off a new and improved sewage plant on Kent Island.

Eastern Shore residents finally have a medical center in their area after long having to drive across the Bay Bridge to receive care.

Hours after school ended for the week, the third-graders of Matapeake Elementary School in Stevensville took their seats at the large round tables in the school media center. It was a big event for them. They were not only...

For its clients, the Cisco Center is an answer to prayers.

The Severna Park High School Class of 2008 has given a farewell class gift to the Severna Park Assistance Network (SPAN), in the form of a generous donation of $5,000.

While a country club and the county debate who is responsible for a large sinkhole in the Chartwell community of Severna Park that led to a road closure, frustrated residents are left wondering when St. Andrew's Road will...

Brian Consoli, 18, learned the hard way that telephone communication isn't always as direct as it should be.

The man who has spent almost a decade battling to save the South River will step down from his post as riverkeeper this week.

For years, the menagerie of animals at the Davidsonville Wildlife Sanctuary roamed freely along the right-of-way where Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.'s transmission lines slice through south county, using trees there for...

The summer solstice occurred last Friday at 7:59 p.m.

Katie Neighoff is a busy entrepreneur and the owner of a new business in Galesville, the "Sno Shak." At the Shak, she sells 24 regular and diet flavors of sno-balls.

The Middle Ages came to life as 300 selected Cub Scouts from the Four Rivers District participated in the annual Cub Scout Camp held at Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds last week.

Alexandra Cook, an Odenton resident in the Seven Oaks community, was recently honored at a statewide awards ceremony for gifted children held by The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.

A new development on Route 3 will add a cache of shops and restaurants to a market its builders said is underserved when it comes to upscale services.