Allegany County

Revenue at Maryland's casinos reaches $69.2 million in May

2013-06-05 16:58:57

Revenue at the state's casinos climbed to nearly $69.2 million in May, the first full month of table games at Maryland Live Casino as well as the initial days of the state's newest casino in Allegany County, the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control...

Appeal of 2010 Census nets city small population gain

2013-06-05 09:31:00

Baltimore’s challenge challenge to the 2010 Census count netted the city a small population bump. Instead of being home to 620,961 people on April 1, 2010, as the U.S. Census Bureau reported in 2011, Baltimore actually had 621,074 residents...

Rocky Gap, state's fourth casino, opens in Western Maryland

2013-05-22 18:23:18

Gambling started Wednesday afternoon at the Rocky Gap Casino Resort right after the state approved the opening of its fourth casino, one that Western Maryland leaders hope will lure not only gamblers but also their families to a region eager for more...

Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex

2013-05-16 18:49:19

The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at...

Supporters mount campaign to preserve assault weapons ban

2013-03-21 17:50:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley and gun-control advocates launched an offensive Thursday to protect his proposed ban on assault-type weapons from a House committee's efforts to scale it back. "Military-style assault weapons belong on the battlefield, NOT on the...

Unions do their business on taxpayers' dime

2013-04-18 11:48:34

It's the old "fair share" argument, but this time it holds even less water than usual. The Maryland State Education Association, the union that bargains on behalf of K-12 teachers throughout Maryland, wants to force all teachers — members or not &#...

Assembly passes bill to open casino jobs to some ex-offenders

2013-04-03 16:12:31

In a move to open thousands of middle-class jobs to former offenders, the General Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to legislation that would allow Maryland casinos to hire some people currently banned because of criminal records. The Senate voted...

Md. gun bill survives early test vote on House floor

2013-04-02 14:54:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley's gun-control bill is expected to undergo a long and heated debate in the House late Tuesday afternoon as delegates begin considering Maryland's first major piece of gun control legislation in two decades. The state Senate in...

House panel kills 'black liquor' bill

2013-03-29 16:15:00

Legislation that would have phased out millions in ratepayer-financed subsidies for mostly out-of-state paper mills died in a House committee Friday, just a day after the Senate passed a companion measure. The House version of the so-called "black...

Allegany Co. man shot by state trooper dies

2013-03-29 17:56:15

An Allegany County man shot Thursday night by state troopers as he opened fire on members of his family has died of his wounds, police said Friday. Samuel E. George was pronounced dead at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, according to police. Internal and...

'Black liquor' phase-out clears Senate

2013-03-29 06:05:00

A phase-out of renewable energy subsidies for paper mills has cleared the Maryland Senate, though with a provision that guarantees the state's only paper plant in Allegany County would continue to receive payments underwritten by taxpayers....

Police investigating possible killing at state prison

2013-03-27 15:23:50

State police are investigating the possible killing of an inmate Tuesday night at a prison in Hagerstown, the fifth such incident at a state prison in six months. State police said the victim was a 22-year-old inmate at the Maryland Correctional...

Nothing will make you want to take a vacation in your own state like the "Maryland in Photographs" board built by the Maryland Office of Tourism.

2012-03-12 10:29:25

Jared Hose of Little Orleans, Md., testified in Annapolis on Thursday about a bill that would allow Allegany County students to continue to attend secondary school in Washington County.

2012-02-16 18:20:53

Mrs. Antoinette Kelly, 91, owner of Kelly's Tavern since 1945 with her husband, has run the tavern by herself since 1977. In the spring, a teenage male stole about $200 in addition to a few bottles of liquor. Subsequently, Mrs. Kelly had bars installed on the doors and windows.

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