Upper Marlboro

Robert Gaspar Leginus Sr., 98

2012-02-26 16:28:00

Robert Gaspar Leginus Sr., who flew gliders during World War II and later served as a military intelligence analyst, died Feb. 20. He was 98. Mr. Leginus died at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia, said his son Robert Leginus Jr. He had lived in Columbia...

Woman defrauds NSA for family firm, then embezzles $4.5 million

2012-03-08 17:50:00

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced the final member of a family business that was used to cheat the National Security Agency out of nearly $1.5 million, prosecutors said. Christina Turley Knott, 51, of Edgewater, was sentenced to 15 months in...

Airman from Upper Marlboro one of four killed in Africa

2012-02-20 15:38:00

An airman from Upper Marlboro was killed Saturday in an accident in Africa, the Pentagon said. Senior Airman Julian S. Scholten, 26, was one of four Air Force members in the U-28 turboprop plane killed near Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, officials said...

Pentagon: No enemy involvement in Djibouti crash

2012-02-21 17:10:00

There was no enemy involvement in the air crash that killed an airman from Upper Marlboro in Africa over the weekend, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Senior Airman Julian S. Scholten, 26, was one of four special operations airmen killed Saturday when their...

Laurel police: Man turns in self for N.Y. slayings

2011-12-26 18:29:00

A 24-year-old man who walked into the Laurel police station on Christmas Eve and confessed to a double murder on Long Island, according to police, is being held pending an extradition hearing as early as Tuesday. Jim Collins, a spokesman for the Laurel...

Columbia resident receives scholarship from Horizon Foundation

2011-12-15 12:50:44

Matthew Madera, of Columbia, has been awarded a scholarship by the Horizon Foundation to attend the Leadership Essentials program of Leadership Howard County. The six-month leadership development program is designed for young professionals who are...

Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Monday

2011-12-12 06:17:00

WEATHER Today's forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and a high around 46 degrees. It is expected to be mostly clear tonight with a low temperature around 35 degrees. TRAFFIC Here are today's morning traffic issues. FROM LAST NIGHT... Man shot by...

Three family members guilty of defrauding NSA

2011-12-09 14:55:46

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted William and Donald Turley, father and son respectively, of using the family manufacturing business to bilk the National Security Agency out of nearly $1.5 million, the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office announced. A...

Help fill food baskets for families in Prince George's County

2011-12-07 07:48:00

In an effort to provide holiday dinners to needy families in Prince George's County, the Prince George's County Public Safety Assistance Program is collecting donations of canned goods through Dec. 20. County agencies that are participating in the...

Word on the web: TwitterChurch

2012-01-27 10:34:00

There’s a saying that a church is not a building, it’s the people. And Jay Gamble knows where to find the people. The pastor of LifeChange AME Church, based in Slayton House in the Columbia village of Wilde Lake, holds church services on...

Storms may have killed off many stink bugs

2012-02-05 14:29:00

The combined fury of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee may have drowned much of the region's stink bug population, but scientists are still hesitant to say that homeowners will see fewer of them when the weather warms. Scientists say something...

Alleged $1.4 million housing authority fraud began small, indictment says

2012-01-10 17:38:00

In early 2010, officials at Baltimore's public housing agency noticed a few thousand dollars had gone missing — transferred without authorization to the bank account of a man who rented his Northeast Baltimore home to a low-income tenant,...

Beekeeper Scott Seccomb, Upper Marlboro, holds frame from a hive covered with bees during an open-hive demonstration.

2011-09-17 00:00:00

Beekeeper Scott Seccomb, Upper Marlboro, shows how docile drones are by putting one on his tongue during an open-hive demonstration

2011-09-17 00:00:00

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2011-08-10 00:00:00