The Parks and Recreation Department of the city of Frederick, MD recently decided to hang three dummies from a tree as part of its Halloween program. The dummies’ “overstuffed shirts, blue jeans and white, faceless heads” sparked concern from Frederick residents who complained that “the figures evoke images of lynchings.” According to one resident: “It [...]
After a high-speed pursuit that began in Frederick County, Maryland State Police arrested John Kemp, 19, and passenger Larnell Minor, 23, and charged them with unauthorized use of a vehicle, possession of marijuana and cocaine, reckless endangerment and traffic violations, police said. The three-county chase reached speeds of up to 110 mph, striking two police [...]
A Poolesville man was critically injured Wednesday night after his motorcycle struck the rear of a car in the area of Md. 85 at Greenfield Road, Maryland State Police report. A 2006 KTM motorcycle traveling north on Md. 85 about 5:30 p.m. tried to slow in tandem with a 2008 Infiniti, as the car made [...]
FREDERICK COUNTY, MD – The Frederick County Health Department announced Monday that they will be canceling all of their remaining flu clinics, because they have run out of the flu shot. They say an “overwhelming” number of people attended their flu shot clinic, this past Friday, and the department has not received another supply. Read [...]
Usually on Sunday mornings members of the congregation of All Saints Episcopal Church in Frederick greet each other with a warm handshake. Now they are being encouraged to just wave “Hello.” Officials from the local Episcopal diocese are amongst a number of faith-based organizations that are urging their members to develop a few new habits [...]
*****UPDATE******** FREDERICK COUNTY, MD – The Frederick County Health Department announced Monday that they will be canceling all of their remaining flu clinics, because they have run out of the flu shot. They say an “overwhelming” number of people attended their flu shot clinic, this past Friday, and the department has not received another supply. [...]
Weather, speed and driver error were the primary causes of a fatal vehicle accident Saturday afternoon, according to Maryland State Police. The driver of a Mitsubishi was ejected from the vehicle following a single car collision at Md. 464, Point of Rocks Road, east of Lander Road in Frederick County, and pronounced dead at the [...]
FREDERICK, MD – Charles Leroy Young, Jr is under arrest after police say he held up a gas station in Frederick Friday night. They say he held up a gun and took an unknown amount of cash from the BP Gas Station on W. 7th Street. Read full story via your4state.com
The Frederick Police Department has noticed an increase in bicycle thefts in the past several weeks, Capt. Kevin Grubb said. The bicycles are being taken from unlocked garages and sheds. The burglaries are happening in the area of South Street up to Seventh Street and in the area of U.S. 15 to East Street, Cpl. [...]
A Knoxville, Md., man was charged with driving under the influence, driving without a license, fleeing on foot and other offenses after the Mitsubishi 3000 GT he was driving in the 3000 block of Olive School Road went airborne Tuesday morning and struck a utility pole, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office. The car [...]