FREDERICK COUNTY

A 17-year-old high school student was shot to death outside a Maryland hotel. News4’s Paul Wagner reports the sheriff’s office says Malakai Cooke was found by deputies in the parking lot of the Country Inn and Suites early Friday morning.

A mother is in custody Tuesday after she was suspected of abducting her two young daughters from Frederick County, Maryland.  Caisha Renee Luna-Sanchez is believed to have illegally taken her 3-year-old and 5-year-old daughters out of state from Brunswick, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said.  “The girls have been safely found and the mother is in custody. Thanks to...

A 19-year-old suspected of killing a former high school classmate in Frederick, Maryland, had an explosive device at home and may have been plotting a mass shooting, the county sheriff said Thursday.  Joshua David Eckenrode, of Thurmont, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Curtis Mason Smith, who also was 19.  Officials revealed new details Thursday and...

The teen’s father called his son a hero during a news conference on Thursday. Aimee Cho reports.

A suspect has been charged in the death of a 19-year-old Frederick, Maryland, resident who went missing and then was found dead in a vehicle, officials say.  Joshua David Eckenrode, of Thurmont, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Curtis Mason Smith, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.  Eckenrode, 19, was held after deputies found “multiple...

News4’s Pat Collins reports on the arrest of a teenage murder suspect in Maryland.

A 19-year-old who was missing from Frederick County, Maryland, has been found dead.

News4’s Darcy Spencer reports from Frederick County, where Marylanders are enjoying the ease restrictions and the beautiful weather.

As News4’s Chris Gordon reports that the clinic at Frederick Community College felt more like a graduation.

News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Local leaders in Montgomery and Frederick counties say they don’t have enough doses to meet demand. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.

Two Maryland sheriff’s deputies will not be charged in the fatal shooting of a suspect in Frederick County in October, according to the state’s attorney’s office. An investigation found the deputies had reason to believe the suspect was armed when they shot him following a high-speed chase, the Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office said. About 2:30 p.m. Oct. 19,...

A mask mandate went into effect in Frederick County, Maryland, Friday. News 4’s Chris Gordon explains what it means if you live or visit there.

A police chase that began in Pennsylvania ended with a crash and the fatal shooting of a suspect in Frederick County, Maryland, Monday afternoon, authorities say. Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins told reporters that at about 2:30 p.m. Pennsylvania State Police pursued two men wanted in connection to an attempted homicide into the county and asked his deputies for assistance….

Some parents and students in Frederick County, Maryland, say they are fed up with virtual learning are urging leaders to allow in-person instruction. A hybrid learning plan that would have brought some younger students back to the classroom failed to pass before the county’s board of education earlier this month. Three board members in favor of the plan say...

One man is dead after three people jumped from a runaway truck as it sped down a steep hill and the driver was unable to slow down, officials in Frederick County, Maryland, say.  Martin Flores of Manassas, Virginia, was killed on Friday evening, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. He was 46.  Flores was driving a 1999 Ford F350…

A Frederick County, Maryland, woman says she thought she was going to die when a bear attacked her while she was taking a routine walk near her home in September.

A Frederick County, Maryland, woman says she thought she was going to die when a bear attacked her while she was taking a routine walk near her home. News4’s Pat Collins reports.

Nearly 600 school bus drivers and food service workers in Frederick County, Maryland, will temporarily be laid off as students learn online during the coronavirus pandemic.  Frederick County Public Schools announced Thursday that they will begin a temporary “reduction in force.” Board of Education President Brad Young said that with school online until at least January, the district didn’t...