FREDERICK COUNTY

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...

A 7-year-old boy was playing basketball at a park in Frederick County, Maryland, Monday afternoon when a bullet struck him in the leg, authorities say. The boy was playing at Middletown Memorial Park on South Church Street in Middletown when he was shot, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said. He was flown to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where...

A 16-year-old boy pleaded guilty Wednesday to assaulting a man at the Great Frederick Fair last fall. John Weed died Sept. 21 after the teen and his 15-year-old brother punched him, without provocation, at the fair the previous day, prosecutors say. Weed was 59. The teen pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in Weed’s death. State prosecutors say the 16-year-old and…

A Maryland sheriff’s office has opened a homicide investigation after a 17-year-old girl’s body was found with apparent injuries in a wooded area off a walking trail

As Frederick County, Maryland, begins phase one of reopening, barber shops and salons will remain closed for another two weeks. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

Charges have been upgraded against a teenage boy who allegedly punched a man at a Maryland fair last month, killing him.

Charges have been upgraded against a teenage boy who allegedly punched a man at a Maryland fair last month, killing him.

Someone wearing a mask robbed a grocery store at knifepoint Tuesday afternoon in Frederick County, Maryland. The robbery occurred at about 12:15 p.m. at a Safeway store in Middletown, the county sheriff’s office said on Twitter. Many grocery stores in the Washington, D.C., region are busy as people try to stock up with food and supplies amid the coronavirus...

Authorities say a Maryland man has been charged with killing his wife after he led investigators to her dead body

School officials and community members respond to the display of a Nazi flag in a classroom window.

Officials for a public school in Maryland say they’re investigating after a Nazi flag was pictured hanging in a classroom window

A mother of three was found dead Saturday in Frederick County, Maryland, and her ex-husband has been charged.

Kaitlin Nichole Roberts was found dead in Frederick County, Maryland, and her ex-husband is charged. Northern Virginia Bureau reporter Drew Wilder spoke with her close friend, who says Roberts had been trying to get away from her ex-husband.

Rescue crews saved a young girl who fell at Sugarloaf Mountain in Frederick County, Maryland, Sunday afternoon, fire officials say.

A home in Frederick County, Maryland, was destroyed by a fire on Christmas morning, leaving a family of six displaced. According to firefighters, the flames emerging through the roof of the house were so intense they could only fight the fire from outside. Four adults and two children escaped the home uninjured prior to the firefighters arrival. A total of…