Maryland Department of Agriculture expands spotted lanternfly quarantine zone

ANNAPOLIS, MD—The Maryland Department of Agriculture this week expanded its spotted lanternfly quarantine to include the following counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Washington and Wicomico, as well as Baltimore City. This quarantine is effective immediately, and restricts the movement of regulated articles that might contain the […]

Governor Moore announces $13.4 million to support affordable housing following Board of Public Works meeting

ANNAPOLIS, MD –​ Governor Wes Moore on Wednesday announced $13.4 million to support projects that create or preserve affordable rental housing units, awarded Wednesday morning during the Board of Public Works meeting. The board approved requests from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development to provide $10.4 million through the Rental Housing Works Program and $3 million from the […]

Powerball delivers three $50,000 winners in Maryland for February 27 drawing

BALTIMORE, MD—Powerball closed out February with a deluge of winning tickets in Maryland, including two $50,000 third-tier winners in the Powerball drawing on Monday night and one $50,000 third-tier winner in the Double Play drawing. Although no one hit the jackpot, there were 8,482 Maryland winners in the Powerball drawing of prizes ranging from $4 to $50,000 and 1,441 Maryland […]

Former bank employee convicted after fraudulently opening bank accounts in Maryland

UPDATE: Daniel Velcru has been sentenced to prison. Original story below… GREENBELT, MD—A Maryland man has been convicted on fraud charges after fraudulent opening bank accounts. A federal jury has convicted Diape Seck, 29, of Rockville, for his role in a bank fraud scheme in which he and his co-conspirators obtained or attempted to obtain almost $2 million by fraud, […]

Mega Millions jackpot soars to $1.35 billion, five third-tier winning tickets sold in Maryland

BALTIMORE, MD—Although there was no Mega Millions jackpot winner on Tuesday night, the drawing produced five third-tier $10,000-winning tickets sold in Maryland. The jackpot for the next Mega Millions drawing on Friday, January 13 rolled to an estimated annuity value of $1.35 billion. If the jackpot is hit at that amount on Friday, it would be the second-largest in Mega […]

Olszewski installed as 1st Vice President of Maryland Association of Counties

CAMBRIDGE, MD—Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski has been installed as the First Vice President of the Maryland Association of Counties. On Thursday evening, January 5, 2023, Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford installed the MACo Board of Directors for 2023. The installation took place at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Hotel in Cambridge, Maryland, during the MACo Winter Conference Inaugural Banquet. “Our […]

Maryland man sentenced to 24 years for robbing banks after being released from prison for bank robbery

GREENBELT, MD—U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte on Thursday sentenced Christopher Michael Cline, a/k/a “Carisa Cline,” 46, of Gaithersburg, to 24 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after the defendant pleaded guilty to bank robbery. The defendant also admitted violating two terms of supervised release for previous federal bank robbery convictions. The sentence was announced […]