Capital News Service

For generations, members of the Shank and Creek families, the owners of Palmyra Farms in Hagerstown, approached dairy farming the same way: they milked the cows and sold the milk to a cooperative that distributed the milk to stores.

Crabs, Old Bay, over-the-top pride in the state flag. You may think you know stereotypical Maryland, but how “Maryland” are you really?

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Playing at the professional level is the goal for many college athletes, but playing for your hometown team is a dream come true. Maryland safety Beau Brade now has the opportunity after going undrafted in the NFL Draft. Brade will play for the Baltimore Ravens, a decision to stay home that he has made time and time again.

CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. – Kids in Prince George's County will have new play spaces to enjoy this summer as the county partners with Kaboom!, a Washington-based organization dedicated to creating playspace equity.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. – Prince George's County announced new start and closing times for public schools next year. The current 13 start times will be reduced to three, and the 17 different dismissal times, reduced to six.

EASTON, Md.- At the beginning of their season, Severn and Saints Peter and Paul Schools competed in a boy's high school lacrosse game, and Caleb Krewson, a freshman on the team scored his first official high school goal, only Krewson is in a wheelchair. But head coach Freddie Wolters and the rest of the boys don't see the wheelchair, they just see an athlete who works just as hard, and they say he's giving them more than they could ever give him.

Otha Smith III has always aimed to live holistically. He eats a plant-based diet and runs three to four miles a day.

A yellow bus filled with middle schoolers heading home slowed to a stop at the corner of Sutler Drive and Iverson Street in Prince George's County.

Prince George's County has long been considered the poor step-sibling of the DMV's more affluent and business savvy counties. But that image is starting to change as the county becomes an increasingly attractive location for new companies, including many that are developing innovative products and services.

WASHINGTON – Statehood activists are once again pushing Congress to set up a vote for Puerto Ricans to pick a new status for the territory.