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One in 73 students attending Frederick County Public Schools receives special education related to a diagnosis of autism

A 71-year-old Thurmont man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl over an 11-month period has been indicted by the Frederick County grand jury

Some readers questioned why we published a front-page story Wednesday about two wild turkeys who were jumping on cars and terrorizing churchgoers in the Opossumtown Pike area

Frederick High junior Lily Wherry is treasurer of her school's student government, a dancer at the Frederick School of Classical Ballet, and the founder and student coordinator of her high school's English Mentoring and Tutoring program

Necessity is the mother of invention, and in the case of one Frederick nonprofit, it led to an innovative new program to bring computers to students in Africa

ANNAPOLIS -- Delegate Galen Clagett, the lone Frederick County lawmaker to vote for a gas-tax increase Friday, says his decision will bring a shower of state funds for completing the U S 15 interchange, a $91 million project that has topped the list of local transportation priorities

This is the last weekend for Girl Scout cookie sales Friday evening Otis McClary of Frederick bought two boxes of cookies at a stand at Westview Promenade Selling the treats are, from the left, Barbara Fernandez, Daphne Fernandez, 8, Allison Howell, 8, and Karen Howell The girls are members of Girl Scout Brownie Troop 3561 of Poolesville

The control tower at Frederick Municipal Airport will close April 7, according to a Federal Aviation Administration decision released Friday

A Frederick County Sheriff's Office courthouse deputy is on leave after a member of his family fatally shot herself with his agency-issued firearm

Three Frederick County Sheriff's Office deputies have been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing related to the in-custody death of a New Market man