The countywide ban, which went into effect Oct. 27, prohibited open fires, including in burn barrels, fire rings or on the ground. After a 15-day extension was issued, the ban was allowed to ...

Officials said 15 firefighters extinguished the flames within 15 minutes. The fire originated from a burn barrel used by the property’s resident, Robert Hunter. Investigators said the resident had ...

vegetative material from land clearing or any other debris in a burn barrel, fire ring or on the ground. Violators who commit the summary offense face a $100 fine for a first violation ...

A red flag warning is a weather alert issued by the National Weather Service to let the public and officials know that a variety of environmental conditions have combined to create potentially ...

A crowd of community members gathered under gray skies Sunday afternoon outside the Maryland Cracker Barrel where a group of special needs and autistic children were denied dine-in service earlier ...

A general manager and two other employees were dismissed from a Cracker Barrel in Waldorf, Maryland, after the restaurant sparked outrage over its treatment of special education students who were ...