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Goddard Digital Team NASA and Salisbury University (SU) in Maryland signed a collaborative Space Act Agreement Thursday, March 28, 2024, opening new opportunities at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Director Dr. Makenzie Lystrup (right) shakes hands with Salisbury University President Dr. Carolyn R. Lepre during the SU Space Act Agreement signing ceremony held in Salisbury, Md., Thursday, March 28, 2024. Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs for SU Dr. Laurie Couch (left) and NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Director David Pierce stand…
A woman from Somerset County, Maryland, has been arrested for threatening school staff members in Princess Anne. Officials at Princess Anne Elementary School contacted deputies around 10 a.m. on Tuesday to report threats made by the woman. According to detectives, two school officials received phone calls from a woman named Michelle Bailey, who was reportedly enraged about a truancy letter she had received from the school. Bailey allegedly became very angry, using profane language and threats towards the staff members, who eventually hung up on her. When a staff member called Bailey back to address the truancy matter, Bailey reportedly threatened…
An incident in Bowie, Maryland, involving the shooting and killing of a man by a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer is currently under investigation by the Maryland State Police (MSP). The Maryland State Police (MSP) responded to a two-car crash on Crain Highway at Village Drive around 5 p.m. During the incident, one of the drivers fled the scene on foot. Shortly after, an off-duty MPD Lieutenant named Daren Jones encountered a pedestrian, identified as 28-year-old Ian Tilton of Annapolis, while in his patrol car near Crain Highway and Trade Zone Ave. Roads closed for police investigation in Prince George’s…
An investigation is underway by the Maryland State Police following a hit-and-run incident and subsequent pursuit that took place on Wednesday, March 27th, in Wicomico County that occurred around 10:25 a.m. that morning, an off-duty trooper from the Maryland State Police Salisbury Barrack was driving his marked vehicle on Airport Road near Salisbury Regional Airport. He encountered a work zone with a flagging operation in progress, allowing northbound traffic to move through. Preliminary findings suggest that the driver of a blue Jeep, positioned ahead of the trooper’s vehicle, tried to bypass the work zone by swerving into the northbound lane.…
7:08 p.m. ET, March 27, 2024 Officials Find Bodies of 2 Missing Workers After Bridge Collapse Col. Roland L. Butler Jr., the head of the Maryland State Police, addresses the media on Wednesday, March 27. Authorities have recovered the bodies of two missing workers who were on the Francis Scott Key bridge at the time of its collapse, the Maryland State Police chief announced on Wednesday. Col. Roland L. Butler Jr. stated that divers located a red pickup truck in approximately 25 feet of water just before 10 a.m. ET. “Divers found two victims of this tragic event inside…
A man from Hebron, Joseph Burton, has been handed a 65-year prison term for the sexual abuse of three minors over an extended period of time. Joseph Burton, aged 70, admitted guilt to three counts of sexual abuse of a minor on January 23, 2024. The incidents involved three children living in his household, with the abuse starting in 2018 when the children were between eight and sixteen years old. On March 22nd, a judge at Wicomico County Circuit Court sentenced Burton to 65 years in prison and ordered him to register as a Tier III Sexual Offender for life.…
In Berlin, Maryland, a former employee of a local child care center is facing serious charges after being indicted by a Worcester County grand jury on 90 criminal offenses, including 90 felony counts of child abuse. The accusations against Heather Ward surfaced when her 8-month-old child was brought to Atlantic General Hospital with a fractured tibia, leading to Ward’s initial arrest in November. A subsequent examination of surveillance footage from a classroom at the Berlin Education Station child care facility revealed disturbing incidents of Ward mistreating multiple children. During a recent presentation to the Worcester County Grand Jury on March…
Maryland State Police have apprehended a teenager from Salisbury, Cashmir Holbrook, in connection with a shooting incident that resulted in the death of 16-year-old Ja’siah Sin’cer Johnson and injuries to 22-year-old Jamere Capri Maynes in Wicomico County. Holbrook is facing charges as an adult, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and other related offenses. He has been taken to the Wicomico County Detention Center and is being detained without bail pending an initial court appearance before a District Court commissioner. Another teenager involved in the incident, Mykel Elliott, 17, was arrested on July 6th, 2023, and is also charged as…
Many boys and men are facing challenges in fulfilling their roles as sons, students, employees, and fathers, and in finding a sense of purpose rooted in marriages, communities, churches, and country. Most of the research on the boy crisis highlights the significant social science findings that clearly show boys and men are lagging behind. “Men Without Meaning: The Harmful Effects of Expressive Individualism,” an essay I recently wrote, aims to summarize this research and delve into how expressive individualism, which champions radical autonomy of the inner self, is a major factor in the boy crisis. The rise of expressive individualism,…
