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Two of the first three people in Maryland to test positive for the COVID-19 omicron variant had been vaccinated but had not yet received booster shots, state officials said Saturday.

Cam Spencer scored a game-high 26 points, and Jaylin Andrews added 19 to help the Greyhounds extend their winning streak to four.

City and fire officials offered fire safety tips Saturday.

A tradition spanning back nearly five decades continued Saturday in Annapolis when the volunteer organization Annapolis Jaycees decked out 59 downtown businesses in velvet bows, evergreen wreaths and other holiday decorations ahead of Christmas at the end of the month.

With Mark Turgeon's departure, Maryland officials said a national search would begin after this season. But their research has no doubt already begun.

Families flocked to private schools and homeschooling during the 2020-2021 school year when students at the public schools switched back and forth from virtual to hybrid learning due to the pandemic. Private schools in Carroll were offering in-person learning at the time. And some parents decided to take teaching in their own hands.

Johns Hopkins students studying medicine, public health and nursing are carrying a new curriculum into schools in the city and beyond, one that teaches K-12 learners about the science behind COVID-19.

The University of Maryland and men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon have mutually agreed to part ways, effective immediately. Assistant Danny Manning will be the interim coach for the remainder of the season.

Maryland's large field of Democratic candidates for governor got smaller Tuesday, as Baltimore-based entrepreneur Mike Rosenbaum dropped out of the race.

Maryland health officials reported more than 1,700 new coronavirus cases on both Thursday and Friday, signaling what experts caution could become a holiday-season spike in virus transmission.

Carroll County parents and a local board of education member were mixed on their opinions about how masking policy should move forward in public schools, after a Maryland State Board of Education meeting this week.On Wednesday state school board members voted 12-2 to direct state officials to draft a new emergency mandate for masking in public schools to include “off ramps” to masking requirements in the future. The current emergency regulation requiring mask wearing in all Maryland public schools expires after Feb. 15.

The video shows three adults holding down a student on the floor of the cafeteria. One of them punches the student in the head twice and holds on to his hair while the other adult appears to hold the student’s arms down.

The man, a member of a local gang, said he was paid to carry out the killing.

The Maryland Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the landlord of Baltimore’s Copycat building, saying he can evict tenants without having a rental license.

In a statement issued late Thursday evening, the Anne Arundel County Board of Education said it is seeking a new leader for the school system who will bring “different experiences and vision” to the district, which is among the largest in the country.

Elvia Thompson announced Thursday that she was stepping back from day-to-day operations of environmental nonprofit Annapolis Green. Lynne Forsman, her cofounder, will stay with the organization. Maggie Hughes, a project manager, will be elevated to executive director.

Dozens of grief-stricken family members gathered Thursday night at Ascension Episcopal Church in Westminster to remember their loved ones who were killed in car crashes during the last 15 years. Through their tears, they lit candles and reminisced about each person who had died, some as a result of drunken drivers.