WFMD News Podcast February 17, 2026

Maryland Republican lawmakers and sheriffs are pushing back against a new state law that would BAN 287(g) agreements between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A Maryland YouTuber is facing federal charges after authorities say he posted drone footage showing a fli…

WFMD News Podcast February 16, 2026

A deadly early-morning shooting in Shepherdstown has led to a murder charge against a 25-year-old man. Prosecutors across Maryland are pushing back hard against the Youth Charging Reform Act  -- a bill that would change how teens are charged for serious crimes.  A narcotics investigation in Hager…

WFMD News Podcast February 13, 2026

  A couple hundred students walked out of Urbana High School Thursday afternoon to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement, kicking off what could be a series of similar demonstrations across Frederick County public high schools. One of the drivers responsible for a deadly crash that killed s…

WFMD News Podcast February 12, 2026

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore used his fourth State of the State address Wednesday to urge lawmakers to take up his controversial mid-cycle congressional redistricting plan, arguing new maps are needed as other states redraw theirs ahead of the 2026 elections. A 16-year-old accused of shooting another s…

WFMD News Podcast February 11, 2026

In Washington County the Board of County Commissioners moved ahead Tuesday with a resolution in full support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security.  Montgomery County police have arrested a man more than two years after a homicide in Germantown. Montgomery…

WFMD News Podcast February 10, 2026

Tension gripped the Rockville community Monday afternoon when emergency responders rushed to Thomas Wootton High School after reports of shots fired on campus.  A new federal rule could start removing thousands of Maryland residents from the food assistance program known as SNAP as early as next m…

WFMD News Podcast February 9, 2026

  A Hampstead man will spend the next two decades in prison after a violent domestic assault left a woman with life-threatening injuries. ICE has deported Melbin Ramos-Orellana, a Honduran national who was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman against her will.  The Howard County Council has …

WFMD News Podcast February 6, 2026

Tension over congressional redistricting sharpened Thursday in the Maryland Senate as one Democratic lawmaker walked off the floor in protest of stalled legislation. New state transportation data shows Maryland’s traffic deaths fell to the lowest level in more than a decade in 2025.  Maryland’s F…

WFMD News Podcast February 5, 2026

A Maryland woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a deadly crash in Baltimore County that killed six construction workers.  Tragedy struck Leesburg Pike in Loudoun County Monday afternoon when a crash involving a snowplow left one man dead and another injured. A Loudoun County Public …

WFMD News Podcast February 4, 2026

Maryland lawmakers have passed legislation that would ban local law enforcement from entering formal cooperation agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Two teens are under arrest after a traffic stop on Interstate 270 in Frederick County led to the discovery of a loaded gun. St…