ANNAPOLIS — All courthouses in Maryland — including the Cecil County Circuit and District Courthouses in Elkton — will remain closed to the public through May 1, increasing the initial closure by one month, according to a new order issued Wednesday by Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Ma…

ELKTON — A woman is facing several criminal charges after investigators confiscated suspect methamphetamine and heroin mixed with fentanyl during a traffic stop near Elkton early Tuesday morning, according to Cecil County District Court records.

ELKTON — A 16-year-old Elkton boy has received a one-year jail term for his lesser role in the random, unprovoked stabbing of a stranger on the street of a North East-area neighborhood last summer, after accepting a binding plea deal, according to court records.

PORT DEPOSIT — An investigation is continuing after a blaze ripped through a garage near Port Deposit early Thursday morning, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage to several vehicles and to the outbuilding in which they were stored, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal.

ELKTON - The Cecil County Circuit Courthouse and the Cecil County District Courthouse will be "restricted to emergency operations" and closed to the general public - with limited exceptions -  until April 3 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, according to a statewide directive signed b…

PERRYVILLE - A 40-year-old man was killed on Wednesday night when the van he was driving crashed into a concrete barrier at the Interstate 95 toll plaza near Perryville, according to the Maryland State Police.

PERRYVILLE — A 17-year-old male remained jailed Thursday after he allegedly opened fire on two acquaintances in front of his Perryville residence — wounding one of them in the thigh and riddling the car that they occupied with bullet holes, according to the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office.

ELKTON — A townhouse under renovation on White Hall Circle sustained $50,000 in damage in a Thursday night fire that the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal ruled was accidental.

CHESAPEAKE CITY — Three men remained on the loose Tuesday after forcing their way into a home near Chesapeake City over the weekend and robbing a woman who lives there at gunpoint, according to the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office.

NORTH EAST — An investigation is continuing after a blaze destroyed a pickup truck in a wooded area near North East on Monday night, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal.

RISING SUN — A chimney fire caused an estimated $10,000 in damage to a home near Rising Sun late Thursday night, according to the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal.

CECIL COUNTY — Volunteer firefighters battled two fires in Cecil County within five hours of each other on Saturday, including one that displaced an Elkton-area family, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal.

CHARLESTOWN — Investigators are blaming an “unspecified electrical event” for a garage fire that caused approximately $30,000 in damage to a Charlestown home late Thursday night, according to the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal.