Almost a dozen employees from an Anne Arundel County jail appeared in court Wednesday as attorneys representing the gunman who killed five Capital Gazette staffers questioned them about their interviews with a psychiatrist hired by prosecutors.

Severn Chapel Farm opened its fields for students from Sherwood Forest Boys & Girls Camp to harvest food that will be donated to The Light House shelter and Anne Arundel County Food Bank.

Another 1,141 Anne Arundel County residents filed a new jobless claim last week at the same time the the $600 federal payment to unemployment aid expired. Maryland saw 18,268 new jobless claims.

Anne Arundel County police arrested and charged Brian Eugene Grimes, 40, with commercial robbery early Thursday morning along Hog Neck Road in Pasadena.

A Naval Academy adjunct professor is suing a Queen Anne’s County woman for defamation, claiming that woman conspired to have her fired.

One man was hospitalized Wednesday night after being shot outside a residence in the 1300 block of Jamestown Drive in Severn, according to a county police report.

Alderman Marc Rodriguez, D-Ward 5, said he has not confirmed a final resignation date but an announcement will be coming “in the next couple weeks,” he said.

Walkable Laurel, a proposed 73-unit, mixed-use apartment project in Laurel, cleared its first hurdle July 27 after its overlay concept plan was approved at Laurel’s Mayor and City Council meeting.

Maryland casinos brought in over $139 million in gaming revenue in July, their first full month open since March.

Camarin Wallace often hung out and played near the playground in Annapolis Gardens. It’s a spot he made silly videos with friends or grouped up to play basketball. On the evening of July 27, the 14-year-old was shot and killed there.

One person was killed and two others injured Wednesday in a two-car crash in Pasadena, Anne Arundel County firefighters said.

At a news conference Wednesday, Annapolis police released the identity of a suspect in a shooting directed at a car full of people in June. They also provided updates on other violent incidents in the city over the last two months.

County police are investigating a shooting that took place Tuesday at approximately 7:10 p.m. in the 500 block of Old Mill Road in Millersville that sent one man to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Have people been putting fertilizer down? Is there a large chunk of stream bank someplace about to fall into the water, filling it with sediment? Have builders covered their work sites appropriately to prevent sediment runoff that leaves creeks looking more like chocolate milk than water?

When you think of someone behind bars, Darren Smith is probably not the first person to come to mind. He’s traveled the world, has a government job and a master’s degree and generally stays out of trouble. But after his second DUI offense, he learned everyone is a simple mistake away from landing in jail.