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Maryland Driver Dies After Slamming Into Stopped Semi On Route 301: State Police Maryland Driver Dies After Slamming Into Stopped Semi On Route 301: State Police
Maryland Driver Dies After Slamming Into Stopped Semi On Route 301: State Police A 26-year-old Maryland driver died after slamming into the back of a stopped tractor-trailer on Route 301, authorities said. Troopers with the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded to the crash at 2:43 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15, near Route 257 in Newburg, officials said on Wednesday. Andrew Ring, of Chester, was driving a Subaru Legacy north on Route 301 when he failed to slow for stopped traffic and crashed into a Freightliner truck tractor towing a semi-trailer, according to investigators. The truck, operated by Otis Coates, 55, of College Park, was reportedly stopped at a traf…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Pickup Truck Erupts In Flames, Spreads To Maryland Home, Injures Man: Officials Pickup Truck Erupts In Flames, Spreads To Maryland Home, Injures Man: Officials
Pickup Truck Erupts In Flames, Spreads To Maryland Home, Injures Man: Officials A Maryland man was hospitalized after a fiery truck blaze spread to his home in Queen Anne’s County, authorities said. Fire crews were called at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20, to the 100 block of Kirby Street in Chester, where they found a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado engulfed in flames and the fire spreading to a nearby home, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. Investigators said the homeowner had driven the pickup earlier in the day and later saw fire coming from the engine compartment while it was parked in the driveway. Strong winds and the truck’s proximity to the home …

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by Zak Failla
Business
Ocean State Job Lot Moving Into Three Former Big Lots Stores In MD: Here's Where Ocean State Job Lot Moving Into Three Former Big Lots Stores In MD: Here's Where
Ocean State Job Lot Moving Into Three Former Big Lots Stores In MD: Here's Where Ocean State Job Lot is taking over more than a dozen former Big Lots locations, bringing the discount retail chain to new communities across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Ocean State Job Lot has acquired 15 former Big Lots stores, the company said in a news release on Wednesday, Mar. 19. The acquisitions come after Big Lots filed for bankruptcy in September 2024. The expansion will include Ocean State opening its first store in Delaware. "This is an exciting chapter for us," said Ocean State CEO and principal owner Marc Perlman. "Expanding into new markets has long been part of…

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by Chris Spiker