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A Question of Substance Submitted by Evelyn Laurence , WUSA Community Blogger Friday, April 8th, 2016, 12:38pm MICHELLE XU Usually it’s the Supreme Court justices who get to ask the tough questions. But every so often, prominent public figures come to Georgetown, and undergraduates glean the rare opportunity to ask questions in return. Last Wednesday, those who attended Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s lecture received an index card where they could write one question for Sotomayor to answer during the standard post-lecture question-and-answer session — a Gaston Hall standard that usually fosters a candid discussion and enriches university programming. In Wednesday’s case, however, the questions were screened and posed by a university official, rather than the student or event attendee who originally wanted an answer. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Community Sponsors Cedar Run Pet Resort Watch video Treating Your Pets Like Family All Community Sponsors MISSING: 61-year-old Frederick,Md. woman Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016, 10:19am FREDERICK, Md. (WUSA9)Police are searching for a 61-year-old Frederick woman who was last seen overnight, authorities said. Margo Gaither, 61, was last seen at 3 a.m. on Kingfisher Dr. in Frederick, Md., in the area of the Giant Food, Frederick police said. She is described as a light-skinned black woman, standing 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds. Authorities said she has short gray hair and green eyes. Gaither was last seen wearing a 3/4 length puffer style black jacket, jeans and black rim eye glasses. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Md. high school coach retires after scuffle with student Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff Thursday, February 18th, 2016, 10:30pm FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - A high school football coach in Frederick has retired following a complaint that he scuffled with a player. St. John’s Catholic Prep President Thomas Powell said Thursday that John Ricca retired to pursue other activities. Ricca couldn’t be reached for comment. Calls to his listed home number were eventually answered by a man who said it was a Pizza Hut. Ricca coached for 10 seasons, starting in 2002. Seventeen-year-old Errance Meeks Jr., a senior co-captain last season, says Powell pulled him over a table, knelt on his chest and choked him in the gymnasium Feb. 4. Meeks says the episode started with horseplay that he, Meeks, initiated. Powell says he has apologized to the boy’s parents "for any activity that was not up to the standards of a private school." Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Cattle on the loose on I-81 after truck overturns Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff Monday, February 15th, 2016, 1:43pm MIDDLETOWN, Va. (WUSA9)Officers are rounding up cattle after a tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 81 near the I-66 interchange in Frederick County, Virginia State police said. Northbound I-81 is currently shut down at 300.5 MM right before I-66. The tractor-trailer overturned around 5:28 a.m. on Interstate 81 at the 300-mile marker close to the I-66 interchange in Frederick County, police said. The tractor-trailer was loaded with 33 cattle. It was going north on I-81 when it ran off the side of the highway and overturned in the median, police stated. Six cattle escaped when the trailer overturned and six did not survive the crash. Police and fire crews have been trying round up the cattle. A veterinarian responded to the scene of the crash and has been treating the cattle. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Community Sponsors Cedar Run Pet Resort Watch video Treating Your Pets Like Family All Community Sponsors Man charged with 1996 murder of 15-year-old girl Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff Monday, February 1st, 2016, 6:20pm FREDERICK, Md. (WUSA9)A man living in Kansas City has been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old girl nearly 20 years after her body was found in Frederick, police announced Monday. Lloyd Harris, 52, is also accused of raping Stacy Lynn Hoffmaster before police say he killed her and disposed of her body in 1996. On Thursday, officers from Frederick traveled to Kansas City and charged Harris with first-degree murder. Hoffmaster’s body was found on December 23, 1996, under a moving blanket in a wooded area almost four months after she was first reported missing. An autopsy found that Hoffmaster was choked to death. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Got an extra $10k? This jet-engine powered go-kart could be yours Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015, 3:27pm MIDDLETOWN, Md. (WUSA9)If you’re looking for an adrenaline rush (and possibly a few broken bones) in a last-minute Christmas gift, there’s a jet-engine powered go-kart up for sale in Maryland. According to a Craigslist post , a Frederick County man is selling a custom model go-kart powered by a Boeing 502-12 gas turbine engine. The thrill ride, however, won’t come cheap. In the post, the seller is asking for $10.500 for the go-kart. WUSA9 has a call into the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office for information about the legality of the go-kart. Like this story? Like WUSA9 on Facebook . View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Man pleads guilty, gets 12 years in high school shooting Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015, 12:29am FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - The second suspect in a Maryland high school shooting that wounded two teenage boys has pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree assault and is sentenced to 12 years in prison. Twenty-two-year-old Brandon Tyler entered the plea Tuesday in the Feb. 4 incident at Frederick High School. Prosecutors dropped two other charges of first-degree assault and other charges. Co-defendant Chandler Davenport pleaded guilty in August to two counts of reckless endangerment. He is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 6. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last » Events The Brewery Comedy Tour Feb 27, 7:00PM Frey’s Brewing Company - Farm Bokanté Feb 28, 8:00PM The Delaplaine Center for The Arts Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers vs. Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Feb 29, 4:00PM Mount St. Mary’s University Add an Event See more local events Photo Galleries St. Patrick’s Day Guide (7 photos) PHOTOS: 10 Dogs Looking For A Home In D.C. 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