A Berlin man was sentenced on Thursday after federal prosecutors say he failed to account for and contribute his employee’s payroll taxes to the IRS.

Maryland’s minimum wage is $15 an hour, but business owners on the Lower Shore are already watching a new round of proposals in Annapolis that could raise the statewide pay floor again, including a plan that would eventually push it to $25 an hour.

Worcester County leaders are moving closer to testing speed humps on Gum Point Road, where homeowners say speeding has been a problem for years and county officials now see the road as a strong candidate for a pilot program.

TidalHealth announced the rebrand of its Worcester County location on Wednesday. The formerly Atlantic General Hospital is now TidalHealth Atlantic, representing the hospitals' partnership.

A federal judge has sentenced a Berlin woman to four years in federal prison after what prosecutors described as an eight-year embezzlement and tax evasion scheme that cost her employer and the federal government more than $2.3 million.

Ocean City officials are now reconsidering a proposed location for a sports complex near Stephen Decatur High School just two weeks after saying the area would be the best fit.

Berlin leaders are urging the Town of Ocean City to remove a proposed sports complex location near Stephen Decatur High School from consideration after a contentious public meeting over the weekend.

WORCESTER COUNTY, Md. -- It's been years in the making, but leaders in Ocean City have settled on a location. If this sports complex gets built, it will very likely be behind Stephen Decatur High School.