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Catching up with the island winner of the popular MrBeast reality TV show
Mia Speight won a private Panamanian island on “Beast Games.” Come back for Season 2? The Baltimore native couldn’t say no.
Mia Speight makes her surprise return to “Beast Games” in the first episode of Season 2.
Baltimore County Police arrest driver in fatal hit-and-run in Dundalk
Baltimore County Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Dundalk on Tuesday morning.
Maryland House pushes forward with new congressional districts
The Maryland House of Delegates continues to push a new map of congressional districts, even as the state Senate remains a roadblock.
A proposed map of new Congresional districts took the first steps toward likely eventual passage in the Maryland House of Delegates Tuesday.
Maryland Senate committee advances ICE mask ban bill
Though the passage came as little surprise — leadership in both chambers have made curbing ICE a top priority — an amendment to the law took some teeth out of it.
Federal immigration officers deploy pepper spray at protesters after a shooting Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis.
Two teens charged in double shooting in Somerset County that left 1 dead
Two teenagers are accused of shooting two people in Princess Anne, leaving one dead and the other injured, Maryland State Police said in a news release Tuesday.
The Maryland State Police logo.
What happened on day 14 of the 2026 Maryland General Assembly session
After a snow day, lawmakers are back in Annapolis to continue the 90-day legislative session. Here’s what we’re watching today, Jan. 27.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore delivers remarks to lawmakers and members of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington in Rockville, MD on December 3, 2025.  At the annual JCRC Legislators and Lox breakfast, Moore and other lawmakers attended and gave support to Jewish community members worried about rising anti-semitism.
Car stuck in the ice? Montgomery County is not going to tow it.
Montgomery County officials said they will not tow cars that are stuck in ice and snow on residential streets during and after the snow emergency.
Snow piles up on Thayer Avenue, just south of downtown Silver Spring, on Sunday morning.
Man charged in Edgewater homicide sought victim’s $300K life insurance payout, police say
A man who police allege fatally shot another man at an Airbnb in Edgewater and then dumped his body in Baltimore had been made the beneficiary of the victim’s $300,000 life insurance policy two weeks earlier, court records indicate.
Anne Arundel County police arrested Bryan Alberto Cazares on Friday in St. Mary’s County.
Feds purchase warehouse near Hagerstown, fueling talk of immigration detention center
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has inked a deal to purchase a warehouse just outside Hagerstown for $102.4 million.
A warehouse off Hopewell Road outside Hagerstown has beed toured by government officials for possible use as an ICE detention facility.
WSSC Water tells 1.9 million customers: Only use water if you have to
WSSC Water, the commission that provides water and sewer services to Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, is urging customers to restrict water during the current cold snap.
Dozens of water main breaks and leaks prompted the commission overseeing water and sewer service for Montgomery and Prince George’s counties to ask customers Tuesday to use water only when necessary.
Maryland sees drop in Hispanic graduations as immigration raids ramp up
A precipitous drop in the number of Hispanic students and foreign students learning English has fueled a 1 percentage point decline in the state’s graduation rate for 2025.
A student walks past lockers in the hallway outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022. Ford teaches an African American Literature class where shows his students comparisons between Lauryn Hill lyrics and the work of Zora Neal Hurston.
Moore proposes another $100M in energy rebates, renewable incentives
Gov. Wes Moore's bill is expected to compete this session with a host of proposals from Maryland lawmakers, advocates and power companies hoping to steer a response to the region's mounting energy concerns.
Gov. Wes Moore at an energy announcement last year. Moore unveiled a $200 million energy plan Tuesday, about half of which will go to rebates on power bills.
Montgomery County public schools will be closed Wednesday and Thursday
MCPS announced Tuesday that schools will be closed Wednesday and Thursday. School officials will announce on Thursday whether they will close on Friday.
Cynthia Ferguson, left, and Joni Kayne sled down a hill on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, during a snowstorm  in Silver Spring, Md. at Pinecrest Park.
List: School closings and delays for Wednesday
Here’s what we know about Maryland school and college closures as cold weather and ice persist.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2025 — Ava Funk, 5, boards her school bus to Davidsonville Elementary School in Riva, MD.
65-year-old man dies in Upton rowhouse blaze, officials say
Baltimore City fire officials are investigating after a 65-year-old man died in an Upton rowhouse blaze Tuesday morning, the first fire fatality of the year.
Truck 55 sits in the Baltimore City Fire Department station in Pigtown on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
Investigator describes intense air traffic at time of deadly midair collision near DC
A daylong hearing should make clear what factors played the biggest role in causing last January’s midair collision near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people.
FILE - Rescue and salvage crews pull up a part of a Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet, at a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
All Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores to close, including 5 in Maryland
Amazon will close all of its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores in Maryland on Feb. 1 to focus on its same-day delivery services, the company announced on Tuesday.
Amazon fresh market sign is seen in Naperville, Ill., Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Spirit contractor at BWI had no written heat illness prevention plan, state finds
State officials issued five citations against a contractor that provides ground crew services for Spirit Airlines at BWI airport. The state’s investigation found that contractor AGI Ground did not have a written heat illness prevention plan.
Tyrone Daniels, an AGI ground crew employee, speaks at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Bitter cold grips Maryland as forecasters eye another winter storm
Frigid temperatures, brutal windchills and possibly another storm lie ahead for Maryland.
After a major winter storm over the weekend, Maryland could see more snow soon.
What travelers at BWI and other airports can expect as Southwest introduces assigned seats
Southwest Airlines passengers made their final boarding-time scrambles for seats on Monday as the carrier prepared to end the open-seating system that distinguished it from other airlines for more than half a century.
Southwest first announced plans to switch to assigned seating back in 2024.
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