Baltimore County

James Beckham, the 31-year-old Essex man who died following a car crash Saturday, has been identified as a BPD officer.

COLUMN: There’s a reason we light our nighttime hours, sing and dance around the winter solstice. Yes, it’s Christmas. Yes, it’s Hanukkah. It’s Kwanzaa, Dongzhi and Yalda, too. But we do it to ward off the dark, the bad things that lurk outside our homes and our lives and to remind of us the good.

A four-vehicle crash on the inner loop of Interstate 695 in Baltimore County left a 31-year-old man dead and shut down traffic for hours Saturday.

No one hit the jackpot Wednesday, swelling the Powerball to $1.5 billion ahead of the next drawing on Saturday night.

A 28-year-old man who pulled over to assist a disabled vehicle on I-695 in Baltimore County died Thursday night, after another driver crashed into the disabled vehicle, the Maryland State Police said.

Baltimore County has settled a five-year-old lawsuit that former inmates in the county’s detention center filed over compensation for working in the waste and recycling center in Cockeysville.

Yara Cheikh, the president of the Baltimore County Public Library board, reiterated that the board will abide by a 2019 policy that the part-time librarian positions will be phased out through attrition. When the part-time librarians retire or move on, they will not be replaced, but they have no reason to fear layoffs, Cheikh said.

Maryland law prevents teachers from striking, but educators want that to change.

Someone delivering for a nearby business found a man, identified as William Bobo, dead in the Parkville area that’s bustling with restaurants and retail stores.

Graduate tuition at the Carroll County college averages around $11,500 per year.

Immigrants in Baltimore County worry about the implications of Baltimore County's recent agreement with ICE to hold inmates with detainers at the county detention center even as experts argue it's unconstitutional.

Had the county paid the inmates the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour instead of $20 per day, it likely would have spent far less.

An eastern Baltimore County landfill that angered local residents over its request for a “trash juice” permit will be required to shut down within eight years, per a new agreement approved Wednesday by Maryland’s top spending board.

Baltimore County has lots going on, as usual. Here are seven things this week, Dec. 17-24, to get you into the holiday spirit.

The North Point branch of the Baltimore County Public Library has seen bedbugs on and off over the years, but the problem seemed worse to some this time.

Inspector General Kelly Madigan said goodbye to the Baltimore County Council with one wish. Well, actually three.

Advocates for the 14 part-time Baltimore County Public Library librarians who were fired — then quickly reinstated — weeks before Thanksgiving are asking the Baltimore County Council for a more permanent reprieve.

Tariffs have hit holiday retailers hard. But a longstanding Cockeysville business kept the economic climate from ruining Christmas.

There’ll always be time for Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé, The Jackson 5 and Tex Ritter. They’re everlasting. But your December playlist isn't complete until you add local Christmas music.

The bills would establish an Office of Immigrant Affairs and prohibit discrimination.