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    It’s payday. Baltimore County teachers are worried about their checks.
    A bumpy transition to a new payroll system has Baltimore County Public Schools staff on edge.
    Teacher pointing at paper on the floor with students.
    Friendship bracelets and glitter cocktails: Events for Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’
    Taylor Swift’s “The Life of A Showgirl,” drops at midnight on Friday. Here’s where you can join other Swifties for listening parties, sing-alongs, trivia and more.
    Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, OH on June 30, 2023.
    ‘Sets a horrible example’: Baltimore-area serial rapist argues court should reduce sentence
    Convicted serial rapist Alphonso Hill argued in a Baltimore County courtroom on Wednesday that his rights as a defendant were violated. A judge will decide soon — impacting Hill's ability to reduce his prison sentence.
    Alphonso Hill asked a Baltimore County judge for the ability to reduce his lengthy prison sentence.
    Skateboarder killed in crash with pickup truck in Dundalk
    Jose Romero-Alvarez was killed in a crash with a pickup truck Wednesday morning at a Dundalk intersection while skateboarding.
    Jose Romero-Alvarez was killed in a crash with a pickup truck Wednesday morning at a Dundalk intersection while skateboarding.
    Homeowner charged with arson allegedly disconnected gas line before Jamaica trip, police say
    Baltimore County Police charged Mark Anthony Hawkins on Tuesday night with first-degree arson and malicious burning after the explosion of his Rosedale home in July.
    Baltimore County fire officials are investigating an explosion and fire that leveled a home in Rosedale on Tuesday, July 1 2025.
    A $190,000 breakfast? How a colleague coffee stuck Baltimore County taxpayers with the bill
    The most expensive breakfast in Baltimore County costs $190,000. How taxpayers got stuck footing the bill.
    Former Inspector General for Baltimore County Kelly Madigan, left, and Patrick Murray, chief of staff for then-County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.
    7 things to do in Baltimore County, from pony rides to a changing colors canoe trip
    Here is a roundup of things to do in Baltimore County for the week ending Wednesday, Oct. 8.
    Views of Dundee Creek located in the Hammerman area of Gunpowder Falls State Park on September 5, 2025.  People utilize the water and marina for water sports, crabbing, fishing and relaxing.
    Homeowner charged with arson months after Rosedale house explosion
    Nearly three months after a Rosedale home exploded in the middle of the night, Baltimore County fire investigators charged the homeowner with arson.
    The charred remains of a home on Callo Lane, seen on July 8, 2025, days after a powerful explosion rocked the quiet Rosedale neighborhood.
    Monkton man charged in wife’s murder after her brother tried to stop fatal stabbing
    New details have emerged since a Monkton man was charged with first-degree murder after Baltimore County Police say he killed his wife inside their home on Maplehurst Lane on Monday.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Maryland names 7 Blue Ribbon schools after feds end national awards
    Maryland had ended its program after the 2019-2020 school year but will now resurrect it.
    Students at St Joseph School celebrated their Blue Ribbon win with cheers, signs and confetti on September 23, 2024. U.S. Department of Education announced the 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools, the highest honor the department doles out. Five local Catholic schools within the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been selected this year based on their outstanding academic performance on national and state assessments.
    A Baltimore-area serial rapist is appealing his case. One survivor is fighting back.
    Serial offender Alphonso Hill is asking a judge in Baltimore County Circuit Court on Wednesday to let him receive post-conviction relief, overturn his 60-year sentence for raping eight women in Towson from 1978-1989, and grant him a new trial.
    Exterior of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in Towson, Md. on Monday, May 19, 2025.
    Ahead of potential government shutdown, NTSB schedules Key Bridge meeting for November
    During the hourslong meeting, federal officials will discuss probable cause and safety recommendations regarding the 2024 disaster that decimated the bridge and killed six construction workers.
    Preliminary stages of the Key Bridge rebuild have begun, with testing on piles driven into the riverbed.
    No Moore’s rainbow wigs and clown noses drop AI bomb on Maryland politics
    The messenger, whoever he or she or they are, matters less than the medium. AI-generated images have arrived in Maryland, and there’s no going back.
    The website No Moore features a laughing image of Gov. Wes Moore, part of a campaign ridiculing him and criticizing his policies.
    Man and woman identified in apparent Timonium murder-suicide
    An 89-year-old man and an 87-year-old woman were identified as two people dead after an apparent murder-suicide in Baltimore County.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    The Greene Turtle will close in Towson amid ‘Thirsty Thursday’ backlash
    Greene Turtle CEO Geo Concepcion plans to close the York Road location, calling it “the most expensive and shortest-lived project in the Greene Turtle’s 50-year history."
    People walk past The Greene Turtle sports bar on York Road during a recent Thirsty Thursday.
    Baltimore County Police solve 44-year-old Lochearn murder
    Baltimore County Police have identified 75-year-old Alan Bass as the man who killed 59-year-old Samuel Allen in his Lochlearn home more than four decades ago.
    A poster of Lochlearn resident Samuel Allen, who was murdered in 1981.
    Which positions were cut from Baltimore County schools? The system’s answer is vague.
    Baltimore County Public Schools cut more than 400 positions last school year, with most coming from inside the schools. But the system has offered few specifics.
    Westowne Elementary students in Catonsville practice reading with an AI instruction program called Amira.
    Baltimore man was exonerated after 20 years behind bars. But did he fool prosecutors?
    Exonerated of the crime, Melvin Thomas, now 45, collected $1.6 million in wrongful conviction compensation from the state in 2021. But he wanted the city to pay, too, and filed a lawsuit against the police department and officers involved with the case.
    Police respond to man who barricaded himself at Comfort Inn in Towson
    Baltimore County police responded early Wednesday afternoon to a man who had barricaded himself inside a room at the Comfort Inn in Towson to avoid being arrested.
    Baltimore County Police warned the community Wednesday afternoon that their presence was heavy on the 8800 block of Loch Raven Boulevard, in response to a barricade situation at the Towson Comfort Inn.
    Maryland is losing federal jobs faster than any other state. When should we start worrying?
    Nearly 15,000 federal jobs in Maryland have been lost since the start of the year. Economists aren’t worried — yet.
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