Baltimore County

    After years of fights, Lutherville Station redevelopment faces a pivotal vote
    Housing advocates are urging the Baltimore County Council to grant the project a transit-oriented development designation, which would unlock financial support from the state.
    David Karceski, a zoning attorney for the Lutherville Station project, fields questions from community members opposed to the redevelopment altogether. Pictured on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in the Baltimore County Public Library's Cockeysville branch.
    Want a spot at a competitive Baltimore high school? Start planning in fourth grade.
    Baltimore City Public Schools is the only district in Maryland to offer universal school choice, beginning in sixth grade.
    Baltimore Polytechnic Institute is among four academically competitive Baltimore high schools that require a composite score of at least 610.
    The Dish: 2 new restaurants have the Baltimore County suburbs buzzing
    Psych yourself up for your next grocery run by promising yourself a slice of Vito’s Pizza or all-you-can-eat Sushi Oishii.
    The slices from Vito's Pizza are worth the trip to Timonium. And besides, you need to go to Aldi anyway.
    More Maryland hospitals are removing fallopian tubes to prevent cancer
    Area hospitals have begun offering to remove fallopian tubes during other procedures after researchers, including one from Johns Hopkins, found that many cases of deadly ovarian cancer begin in the tubes.
    Christine Maple enjoys a lacrosse game with her family knowing she’s got one less thing to worry about. She opted to have her tubes removed after her last child was born to reduce her risk of ovarian cancer.
    1 dead after shooting near Towson apartment complex, police say
    Baltimore County Police responded to the 8700 block of Mylander Lane around 11:10 a.m., where they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds.
    A Baltimore County Police officer’s uniform patch seen during a meeting of the White Marsh Police and Community Relations Council at the Perry Hall Family Worship Center in Perry Hall, Md., on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
    Towson University student gets home detention, community service for crash that killed man and his dog
    Baltimore County Circuit Judge Ralph Sapia at a bench trial convicted Oluwajomiloju “JJ” Sekiteri, 21, of Owings Mills, of criminally negligent manslaughter by vehicle and related crimes.
    6/16/22—Exterior of the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson.
    Decades later, DNA leads to Parkville man’s conviction for 2 Baltimore County rapes
    Circuit Judge Garret Glennon Jr. sentenced James Shipe Sr., 73, of Parkville, to two consecutive life sentences.
    Dr. Rudiger Breitenecker preserved biological material on slides at Greater Baltimore Medical Center between 1977 and 1997 in more than 2,000 sexual assault cases. More than four decades later, that evidence helped lead to the conviction of James Shipe Sr.
    New Baltimore agency would divert more 911 calls away from police
    Baltimore lawmakers are considering a new Department of Neighborhood Safety that would incorporate the city’s existing crime diversion office and bolster 911 responses that don’t include traditional law enforcement, according to a city official.
    Zeke Cohen, Baltimore City Council President, speaks during a press conference addressing rising BGE costs and legislation aimed at lower heating costs and improving public safety held outside of Baltimore City Hall on February 4, 2025 in Baltimore, MD.
    8,000 gallons of gasoline aboard tanker truck that caught fire on I-795
    A fuel tanker carrying 8,000 gallons of gasoline caught fire on Interstate 795 on Friday night, prompting a hazmat team to respond to help extinguish the fire, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.
    A fuel tanker carrying about 8,000 gallons of gasoline caught fire on I-795 near Westminster Pike in Reisterstown on Friday, September 11, 2026.
    An AI-altered photo of a ram won a Maryland State Fair contest, sparking outcry
    A Maryland State Fair photography contest is facing backlash after an AI-altered image won first place in the “Neon Lights” category, prompting new rules on generative AI.
    “The R.A.M.” by Guy Alston won first place in the “Neon Lights” special category — which allowed pictures to be “embellished”— at the Maryland State Fair last month.
    Baltimore County businessperson Jeffrey Nattans was a ‘larger-than-life’ champion for students
    Jeffrey Nattans, a Baltimore County businessperson and philanthropist, died this month at 59.
    Jeffrey Nattans.
    Dundalk High students among 7 hurt when car strikes pedestrians
    Emergency personnel responded to a pedestrian crash in Dundalk on Friday afternoon that left seven people, including multiple youths, injured.
    A car left a roadway in Dundalk on Friday afternoon and struck pedestrians, including Dundalk High School students walking home.
    Man dies after falling overboard on sailboat in Baltimore County
    A 59-year-old Baltimore man died after going overboard on a sailboat in Baltimore County on Wednesday night, officials said.
    Maryland Natural Resources Police officers and Baltimore County Fire Department personnel responded to a water rescue near the mouth of Middle River on Wednesday.
    North East High football player released from hospital after injury on field
    A Northeast High School football player was airlifted to a hospital after being injured during the team’s matchup against Calvert Hall in Towson on Thursday.
    A Northeast High School football player was airlifted to a hospital after being injured during a game against Calvert Hall in Towson on Thursday.
    Rosedale man sentenced to life plus 185 years in shooting that killed 4-year-old son
    Mark Jones Jr., 31, of Rosedale, was found guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court of second-degree murder and related crimes.
    Mark Jones Jr. was found guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court of second-degree murder and related crimes for fatally shooting his 4-year-old son, Jacobi, and wounding his 1-year-old daughter and the children’s mother on Christmas Eve 2024.
    25 years later, how Marylanders are honoring the lives lost on 9/11
    Many in Maryland are looking to remember those who died, the courage of first responders and the resilience needed to move forward.
    Flowers are left on a bench on the grounds of the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial before the start of the September 11th Pentagon Memorial Observance at the Pentagon on the 17th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    AG’s office identifies military specialist, officer involved in police shooting in Middle River
    Authorities have identified the military specialist who died this week after being wounded during a shooting involving a Baltimore County Police officer.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    Fewer Maryland students are missing school after post-pandemic absenteeism spike
    Fewer Maryland students are chronically absent from school as the state launches a new attendance campaign.
    From left, Baltimore County Superintendent Bill Heiser stands with Principal Gordon Webb, First Lady Dawn Moore and State Superintendent Carey Wright during a tour of Sudbrook Magnet Middle School in Pikesville where only 6% of students are chronically absent.
    Maryland offers its own vaccine guidance for the first time since split from feds
    Maryland health officials, using new authority, are splitting from the feds and offering their own guidance on vaccines for flu, COVID and RSV, as well as other viruses.
    FILE - A patient is given a flu vaccine at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. As Americans head into the late 2022 holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.
    2 cyclists, including a 13-year-old, die after separate Baltimore County crashes
    Baltimore County Police are investigating two fatal crashes involving cyclists, one of whom was a teenager, in the last two days.
    Baltimore County Police are investigating two recent fatal crashes involving cyclists, one of whom was a teenager.
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