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Six Flags in Bowie won’t host the hallmark Fright Fest this spooky season, company officials confirmed, marking the end of a long-running Halloween tradition as the amusement park prepares to close.

Khadija Walker, the Baltimore County executive's pick for inspector general, made her case at a marathon public hearing Tuesday.

Starting in August, new speed cameras in Baltimore school zones and a vehicle height-monitoring system will be activated.

Authorities have identified the 18-year-old who drowned at Assateague Island as Crescencio Lucas Chavez Velasquez of Virginia.

Baltimore County needs a reset for the inspector general's office, says N. Scott Phillips, a member of the House of Delegates, and Khadija Walker is uniquely qualified for the job.

The report also criticized the agency for mismanaging an evacuation during a flood risk and rising assaults on staff.

When summertime hits Maryland, Black Marylanders don't go to Ocean City, they head to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. Some say it's a "Black Utopia."

Here are things to do in Baltimore County for the week ending Wednesday Aug. 6, 2025.

Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Fredrick, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s counties are under a heat advisory from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Further, officials issued a Code Orange Alert.

Metalheads from across the Baltimore region gathered at Ottobar’s weekly Metal Monday — this time to pay tribute to the rock icon, who died at age 76 last week in the UK while surrounded by family.

It was Ledecky’s second medal in these games after taking bronze in the 400 free behind Canadian Summer McIntosh.

Two teens are facing charges after police said they kicked in the door of a Maryland home in what may be associated with a TikTok challenge.

Baltimore immigrant families now are coping with the sudden separation from loved ones and navigating both the consequences at home and the uncertainty of what happens next.

Dozens of Howard Community College faculty members were joined by elected officials at a rally to demand progress in contract talks that they say have dragged on for a year and a half.

Holly Poultry, the meat processing and distribution plant in Southwest Baltimore where a carbon dioxide incident on Sunday affected 10 employees, returned to normal operations.

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a man imprisoned at Jessup Correctional Institution that occurred over the weekend.

Souvlaki Greek Cuisine was evicted Monday despite a recent plea to community members to fundraise and help the beloved Hampden restaurant reopen.

A former teacher and pastor in Anne Arundel County was ordered to be held without bond on Monday after he was charged with sexually abusing students, according to court officials.

A minivan with a body inside was pulled from the Inner Harbor last week. It had been reported missing more than a decade ago, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

A half-dozen Maryland members of Congress were denied access to a federal immigration field office used to temporarily hold people facing deportation.