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    Pikesville double stabbing leads to hourslong barricade amid a husband’s mental health crisis
    A stabbing at a Pikesville home Tuesday morning turned into a barricade situation, leaving two adults hospitalized and drawing a heavy police presence to the normally quiet suburb.
    Baltimore County police at the intersection of Middle River Road and Bird River Road after a suspicious package was reported at Freedom Church Middle River on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
    Man charged after ‘extremely brutal attack’ leaves woman with over 12 stabs wounds in Towson
    Baltimore County Police charged a 33-year-old man with attempted murder after an “extremely brutal” attack that lasted three minutes and left a woman critically injured with more than a dozen stab wounds.
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    Police respond to 11 overdoses in Penn North; no fatalities reported
    Eleven people overdosed in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood on Wednesday, just over two months after a “bad batch” of drugs hospitalized more than two dozen people.
    Seven people — six men and one woman, ages 30 to 60 — were taken to hospitals, and four others refused treatment shortly after 11:30 a.m., Baltimore Police said.
    Anne Arundel County will formally apologize for its role in slavery on Nov. 22
    Anne Arundel County will issue a public apology for its role in instituting and supporting slavery. For the county executive, the direct descendant of people who enslaved others, it’s personal.
    Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman speaks to the Anne Arundel County Council earlier this year in Annapolis.
    Author of novel banned from Harford schools draws crowd in Bel Air
    The author of the illustrated novel “Flamer” spoke to a crowd in Harford County on Tuesday after his book was banned by the county’s Board of Education earlier this year.
    “Flamer,” a graphic novel by Mike Curato.
    St. Helena, a fantasy island in the Severn River, heads to auction
    The only habitable island in the Severn River has a colorful and even illicit history.
    The nearly 7-acre property at St. Helena Island comes with a 7,100-square foot mansion, guest cottage, water tower-turned-office, and pier for access.
    Dundalk crisis center named after 4-year-old boy killed on Christmas Eve
    TurnAround has named its Dundalk center after Jacobi Sa’fiir Marcelle — a 4-year-old Rosedale boy shot to death, allegedly by his father, in a domestic violence incident on Christmas Eve last year.
    Promyss Marcelle, left, cuts a ribbon marking the renaming of the Jacobi Center in Dundalk.
    Police detail significant staffing shortfalls in anti-gang units
    A staffing shortfall is making it harder for Montgomery County Police’s gang units to do their jobs, police said.
    Montgomery County Police Officers
    For 911 calls of the future, AI is on the line
    By the end of next year, Montgomery County’s call center hopes to use artificial intelligence to answer nonemergency phone calls. The goal is to lighten the workload for a chronically understaffed center.
    By the end of next year, Montgomery County’s call center hopes to use artificial intelligence to answer nonemergency phone calls.
    A Jane Austen fan’s guide to Baltimore
    An illustrated, curated itinerary for any Janeite romantic looking to make the most of their time in Baltimore.
    7 things to do in Baltimore County: A giant pumpkin, spooky sites and fall foliage
    Check out our list of fall-oriented events in Baltimore County for the week ending Oct. 15.
    Baltimore County offers fall foliage for leaf enthusiasts.
    Baltimore County to require nighttime security at hookah, vapor lounges
    Owners of hookah and vapor lounges in Baltimore County are going to have to beef up security under a new county law.
    The Baltimore County Council took action Monday night to require new security at hookah lounges.
    Rain, cool air could help end Baltimore’s stinky ‘pistachio tide’
    Environmental groups say this has been the longest and most widespread pistachio tide in recent memory.
    The water in Baltimore's Inner Harbor is bright green on Monday. Blue Water Baltimore calls the event the most widespread "pistachio tide" they've seen.
    Baltimore sues MoneyLion over alleged ‘digital-age payday lending scheme’
    The city of Baltimore accuses MoneyLion of using misleading marketing and charging excessive fees that officials allege trap low-income residents in cycles of debt.
    Baltimore City Hall in Baltimore, Md., on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.
    All Maryland Rite Aid stores closed, prescriptions transferred to new pharmacies
    Rite Aid has officially closed all 16 of its Maryland stores, with customers’ prescriptions transferred to other pharmacies.
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 16: A Rite-Aid is seen on October 16, 2023 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Rite Aid, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the country, has filed for bankruptcy and plans to close a number of stores across the United States amid slumping sales and lawsuits related to accusations that it helped fuel the opioid epidemic.
    Harvest supermoon will shine bright tonight to kick off a season of stargazing
    The next few months will provide ample opportunities for skywatching and stargazing, featuring supermoons and meteor showers over Maryland.
    Several dozen people lined the Prettyboy Reservoir Dam as the aurora borealis lit up the sky Thursday night.
    Woodlawn school bus crash leaves 7 students hospitalized with minor injuries
    Seven students were taken to a hospital with minor injuries after a crash involving a school bus Monday morning in Woodlawn, the Baltimore County Fire Department said.
    Baltimore County Public Schools is working with the Fire Department to transport uninjured students to school, officials said.
    Rockville man killed in motorcycle crash identified by police
    The incident occurred at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday, forcing the closure of some lanes on Montrose Road near St. Elizabeth Catholic Church.
    Woman stabbed outside Towson Town Center in domestic incident, police say
    Police said the stabbing remains under investigation, but no additional people are being sought.
    Baltimore County police at the intersection of Middle River Road and Bird River Road after a suspicious package was reported at Freedom Church Middle River on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
    Baltimore County zoning bill benefits Catonsville developer and political donor
    Baltimore County Councilman Pat Young introduced legislation that would allow a Catonsville developer to temporarily store construction equipment in an area zoned for office-residential.
    Baltimore County councilman Pat Young moderates a congressional town hall meeting at Woodlawn High School in Woodlawn, Md. on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
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