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    6-month-old dies after house fire in Essex
    A six-month-old child trapped in a raging dwelling fire in Essex died on Friday night, fire officials said.
    January 17, 2025 - The day after a two-alarm dwelling fire on the 1000 block of Foxcroft Lane in Essex that resulted in the death of 6-month old and hospitalization of four people.
    2 suspects from Baltimore, Owings Mills arrested in Washington County triple murder case
    State police arrested Lanea George, 40, of Owings Mills, and David Chapple, 43, of Baltimore, in an ongoing homicide investigation into the deaths of three Clear Spring residents.
    The Maryland State Police logo emblazoned on a lectern in front a police vehicle from a separate agency before a press conference, pictured outside the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barracks on 11/10/22.
    Light snow and slick roads expected throughout weekend in Baltimore area
    Marylanders can expect light snow and slick roads around the Baltimore area on Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
    FRIDAY DECEMBER 5, 2025 - Light snow in Suitland, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC, on Friday.
    Mid-Atlantic Black history: A journey with a new map
    An effort to map sites important to African American history in the Chesapeake Bay region has uncovered dozens of previously undocumented examples and shed new light on many more — many with close ties to waterways and the bay itself.
    Samuel Outlaw opened a blacksmith shop in Onancock, VA, in 1927 that served local watermen and farmers for decades.
    Baltimore trivia host falls short in ‘Jeopardy!’ champions tournament
    Baltimore trivia host and professor Jonathan Hugendubler fell short in the wild card for the “Jeopardy!” champions tournament.
    Baltimore trivia host and college professor Jonathan Hugendubler returns to Jeopardy! after upsetting a two-week champion in his first appearance in July.
    Fires break out in Dundalk and Essex, leaving several injured, dozens of seniors displaced
    Baltimore County firefighters responded to dwelling fires in Dundalk and Essex on Friday night.
    A two-alarm dwelling fire on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026 in the 1000 block of Foxcroft Lane in Essex hospitalized four people — one of whom has life-threatening injuries — and even spread to other homes, fire personnel said.
    Baltimore Police investigate triple shooting at shopping plaza that left 1 dead
    Baltimore Police are investigating a triple shooting in a Southwest Baltimore shopping plaza that left one man dead Thursday.
    Baltimore Police are investigating a triple shooting in a Southwest Baltimore shopping plaza that left one man dead Thursday.
    Maryland Weather: Expect snow on-and-off this MLK weekend
    Jani Hileman, left, and Victor Bennett walk around Druid Lake while looking for sledding spots after a few inches of overnight snowfall last month.
    Anne Arundel officers, trooper cleared in assault case from Hagerstown softball tailgate
    Prosecutors have dismissed the charges against three Anne Arundel County law enforcement officers and one of their spouses, saying the evidence did not support a woman’s claims that the off-duty police assaulted her at a softball tailgate in Hagerstown.
    Still from security camera footage as part of legal discovery captures an altercation during a softball tailgate at the center of back and forth criminal charges between a woman and her sister and a group of off-duty police officers.
    A baby girl was born on I-270 — then her twin arrived
    A healthy baby girl was delivered Friday morning on Interstate 270 in Rockville. The baby's twin was born later — in a hospital.
    Katie Weaver, master firefighter with Montgomery County, at Montgomery County Fire Station 32 on Friday. Earlier this morning, Weaver helped deliver a baby during an emergency on highway 270.
    Hutzell: As ICE activity rises in Annapolis, fear and warnings spread
    Column: Parts of Annapolis have been waiting for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to switch tactics, bringing raids like those seen in places such as Washington, D.C., Portland and Minneapolis. They were ready when things changed on Tuesday.
    A protester holds an anti-ICE sign during a protest above Interstate 695 in Catonsville.
    Your BGE bill has definitely gone up. Here’s why.
    A by-the-numbers look at why BGE bills are rising again.
    Wes Moore and Trump’s transportation secretary want to rebuild the Key Bridge faster
    Their statement, however, did not specify a new timeline for construction of the Key Bridge.
    Gov. Wes Moore, left, and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy met in a closed-door meeting on Thursday.
    Baltimore boxing star Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis wanted on battery, kidnapping charges
    The Miami Gardens Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force are searching for boxing star Gervonta “Tank” Davis for an alleged domestic violence incident.
    Gervonta Davis arrives at the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse for a probation violation hearing Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
    Gaithersburg man planned to exchange expensive jacket for gun before he was killed
    Montgomery County Police built a first-degree murder case against Kevin Perez-Fierro, for the alleged Jan. 2 killing of 18-year-old Taeyon Malachi Prather in Gaithersburg, through video images and phone and social media records, court records said.
    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.
    He kept a body in his refrigerator in Baltimore. Now he’s going to prison.
    Damerum Burroughs, 47, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to accessory after the fact to first-degree murder in exchange for a sentence of 10 years in prison.
    Exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse on Calvert Street in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
    Mimi DiPietro Skating Center temporarily opens for remainder of the season
    The Mimi DiPietro Skating Center in Patterson Park temporarily reopens on Saturday, after it was shut down for repairs in November, according to its website.
    Mimi DiPietro Skating Center, in Baltimore, Saturday, December 20, 2025.
    Layoffs and confusion at Pride Center of Maryland after federal grants cut, reinstated
    Pride Center of Maryland is one of thousands of groups nationwide that reportedly received letters late Tuesday from the Trump administration notifying them that their mental health and addiction grants had been terminated, effective immediately.
    Merrick Moses, a violence prevention coordinator, works at the Pride Center of Maryland in Baltimore.
    School funding and other Howard County bills to watch this legislative session
    Howard County’s General Assembly delegation is finalizing its list of local bills to be introduced in the 2026 session. Of the dozen bills proposed, five touch on public education.
    From left, Del. Natalie Ziegler, Sen. Chao Wu, and Sen. Clarence Lam at a public hearing on local bills for Howard County in 2024. Howard County’s General Assembly delegation is finalizing its list of local bills to be introduced in the 2026 session.
    Bundle up, Baltimore: Bitter cold and chance of snow ahead
    It’s too early to tell for sure whether the snow will stick, according to the National Weather Service, but it’s going to be plenty cold.
    Bundled up pedestrians walk along the sidewalk during Baltimore’s first snowfall of the year in December.
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