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Check out an Irish dance class, winter brunch, a secondhand book market and more cozy and fun ways to stay indoors in Baltimore County.

Maryland officials are urging all residents to get a flu shot as cases and hospitalizations have risen sharply nationwide.

Neighbors in the 400 block of Kosoak Road in Middle River rushed to save a mother and her two children from their burning two-story townhome.

A 76-year-old woman died in a Parkville home fire Sunday night, the first fire fatality in Baltimore County this year.

Four Maryland thrift stores will see layoffs, according to notices filed with the state, as the chain Prime Thrift comes under new ownership.

Carolynn Grammas, a longtime prosecutor in Anne Arundel County, resigned from her post in October to challenge State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess in the upcoming election.

Hundreds gathered at War Memorial Plaza to mourn those who lost their lives to gun violence in Baltimore City in 2025.

Baltimore County flags have been lowered to half-staff at county agencies to honor a detective who died after a medical emergency while on the job last week, according to Executive Kathy Klausmeier.

Stan Heuisler, a reader in Baltimore, recalls a long-past heartbreaking loss for the Baltimore Colts.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore recently agreed not to use a blanket legal defense to avoid paying survivors of sexual abuse whose claims aren’t covered by insurance.

Friday and Saturday will be the warmest days this week, according to the National Weather Service, with highs near 62.

The unincorporated community of Cove Fort, Utah, has a few things going for it. One is a historic fort operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Another, perhaps, is a highway sign near where Interstate 70 begins in Maryland alerting drivers that Cove Fort is just 2,200 miles away.

An arrest warrant was issued for Arjun Sharma, 26, of Columbia, who was charged with first-and second-degree murder in the death of Nikitha Godishala, Howard County Police said Sunday.

Hours after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Maryland’s congressional leaders have split along party lines in response to the mission.

A 55-year-old man was killed in East Baltimore Saturday, the first homicide of 2026 following another year marked by a notable decline in violence in the city.

A Prince George’s County corrections officer died on New Years Eve after his pickup truck went off the road and crashed into a pole in Crofton, police said.

Flu cases in Maryland are high, and officials warn it’s going to get worse.

A Baltimore County paramedic has been under investigation for allegedly ejaculating and urinating on his colleagues' belongings.

An Annapolis woman who works as a sergeant for the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., faces assault and firearm violation charges for an alleged road rage incident last month.

Columbia Snowden 14 and ScreenX will close its doors for good on Jan. 5, leaving Howard County with just one movie theater.