17-year-old driver killed, 2 critically injured after high-speed chase ends in Randallstown crash
A 17-year-old driver died after driving his car off the roadway and hitting a tree in Randallstown on Wednesday night, police said.
A crash in Randallstown late Wednesday left a 17-year-old dead and two passengers in critical condition, Baltimore County Police said.
Vultures flock to a Columbia neighborhood where woman won’t stop feeding them raw meat
Vultures have descended on the Glenmont community in Columbia, where a woman won’t stop feeding them raw meat despite repeated orders.
Black vultures sit on a rooftop in Columbia’s Glenmont neighborhood.
Bel Air deacon, former Catholic school teacher charged with soliciting minor
Kenneth Goedeke has taught religion and worked in schools for over a decade.
Kenneth Goedeke was most recently around students at The John Carroll School in Bel Air, where he worked until February of this year.
First Black woman to lead Fort Meade calls for more female leaders in the military
As Army Col. Yolanda Gore relinquished her role as garrison commander of Fort George G. Meade in a ceremony Thursday, she called for more women leaders in the military.
Col. Yolanda Gore speaks about her career and gives thanks to her family during her Relinquishment of Command Ceremony at Fort Meade.
Caretaker faces charges in Howard County for allegedly leaving nonverbal man locked in a car
Kymora Lee Sanders, 26, is charged with two misdemeanors related to abuse of a vulnerable adult and reckless endangerment after authorities say she went to lunch at Eggspectation, leaving behind a man in her care in a Toyota Sienna.
Howard County Police charged a Beltsville woman with abuse of a vulnerable adult and reckless endangerment after they say she left a nonverbal man locked in a car while eating at a Columbia restaurant.
Boyds man pleads guilty in alcohol-related crash that killed 71-year-old woman
The Boyds man pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Montgomery County Circuit Court to one count of grossly negligent manslaughter by motor vehicle and one count of homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
Brody Richardson pleaded guilty in guilty in fatal 2025 car crash.
Fauci contempt vote reflects the enduring politics of COVID
Six years after COVID-19 pandemic thrust the world into fear and uncertainty, Republicans in power aren’t leaving it in the past.
Dr. Anthony Fauci departs after appearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington.
Maker of Narcan will lay off 34 at its Gaithersburg headquarters
The company, the manufacturer of Narcan, estimated that its restructuring will save close to $40 million per year.
The Emergent BioSolutions facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland, seen on Monday, August 5, 2024.
Baltimore is getting rid of vacant homes. But what about all the empty lots?
Baltimore faces growing challenges from 21,000 empty lots. Mayor Brandon Scott’s aim to eliminate vacant buildings could create more of them.
A vacant lot in West Baltimore was transformed into The Urban Oasis, an outdoor event space.
Own a piece of Ocean City: Boardwalk signs auctioned as part of replacement project
Ocean City’s retired Boardwalk signs are up for auction, with proceeds benefiting a charity that sends sick children and their families to the beach.
Ocean City recently replaced all its old Boardwalk signage with more modern-looking signs and Plak That, the contractor who did the work, is auctioning off the nostalgic signs, raising tens of thousands of dollars for a charity that sends sick kids and their families to the beach.
‘Super Smash Bros.’ tournament finds a new home at the Baltimore Convention Center
A large Smash Bros. tournament series, Supernova, is moving from Northern Virginia to Baltimore. It's expected to draw thousands from across the region and around the world.
Players convene to play Super Smash Bros. at Supernova 2025 in Chantilly.
2nd beaver involved in attack on human at Maryland park tests positive for rabies
Frederick County officials confirmed Thursday that a second beaver involved in an attack on a human at Cunningham Falls State Park in two weeks has tested positive for rabies.
A beaver that bit a 13-year-old at Cunningham Falls State Park in Thurmont tested positive for rabies, according to the Maryland Department of Health.
‘Tragic and painful loss’: Man fatally struck by 13-year-old in stolen car was a father of 5
William Vance Payne II, 58, the father of three young children and two adult daughters, worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg for nearly 30 years.
Berryville Baptist Church in Berryville, Virginia, where William Vance Payne II was a congregant. He was killed Tuesday when a Kia Optima driven by a minor collided with his Toyota Matrix as he drove to his job at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg.
Judge dismisses case against former Greater Grace pastor accused of child sexual abuse
Eric Anderson, 81, who once led the Baltimore megachurch’s Bible college, was facing two counts of indecent assault and battery of a child for misconduct that allegedly happened nearly 50 years ago.
Survivors of Greater Grace and their loved ones held a protest outside of the Baltimore campus on June 28, 2024. The protest lasted about five hours.
‘Maybe I’m meant to take care of all these kids in heaven’: Hospice nurse Erin Batton Bull dies at 44
Erin Batton Bull, a pediatric hospice nurse who comforted hundreds of dying children and their families, dies at 44 of breast cancer.
Erin Batton Bull, a pediatric hospice nurse who comforted hundreds of dying children and their families, died at 44 of breast cancer.
Baltimore County man found not criminally responsible in murder of wife in Monkton
Anthony Lechner, 56, of Monkton, fatally stabbed his wife, Kimberly Lechner, inside their home on Maplehurst Lane on Sept. 29, 2025.
Former Deputy Maryland Deputy Attorney General Thiru Vignarajah is representing Kimberly Lechner's family and said, in front of the Towson Circuit Court on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, they would consider appealing the court's decision not to allow the family to see Anthony Lechner's medical evaluation.
A Baltimore nurse comforts dying children — while fighting to stay alive for her sons
A pediatric hospice nurse, Erin Bull, has guided hundreds of families through the uncertain territory between life and death. After a Stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis, Bull faces her own mortality while caring for her two young sons.
Erin Bull, center, sits with her sons, Carson, left, and Avery, at a family member’s home in Baldwin.
FAA investigating why plane was allowed to take off from DC airport as Trump’s helicopter approached
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why a plane was allowed to take off as President Donald Trump’s helicopter was approaching Reagan National Airport.
FILE - The control tower for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is seen at sunrise on Aug. 8, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Life sentence handed down in Baltimore killing of off-duty DC police sergeant
Dion Thompson, 27, of Gwynn Oak, was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of first-degree murder and related crimes in the deadly shooting of Metropolitan Police Sgt. Tony Mason Jr. on Nov. 4, 2017.
Exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse on Calvert Street in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
BGE says rent hike could mean $10 monthly bill increases for city customers
Baltimore raises BGE conduit rental fee, prompting concerns of $10 monthly bill hikes for city customers. The utility is weighing legal action.
Employees of the city’s conduit division replace a cracked manhole on Cathedral Street in Mount Vernon
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