BALTIMORE, MD—The funeral for fallen Baltimore City firefighter Rodney W. Pitts III has just concluded at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. The funeral procession will shortly be moving along I-695 in the Towson area and onto northbound I-83, ending at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. The following additional road closures are also in effect: West Northern Parkway closed from North […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The October 4 Powerball and Bonus Match 5 drawings generated plenty of winners, although no one nabbed the $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot. Maryland did sell three $50,000-winning Powerball tickets in Beltsville, Lutherville, and Oxon Hill while another Lutherville business sold a $50,000 top-prize winning Bonus Match 5 ticket. The first two $50,000-winning Powerball tickets were sold in Prince George’s […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Mission BBQ will be holding its annual 9/11: NEVER FORGET event on Monday, September 11, 2023. The restaurant will be offering all first responders a free sandwich. At noon, Mission BBQ will conduct a ceremony in memory and recognition of those who lost their lives 22 years ago. Mission BBQ is located at 4132 East Joppa Road in Nottingham […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland State Highway Administration will be performing overhead lighting maintenance at two interchange ramps on I-695 in Baltimore County next week, beginning Sunday, August 27. The work will be complete Friday morning, September 1, weather permitting. Beginning Sunday at 10 p.m., motorists can expect temporary overnight ramp closures and traffic pattern shifts at any time 10 p.m.-5 a.m. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland State Highway Administration and Maryland State Police have scheduled two early morning temporary traffic total traffic stops on all lanes in both directions of I-83 (Baltimore-Harrisburg Expressway) on Sunday, August 20 in Parkton. The traffic delays will allow a telecommunications utility company (Xfinity/Comcast) to safely drag a new transmission cable across all lanes of I-83 at the […]
BALTIMORE, MD—There’s a first time for everything – including winning a big lottery prize. A Parkville bartender discovered this first-hand while trying the Maryland Lottery’s Racetrax game for the first time, winning a $40,044 prize. The 22-year-old bartender told Maryland Lottery officials that he was hanging out with a friend at the Parkton Casa Mia’s and watching the virtual horseraces […]
TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools officials have announced the date and details for BCPSfest 2023, a free outdoor festival to kick of the 2023 – 2024 school year. The event will take place 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 19, 2023 at the George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Towson. Here’s who will be in […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Timonium ex-pat who retired to lower Delaware has had nothing but bad luck in his fishing expeditions for rockfish. But when it comes to playing the Maryland Lottery, he recently boated the big one: a $100,000 prize on the $10 In the Money scratch-off. Taking the nickname “Unlucky Fisherman” for purposes of telling his tale of good Lottery […]