JOPPA, MD—A police chase ended with a crash in Joppa on Friday afternoon. The crash was reported at around 2:15 p.m. in the area of Route 152 and Route 7 in Joppa/Edgewood. Injuries have been reported. There is a heavy police presence in the area. No update has been provided as to what led to the chase or the extent […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Authorities are investigating a robbery and an attempted robbery that were reported over the past week. At just before 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, an individual entered the Royal Farms store located in the 8800-block of Phialdelphia Road in Rosedale (21237). The suspect entered the store and presented a note to the cashier demanding money. When the cashier […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan announced on Friday that the state of Maryland now has 774 confirmed cases of COVID-19—an increase of 425 cases over the last three days. A fifth Maryland resident has died from coronavirus complications. The victim was an Anne Arundel County man in his 80s. Additionally, Maryland has been hit particularly hard by influenza this year, with a […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—In response to the coronavirus outbreak, The Maryland School for the Blind (MSB) will open a daycare center to provide childcare services to Maryland’s first responders and essential personnel beginning Monday, March 30. MSB’s Pre-School and Early Learning Center, located on the school’s campus at 3501Taylor Avenue in northeast Baltimore, will be used for the daycare center which will […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Baltimore County Councilman David Marks on Friday announced that his office would be scheduling a community cleanup, focusing on highways and streams, once the coronavirus emergency is over. He is seeking names of volunteers who might be interested. “One of the biggest complaints our office receives is about the excessive garbage that piles up along our highways and in […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan announced on Thursday night that the State of Maryland had received a Major Disaster Declaration from the Trump administration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier on Thursday, Maryland reported 580 confirmed cases of COVID-19—an increase of 157 new cases, the largest one-day increase to date. The number of confirmed cases in the National Capital Region […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Child care centers in Maryland have been ordered to close by Friday evening due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday afternoon, Dr. Karen B. Salmon, State Superintendent of Schools, announced that all child care providers would need to close by the end of the day on Friday, March 27, except for those serving essential personnel. Licensed child care programs […]
ROSEDALE, MD—Police in Baltimore County have arrested a man after responding to a hold-up alarm at the Royal Farms store located in the 8800-block of Philadelphia Road (21237). At just before 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, police found Daniel Michael Mitchell, 42, of the 500-block of Franklin Avenue in Essex (21221), walking along Philadelphia Road toward Rossville Boulevard as […]