Police responding to barricade situation after shots fired in Dunfield community

1:30 p.m. UPDATE: Authorities say the situation has been resolved – additional details here. 11:00 a.m. UPDATE: Police say the incident on Arwell Court is contained and residents in the immediate area are being asked to shelter-in-place. 10:15 a.m. UPDATE: It is not clear whether the suspect fired at police or fired a shot inside the residence.  Avoid the area. […]

Attorney General Frosh announces $1.85 billion settlement with student loan servicer Navient

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh this week announced that Navient Corporation, one of the nation’s largest student loan servicers, will provide relief totaling $1.85 billion to resolve allegations of unfair and deceptive student loan servicing practices and abuses in originating predatory student loans. This settlement, joined by a coalition of 39 attorneys general, resolves claims that since 2009, […]

BOOM ALERT: Aberdeen Proving Ground to conduct testing January 17 – 21

ABERDEEN, MD—Loud noise alert! Aberdeen Proving Ground officials have announced that the base will conduct firing tests next week. APG has daytime and nighttime firing scheduled on Monday, January 17 from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and on Tuesday, January 18 – Friday, January 21 from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. The testing and training events include military […]

Governor Hogan announces distribution of 20 million N95, KN95 masks to Marylanders; six additional hospital-based testing sites to open [VIDEO]

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan on Thursday visited the location of a new state-run COVID-19 testing site at UM Shore Regional Health in Easton and announced the locations for five additional hospital-based testing sites that will open by the end of next week. The governor also announced that the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) will begin distributing 20 million N95 and […]

Olszewski announces 2022 series of budget town hall meetings

TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski on Thursday announced his fourth annual series of signature town hall meetings to discuss constituents’ ideas and priorities for Baltimore County’s FY23 budget. Seven meetings, one for each Council district, will provide a forum for public discussion focused on future budget priorities and ensure that community members have the opportunity to provide input into […]

Man who raped woman in Loch Raven High School parking lot sentenced to 40 years in prison

TOWSON, MD—A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to forty years in prison after raping a woman in a parking lot at Loch Raven High School. Brandon Saunders was convicted back in November on charges of first-degree rape, first-degree assault, and kidnapping. At around 3:00 a.m. on July 28, 2019, a woman accepted a ride from what is commonly referred to […]

Poppies International expands recall of Chocolate Enrobed, Cream Puff products due to presence of metal

BALTIMORE, MD—Poppies International, Inc. is expanding their earlier voluntary recall to include the Taste of Inspirations Crème Puffs 30ct container, UPC 7 25439 99597 9, Lot # L2I5021 Best Before Date 06/08/23 that were made during December 7-10, 2021, due to the possible presence of small metal fragments. The issue was discovered during production. To date no injuries or incidents […]