Maryland named 4th best state for police officers, WalletHub study

BALTIMORE, MD—The personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its report on 2023’s Best & Worst States to Be a Police Officer.  Maryland came in at No. 4 on the list. In order to determine the best states to pursue a career in law enforcement, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 30 key indicators of police-friendliness. […]

Two winning $50,000 Pick 5 tickets sold in Fallston, $50,000 scratch-off sold in Parkville

NOTTINGHAM, MD—It was quite a big week for Maryland Lottery players in and around the Nottingham area, as winning tickets were sold in Fallston, Parkville, Nottingham, and other nearby locations. In all, a total of 85 winning tickets worth $10,000 or more were sold or redeemed in Maryland in the seven days ending May 7, and the Maryland Lottery paid […]

BOOM ALERT: Aberdeen Proving Ground announces testing schedule for week of May 8

ABERDEEN, MD—Loud noise alert! Aberdeen Proving Ground officials say the base has firing operations scheduled for this week. APG has daytime and nighttime testing operations scheduled for Monday, May 8 – Saturday, May 13, 2023,  approximately 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.  Testing for the week will end at 4 a.m. on Saturday. Noise may be heard in some areas off […]

Suspect arrested during Rosedale robbery attempt, vehicles stolen in Hillendale

ROSEDALE, MD—Police are investigating two Rosedale-area robberies and two Hillendale auto thefts that were reported over the past week. Between 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2 and 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, a 2015 white Hyundai Sonata with MD registration A380540 was stolen from the 1300-block of Halstead Road in Hillendale (21234). At around 1:45 a.m. on Thursday, […]

Pedestrian struck & killed in Towson

TOWSON, MD—Police say a pedestrian was struck and killed in eastern Towson over the weekend. At around 3:15 a.m. on Sunday, May 7, 2023, officers responded to a reported pedestrian crash that occurred near the intersection of East Joppa Road and Loch Raven Boulevard. Investigators have determined that 53-year-old Earl Preston III was struck by a 2018 Acura TLX that […]

Gas prices decline for third straight week

BALTIMORE, MD—For the third consecutive week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has fallen, declining 7.5 cents from a week ago to $3.50 per gallon this week according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is down 7.5 cents from a month ago and […]