TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools officials have announced that that the graduation rate for the Class of 2023 has risen to 84.9%, up from 84.5% in 2022, according to data recently released by the Maryland State Department of Education. This is an improvement of nearly half of a percentage points and is in line with the state’s overall graduation rate […]
UPDATE: James Joseph Lynch has been located. Original story below… TOWSON, MD—A Silver Alert has been activated for a missing Baltimore County man. James Joseph Lynch, 85, is 5’10” tall and weighs 150 pounds. He was last seen at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 3, in the Lutherville area wearing a black and white U.S. Air Force hat, a blue […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Maryland man has set a new state fishing record. Blake Cronk, of Westernport (Allegany County), has been recognized by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources as a new state record holder for fallfish – Semotilus corporalis — in the state’s nontidal division. Cronk caught the 3.2-pound fish on April 1 while fishing in the North Branch of the […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Crews have established a second temporary alternate channel on the southwest side of the main channel near Hawkins Point in the vicinity of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse for commercially essential vessels. This action is part of a phased approach to opening the main channel. The second temporary channel is marked with government lighted aids to navigation and […]
UPDATE: The victim in this crash has died and a reward is being offered. Original story below… MILFORD MILL, MD—Detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department are requesting help from the public in locating the driver who was involved in a hit-and-run injury crash. The accident occurred at around 11:45 p.m. on March 22, 2024, on Windsor Mill Road near […]
BEL AIR, MD—A $3.9 million project to resurface and improve safety in Harford County has begun, impacting traffic on U.S. 1 Business. The State Highway Administration said the project is expected to finish in 2025, weather permitting. The 1.4-mile project is from Moores Mill Road to the U.S. 1 Bypass (Hickory Bypass). The work will include asphalt pavement milling, patching […]
The following is an editorial piece from Councilman David Marks. The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was a tragedy in so many terms—the loss of human life, the destruction of an iconic landmark, and the disruption to commerce along the East Coast. On April 1, the Baltimore County Council unanimously passed a resolution that expresses solidarity with those […]
RISING SUN, MD—A Rising Sun man has caught 10 different trophy-sized fish in Maryland, earning him the prestigious FishMaryland Master Angler Award. Jason Michalski, 30, caught his tenth fish on Sunday, March 24, a 30.25-inch carp. Michalski was one of eight anglers who have caught at least 10 species of fish in Maryland since the FishMaryland Master Angler Award program […]