BALTIMORE, MD—Governor Wes Moore has ordered the Maryland flag lowered to half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Friday, May 5, 2023. The flag is being lowered to commemorate Fallen Heroes Day. This day honors Maryland police, firefighters, and emergency medical/rescue personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty during the past year. A ceremony will be held […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore this week presided over the Moore-Miller Administration’s fourth bill signing. The governor signed legislation pertaining to abortion, trans healthcare, and adult-use cannabis. “Today, we further strengthened our leave no one behind vision by protecting individual freedoms, solidifying reproductive rights, expanding access to healthcare, and creating an adult-use cannabis market that directly benefits those that were disproportionately […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore man has been sentenced to prison for his role in a counterfeit card encoding scheme. U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III has sentenced Leroy Holmes, 62, of Baltimore, to 57 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank fraud in connection with a scheme to re-encode credit cards, debit cards and […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Thursday announced that consumers who were misled by TurboTax’s owner Intuit into paying for free tax services will begin receiving checks from a $141 million multistate settlement announced in May 2022. All 50 states and the District of Columbia signed onto the agreement. Approximately 4.4 million consumers nationwide will receive checks in […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore on Thursday proclaimed May 4, 2023, as National Prayer Day in Maryland. The proclamation acknowledges the role that prayer can play as a valuable and productive tool to strengthen the bonds of understanding, tolerance, friendship and unity among all people. “Marylanders cherish our heritage of religious freedom and throughout our state and the nation, events will […]
TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission will begin accepting applications for the Board’s one at-large seat for the term beginning 2023 through December 4, 2028. The composition and selection of the Board of Education of Baltimore County includes both appointed and elected members. Seven members of the school board are elected, while four members of the Board are […]
UPDATE: Jeremiah Tucker has been located. Original story below… MIDDLE RIVER, MD—Police in Baltimore County are searching for a missing teen. Jeremiah Tucker, 13, is 6′ tall and weighs 120 pounds. He was last seen on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 in the Middle River area wearing a black jacket and black bookbag. Anyone with information on Jeremiah Tucker’s whereabouts is […]
MIDDLE RIVER, MD—A public school construction supervisor from Baltimore has arrived, financially, at a place where he could retire immediately, thanks to a $50,000 win in the Maryland Lottery’s April 25 Pick 5 drawing. He plans to stay at his job for another 18 months to two years, however, as planned. “I can go now, but I’m going to stick […]