OVERLEA, MD—A Baltimore woman continues to have good luck when playing the lottery. She and her husband stopped by Maryland Lottery headquarters this week to claim a $50,000 Gold Bar Bingo top prize, and this wasn’t her first big win. “She was born with luck,” the winner’s husband said. The winner, who chose to remain anonymous and use the alias […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Police are investigating after a shooting in northeast Baltimore left one man dead. At just before 8 a.m. on Friday, December 22, officers responded to the 5600-block of Sinclair Lane (21206) to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers discovered an unconscious 45-year-old male suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. Medics responded to the scene, and despite […]
BALTIMORE, MD—For the first time since mid-September, the nation’s average price of gasoline has increased, rising 2.9 cents from a week ago to $3.07 per gallon this week according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 12 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is down 13.8 cents from a month ago […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Transit Administration has announced the resumption of Light Rail service, effective Saturday, December 23rd. Service was temporarily suspended to facilitate emergency inspection of the entire Light Rail vehicle fleet on Friday, December 8th. Following recent inspections that identified potential issues with punctured conduits on Light Rail vehicles, the MTA worked closely with its contractor to complete an […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Transit Administration has completed the feasibility study for the North-South Transit Corridor, designed to provide more mass transit connections between the Towson area of Baltimore County and downtown Baltimore. The study, which will advance to analyze various options in the coming year, is part of the Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan, a 25-year plan released in October […]
PIKESVILLE, MD—Maryland State Police, beginning Friday, will be increasing patrols through Christmas weekend as millions of Marylanders are expected to hit the highways. State troopers from all 23 barracks will focus on impaired, aggressive and distracted driving while conducting saturation patrols on roads with high DUI incidents. Enforcement is bolstered by funds from the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A reward is being offered for information on a shooting that occurred in Baltimore last week. On December 15, at approximately 5:30 p.m., officers responded to the 1800-block of Aiken Street to investigate a ShotSpotter alert. Upon arrival, officers observed a 26-year-old male suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. Medics transported the victim to Johns Hopkins Hospital where, despite […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a partnership with the State of Maryland, Governor Wes Moore, and the Maryland Stadium Authority that will keep the Orioles at Camden Yards for thirty years. The deal, which follows the broad, shared goals of the memorandum of understanding agreed to this fall, represents the commitment by the Orioles organization to the City […]