13-year-old girl reported missing from Perry Hall area

UPDATE: Police say that Kaniya has been located. Original story below… —— NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police in Baltimore County are searching for a 13-year-old girl who has been reported missing from the Nottingham/Perry Hall area. Kaniya Ionna Mills is 5’1”, weighs 115 pounds, and is wearing a red scarf, white shirt with neon sleeves, and black/brown pants with brown hair in a […]

Overlea/Fullerton T-Mobile store broken into, Carney lawn equipment store burglarized

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating a pair of commercial burglaries that were reported in recent weeks. At around 3:30 a.m. on Friday, August 28, three individuals pried open a door to gain entry to the T-Mobile store located in the 7600-block of Belair Road (21236). The suspects tried to open a safe but were unsuccessful. Nothing was reported missing. At just […]

WEEKLY ZIP CODE REPORT: Maryland COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to fall, Baltimore County positivity rate drops

NOTTINGHAM, MD—The Maryland Department of Health on Friday reported that COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state continued to fall as Baltimore County’s positivity rate dropped over the past week. Previous zip code reports can be viewed here. Overall Metrics As of Friday, there have been 114,724 cases of novel coronavirus in Maryland. The state has now conducted 2,250,638 tests. The statewide […]

21 BCPS students named National Merit semifinalists

TOWSON, MD—Twenty-one Baltimore County Public Schools students from nine high schools have been named semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program coordinated by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. The honored students are: Catonsville High School Nikitha C. Mupparaju Sean O. Nowak Dulaney High School Serena Chen Grace Cong Kristine C. Xie Steven H. Zhang Eastern Technical High School […]

Jay Ringgold, Baltimore County Emergency Management director, retires

TOWSON, MD—Jay Ringgold, Baltimore County’s Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, has retired after nearly 35 years of service with the Baltimore County Fire Department. The HSEM directorship is the second-highest rank in BCoFD, equivalent to Assistant Chief; and serving in that capacity made Ringgold the department’s highest-ranking African-American member. Ringgold joined BCoFD in 1985. Over the years he […]

Governor Hogan announces acquisition of 250,000 rapid antigen tests from Becton Dickinson through compact with Rockefeller Foundation

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan on Thursday announced the acquisition of 250,000 rapid point-of-care antigen tests, which will be deployed to nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, and correctional and juvenile detention centers across the state. The purchase makes Maryland, the founding member of the bipartisan interstate testing compact with the Rockefeller Foundation, the first state in the compact to move forward with […]