COCKEYVILLE, MD—Divers located the body of a swimmer who went missing in Baltimore County over the weekend. On Tuesday, divers have located the swimmer, who has been identified as 36-year-old Michael Randle. At just after 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 18 units responded to Beaver Dam Swimming Club, located at 10820 Beaver Dam Road, after receiving reports of a swimmer […]
OWINGS MILLS, MD—A 74-year-old woman died Saturday after a two-vehicle crash in Owings Mills, and a 16-year-old unlicensed driver has been identified as the operator of the other vehicle involved, according to the Baltimore County Police Department. The deceased has been identified as Patricia Cook, of Owings Mills. Police responded to the intersection of New Town Boulevard and Middle Mill […]
WALDORF, MD—A devastating house fire in Waldorf on Sunday morning claimed the lives of six people, including four children, in an incident that authorities are calling an “unimaginable loss.” The fire broke out around 8:40 a.m. in the 3000-block of Declaration Court North. Deputies from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were the first to arrive and found two adults who […]
WHITE MARSH, MD—The White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company, along with other local fire departments, is remembering four volunteer firefighters who died in a flash flood 54 years ago. On August 1, 1971, a sudden and severe thunderstorm caused a flash flood in Baltimore County, leading to the deaths of four firefighters and four civilians. A line of thunderstorms over the […]
WASHINGTON—A Texas company is recalling approximately 192,000 KidKraft Farm to Table Model Play Kitchens after a 23-month-old child died in Oregon from asphyxiation. Backyard Kids, LLC, of Plano, Texas, announced the recall in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Thursday. The play kitchens’ hooks, used to hold toy accessories, pose a strangulation and asphyxia hazard to […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a woman found Sunday inside a vehicle on I-695 in Baltimore County. The woman’s identity has not been confirmed, and her body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death. A Maryland State Trooper from the Golden Ring […]
OWINGS MILLS, MD—A man died in a trench collapse in the Owings Mills area on Tuesday morning. At just before 8:30 a.m. on July 22, the Baltimore County Fire Department responded to a call for a trench rescue in the 9800-block of Lyons Mills Road (21117). Firefighters arrived to find the man critically injured. Despite rescue efforts, the man succumbed […]
UPPERCO, MD—Baltimore County police are investigating a fatal crash that left a 35-year-old woman dead after her SUV veered off Dark Hollow Road and into a private pond. Brittany Howard, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday after emergency crews pulled her from a submerged 2024 Ford Edge in the 15600-block of Dover Road, police said in a news […]