MIDDLE RIVER, MD—Answering a store clerk’s question with “Sure!” made a $50,000 difference for Pick 5 player Richard Ches of Baltimore on Sunday. Richard said he usually tries his luck in evening Pick 5 drawings. He and his wife Deb, also an avid Maryland Lottery player, combine family members’ birthday years and dates for the five numbers they play on […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Two winning lottery tickets were sold around the Nottingham area over the past week, Maryland Lottery officials announced on Monday. In all, the seven days ending January 22 produced 28 winning tickets worth $10,000 or more that were redeemed or sold across Maryland, and the Maryland Lottery paid more than $29.7 million in prizes during that span. Officials say […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—For the fourth week in a row, the nation’s average gas price has climbed, rising 11.3 cents from a week ago to $3.39 per gallon this week, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is up 30.2 cents from a month ago […]
CARNEY, MD—Multiple transformer explosions knocked out power to some local residents overnight. At around 4 a.m. on Monday, transformer fires broke out at the BGE station along Northwind Road in Carney. Witnesses reported being awakened by three or four loud booms, then seeing several fire trucks and BGE vehicles arrive at the scene. Power was knocked out to several neighborhoods […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—One person was rescued following a rollover crash in the Nottingham area on Sunday morning. The crash was reported in the 4500-hundred block of Ebenezer Road (21236) during the morning hours of January 22nd. Crews arrived to find one vehicle on its side and one person trapped, according to the Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company. Firefighters managed to free the […]
TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Police Department is warning residents of a telephone scam that is being reported in the area. Authorities say they are receiving reports of residents being contacted by scammers claiming to be Baltimore County police officers. The scammers then say they are collecting on a legal judgment. They provide a local phone number for an actual police […]
UPDATE: This town hall schedule has been updated and revised here. Original story below… —— TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski on Thursday announced his fifth annual series of signature town hall meetings to hear from constituents about their ideas and priorities for the County’s FY24 budget. Seven meetings, one for each Council district, will provide a forum for public […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police in Baltimore County are investigating several robberies and burglaries that were reported over the past week. Sometime between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 12, an individual broke down the door to a residence in the unit block of Oak Grove Drive in Middle River (21220). Authorities say no items were taken. At just after 9:30 […]