JMVFC firefighter suffers heart attack while battling weekend house fire

JOPPA, MD—A firefighter suffered a heart attack while battling a house fire in Joppa over the weekend. Tyler Colvin says his father, a firefighter with the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company, went into cardiac arrest after responding to a house fire in the 700-block of Ferguson Road on Saturday afternoon. After being transported to UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, the firefighter […]

Son of Baltimore County police officers killed in South Carolina shooting

NOTTINGHAM, MD—The son of two Baltimore County police officers was killed on Tuesday. A deadly shooting at a South Carolina nightclub claimed the life of 18-year-old Garrett Bakhsh. Bakhsh died at 8 p.m. Tuesday night from injuries he sustained in the shooting. Police responded to the deadly shooting at Mac’s Lounge on Camden Avenue at around 2 a.m. on Sunday, […]

7-year-old Joppa boy killed in Bel Air crash

A community is in mourning after a 7-year-old boy from Joppa was killed in a motor vehicle accident in Bel Air on Monday morning. Tripp Johnson was killed in a 12-vehicle pileup that occurred at about 7 a.m. on Monday along Route 24 at Ring Factory Road. The fiery crash occurred when a ShopRite tractor-trailer driven by Carloo Watson, 49, […]

GoFundMe page established to support preservation of IOOF Lodge 175 in Upper Falls

A GoFundMe page has been established to help preserve an historic Upper Falls landmark. Representatives from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge  175 say their insurance carrier has required them to make mandatory repairs to the building in order to keep their insurance coverage. Should they fail to make the required repairs, their insurance will be cancelled and the […]