Winning $50,000 Powerball tickets sold in Baltimore, Harford County; jackpot hit in California

BALTIMORE, MD—The $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot was finally caught by a player in California while four Maryland players scored $50,000 third-tier prizes. Lucky tickets were sold in the counties of Baltimore, Harford, Howard, and Washington. The winning Maryland Powerball tickets were sold at these locations: Abingdon: 7-Eleven at 3901 Pulaski Highway in Harford County, Clarksburg: Harris Teeter at 22700 Sweet […]

Woman stabbed in White Marsh, two robberies reported in Rosedale

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating a stabbing, two robberies, a carjacking, and several other local crimes that were reported this month. At just after 1 a.m. on Sunday, October 1, 2023, an armed suspect stabbed a woman (details here) in the 11400-block of Pulaski Highway in White Marsh (21162). At just after 4 p.m. on Monday, October 2, someone stole a silver […]

BOOM ALERT: Aberdeen Proving Ground announces testing schedule for week of October 9

ABERDEEN, MD—Loud noise alert! Aberdeen Proving Ground officials say the base has firing operations scheduled for the week of October 9, 2023. APG has firing operations scheduled October 10 – 13 from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Noise may be heard in some areas off the installation. Military weapons, watercraft, and/or aircraft will be visible during daytime and nighttime […]

Crews to continue I-95, I-695 roadwork in Baltimore County next week

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland State Highway Administration has scheduled temporary lane and ramp closures on projects on I-95 and I-695 in Baltimore County between Sunday night, October 8 and Friday afternoon, October 13. Temporary shoulder closures and any construction work behind concrete work zone barriers will also be permitted at any time. I-695/I-95 Southwest Interchange Temporary overnight ramp and lane closure […]

Latest round of Baltimore DPW water testing shows no sign of parasite

BALTIMORE, MD—On Tuesday, the Baltimore Department of Public Works announced that the latest test samples found no traces of Cryptosporidium oocysts in the Druid Lake Reservoir. The test results were delivered to DPW on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. On Thursday, September 28, DPW announced that it had discovered low levels (0.09 Cryptosporidium Oocyst/Liter) of the microscopic parasite Cryptosporidium during a […]

BCPS launches mobile app to track school buses

TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Transportation has announced the county-wide implementation of BusWhere, a location tracking app that allows subscribers to see school bus locations in real time on a mobile phone or computer. With the BusWhere app, subscribers may opt to receive notification as the bus is approaching a designated bus stop or if there is […]

Suspect arrested following Rosedale robbery, three assaults reported

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating a robbery, two burglaries, and three assaults that were reported over the past week. At around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 30, four known individuals committed a second-degree assault in the 4800-block of Hazelwood Avenue (21206). At just before 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, October 1, an armed individual committed a first-degree assault in the are of […]

Powerball makes two new Maryland millionaires in Rosedale, Snow Hill as jackpot surpasses $1 billion

BALTIMORE, MD—As the Powerball jackpot increased to $1.04 billion for the October 2 drawing because no one matched all six numbers, two Maryland players — one in Rosedale and the other in Snow Hill — matched five of six to win $1 million each in the past week. The two were the largest Maryland Lottery wins of the week, and, […]