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    They speak for the Gunpowder River. That includes warning about E. coli.

    Tubers float down the Big Gunpowder Falls River in Monkton last month.
    Owners of cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge sue company that built vessel
    The owners of the Dali, the ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024, are suing the builders of the vessel for defective design.
    Workers walk along the destroyed bow of the Dali in May 2024.
    Baltimore County Council rejects Klausmeier’s pick for inspector general
    The Baltimore County Council was to vote Monday night on the nomination of former EPA program manager Khadija Walker to be inspector general. County Executive Kathy Klausmeier tapped Walker to replace IG Kelly Madigan, who has ruffled feathers in the suburban county.
    Baltimore County Inspector General nominee Khadija Walker attends a Baltimore County Council work session ahead of addressing the council at the Old Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson on July 29, 2025.
    Anne Arundel marks milestone in long-awaited redevelopment of Crownsville Hospital campus
    Officials on Monday unveiled Anne Arundel County's new Nonprofit Center, a renovated building on the old Crownsville Hospital campus.
    Ratasha Harley, founder and executive director of One Annapolis, is congratulated by Sen. Chris Van Hollen following Monday's ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the Nonprofit Center in Crownsville.
    Iconic Pimlico stall is too termite-damaged to be fully preserved, state says
    As Maryland rebuilds Pimlico, demolition is underway, including the historic Stall 40, once home to Derby champions.
    Mystik Dan in Stall 40.
    Memories of the Penn North mass overdose keep a survivor striving for recovery
    A survivor of the July 10 mass overdose incident in West Baltimore struggled at first to find an open treatment center.
    A survivor of the mass overdose poses for a portrait in the Penn North neighborhood, Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

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    Maryland mother reindicted for murder 11 years after children disappeared
    Catherine Hoggle has been rearrested and charged with killing two of her children, who disappeared in 2014 as toddlers and have never been found.
    A grand jury reindicted Catherine Hoggle, center, on two counts of first-degree  murder, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. Her children, Sarah and Jacob Hoggle, were ages 3 and 2 respectively when they were last seen in September 2014.
    Cicada killer wasps stop mail in parts of Baltimore
    Baltimore residents went weeks without mail. The reason? Wasps. The Postal Service gave no warning — just silence, frustration, and missed medication.
    An Eastern cicada killer wasp in the Belair Edison neighborhood on Monday.
    Neighborhoods are hosting National Night Out events across Maryland — find yours
    National Night Out aims to build stronger connections between communities and local law enforcement.
    Some National Night Out events will include safety demonstrations from fire and police.
    Arts office leader Tonya Miller Hall, Mayor Brandon Scott’s office part ways
    Tonya Miller Hall, senior advisor of arts and culture for Baltimore, is no longer working for Mayor Brandon Scott’s office, which established a new arts office in April.
    Tonya Miller Hall, pictured here giving remarks at an Inviting Light event in Station North in March, is no longer working with Mayor Brandon Scott’s office.
    Who killed Kimberlee Bock? Baltimore County Police still search for answers 43 years later
    Baltimore County Police are still searching for who killed the 21-year-old woman more than 40 years ago.
    Kimberlee Bock was 21 years old when, on July 21, 1982, she was found dead in a baseball field in the 5200 block of Shelbourne Road. Over 40 years later, police are still searching for her killer.

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    How the selection of a new Baltimore County inspector general set off a public furor
    The Baltimore County Council on Monday is set to decide whether to confirm County Executive Kathy Klausmeier’s pick of Khadija Walker to be inspector general. The road to the vote has been anything but smooth.
    Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier.
    Brandon Scott’s fundraiser in Martha’s Vineyard will be for third mayoral run
    The two-term mayor has not said publicly what might be next, but he has the option to run for a third term in 2028.
    Two-term Mayor Brandon Scott has not said publicly what he’s planning to do next.
    Teen killed in Mount Airy flash flood identified, with vigil Sunday
    A single rose lay near the mouth of a drain by a Mount Airy apartment, the site of a flash flood last week that killed 13-year-old Mason Kearns.
    A car submerged in floodwaters in Ruxton on Thursday as afternoon thunderstorms moved through the region. Up to 5 inches of rain also hit nearby Carroll County.
    There’s a body in the Inner Harbor, and other reminders that life is unpleasant
    The discovery of a body at the end of Pier 4 is not a cause for mirth, despite wry comments about water quality and swimming. It is a reminder that the Chesapeake Bay is a place where life sometimes ends.
    Baltimore City Fire and the Baltimore City Police Underwater Recovery Team work to pull a Silver Cab from the Inner Harbor on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
    Fight clubs teach Baltimore youths more than martial arts
    Kids go from learning Spanish one hour to punching each other in the face the next.
    A jiu jitsu lesson taking place at Guardian Baltimore, a non-profit martial arts studio, in Baltimore.

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    Fight clubs teach Baltimore youths more than martial arts
    Kids go from learning Spanish one hour to punching each other in the face the next.
    A jiu jitsu lesson taking place at Guardian Baltimore, a non-profit martial arts studio, in Baltimore.
    National parks offer free entry on Monday. Here’s what you should know.
    Here are some of the national parks and sites in our region that’ll be waiving entrance fees for Great American Outdoors Day.
    Visitors take in the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine.
    Officials reveal cause of Ocean City hotel carbon monoxide leak that sickened 18
    A carbon monoxide leak that sickened 18 people and forced the evacuation of a beachfront Ocean City resort on Friday was caused by a ventilation issue with the hotel’s boiler, officials said.
    Four people were hospitalized and 13 were treated Friday, August 1, 2025, for carbon monoxide exposure at Ashore Resort and Beach Club, Ocean City Fire Department officials said on social media.
    States sue Trump, saying he is intimidating hospitals over gender-affirming care for youth
    The complaint comes after a month in which at least eight major hospitals and hospital systems — all in states where the care is allowed under state law — announced they were stopping or restricting the care.
    President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Blue Room of the White House, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Second motorcycle fatality in 2 weeks as rider killed on MLK Boulevard in Baltimore
    A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with an SUV early Saturday morning near the University of Maryland Medical Center.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
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