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All Maryland Rite Aid stores closed, prescriptions transferred to new pharmacies
Rite Aid has officially closed all 16 of its Maryland stores, with customers’ prescriptions transferred to other pharmacies.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 16: A Rite-Aid is seen on October 16, 2023 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Rite Aid, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the country, has filed for bankruptcy and plans to close a number of stores across the United States amid slumping sales and lawsuits related to accusations that it helped fuel the opioid epidemic.
Skeletal remains found in West Baltimore vacant home
Baltimore City Police discovered what are believed to be human skeletal remains in a vacant West Baltimore home on Monday morning.
Police have discovered what are believed to be human skeletal remains in a vacant home in West Baltimore.
A rocky economy drives overcrowding at Montgomery County’s animal shelter — and beyond
Animal shelters across Maryland are struggling with record overcrowding — thanks in large part to an increasingly high cost of living.
Sheikina is a stray found near Sligo Creek, pokes her head through the door in between two kennels. Her kennel exemplifies one of the smaller kennels, that can be expanded when a door is opened separating the two. When the shelter becomes dangerously overcrowded, the door must be closed to house another dog, greatly reducing the amount of space each dog has access to.
Estranged husband charged with killing his wife 31 years ago
Donald Lester, 68, was charged on Friday with killing his estranged wife, Linda Lester, who went missing in October 1994 and was found dead days later, police said.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2025 - Joy Lepola-Stewart, Director of Public Affairs for the Baltimore County Police Department, addresses attendees at a press conference on Friday in Towson about about the Linda Lester cold case.
Bouncer in viral Federal Hill video turns himself in, charged with aggravated assault
Kevin Weaver, 41, was charged with first-degree aggravated assault for Saturday’s incident in which he was filmed placing a man in a choke hold outside Cross Street Public House on East Cross Street, police said.
Kevin Weaver turned himself into police custody in reference to an assault that occurred on September 27, 2025, in the Fells Point neighborhood.
Skateboarder killed in crash with pickup truck in Dundalk
Jose Romero-Alvarez was killed in a crash with a pickup truck Wednesday morning at a Dundalk intersection while skateboarding.
Jose Romero-Alvarez was killed in a crash with a pickup truck Wednesday morning at a Dundalk intersection while skateboarding.
Homeowner charged with arson allegedly disconnected gas line before Jamaica trip, police say
Baltimore County Police charged Mark Anthony Hawkins on Tuesday night with first-degree arson and malicious burning after the explosion of his Rosedale home in July.
Baltimore County fire officials are investigating an explosion and fire that leveled a home in Rosedale on Tuesday, July 1 2025.
Compromise and a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’: Why massive tax breaks for country clubs are here to stay
Thanks to a handshake deal, Montgomery County’s country clubs enjoy special tax breaks despite ongoing debates about fairness and land use in Maryland.
Columbia Country Club is located in Chevy Chase, close to D.C. and was founded in 1911.
Homeowner charged with arson months after Rosedale house explosion
Nearly three months after a Rosedale home exploded in the middle of the night, Baltimore County fire investigators charged the homeowner with arson.
The charred remains of a home on Callo Lane, seen on July 8, 2025, days after a powerful explosion rocked the quiet Rosedale neighborhood.
Monkton man charged in wife’s murder after her brother tried to stop fatal stabbing
New details have emerged since a Monkton man was charged with first-degree murder after Baltimore County Police say he killed his wife inside their home on Maplehurst Lane on Monday.
A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Baltimore Police investigate 2 unrelated deaths, stabbing that left man dead
Baltimore Police are investigating the deaths of two unidentified males found in different neighborhoods Thursday and a stabbing that left a man dead.
A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
Severe thunderstorms moving through the Baltimore area
Rain showers and thunderstorms are likely to continue today and into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
A car drives past The Senator theater on York Road during Monday’s torrential downpour. Photographed Monday, July 14, 2025.
Police respond to man who barricaded himself at Comfort Inn in Towson
Baltimore County police responded early Wednesday afternoon to a man who had barricaded himself inside a room at the Comfort Inn in Towson to avoid being arrested.
Baltimore County Police warned the community Wednesday afternoon that their presence was heavy on the 8800 block of Loch Raven Boulevard, in response to a barricade situation at the Towson Comfort Inn.
Thunderstorms bring threat of flash flooding, potentially strong winds to region
Scattered thunderstorms Tuesday evening are bringing the threat of flash flooding and damaging winds across the region, with the warning that parts of Anne Arundel County could see up to half a foot of water during high tide.
Cars driving along Compromise Street in Annapolis on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, after a downpour.
For thousands of Maryland’s Ukrainians, the war is never-ending
St. Andrews Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral remains a nexus for organizing humanitarian aid for Ukraine, and a place where Ukrainians in the area come to sustain themselves.
Katrina Hall, attending St. Andrews Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral's Ukrainian Festival, said the Russian invasion has changed the way she thinks about her identity.
3 jobs, 9 roommates: What it’s like for foreign students to work a summer in Ocean City
Ocean City is the most popular destination for the U.S. State Department program that offers foreign university students a chance working and traveling in the U.S. on a J-1 visa.
Teodora Wjacic works a shift as a barista at the All Friends coffee shop in Ocean City.
Excavators, trenches and bonfires: Montgomery County’s bamboo wars
Montgomery County has been battling invasive running bamboo for decades, from backyards and public parks to the County Council.
Mike Honig’s neighborhood association in North Potomac has gathered funds and organized proximate homeowners to battle an ever expanding growth of invasive running bamboo– “Bamboo grows together so tightly that nothing else can survive,” said Honig.
Census data shows Montgomery County has one of the largest proportions of immigrants in US
In 2024, more than 1 in every 3 county residents was born outside the U.S. That ranks 15th out of 841 counties included in census data.
Harford County schools’ book ban tests state law
A book ban in Harford County Public Schools was the Baltimore area’s first test of Maryland's Freedom to Read Act.
AUGUST 18, 2025 - Dozens of protesters stand outside the Harford County Public Schools headquarters to protest the school board's decision to ban a book from school libraries.
City College teens flocked to Mount Vernon eateries. Then came the crackdown.
Baltimore City College High School students line up outside Viccino’s Italian Gourmet restaurant during their lunch break.
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