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    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Police gather outside of a Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan where United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on December 04, 2024 in New York City. Brian Thompson was shot and killed before 7:00 AM this morning outside the Hilton Hotel, just before he was set to attend the company's annual investors' meeting.
    Who is Luigi Mangione? Scion of Baltimore family charged in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
    Police apprehended the man after receiving a tip that he had been spotted at a McDonald’s near Altoona, Pennsylvania.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    Man fatally shot in residential section of Towson
    Police officers arrived at the 900 block of Beaverbank Circle around 2:30 a.m. to find a man with gunshot wounds.
    A photo posted to a Facebook profile believed to belong to Luigi Mangione is tagged at Stanford University in 2019; Mangione is believed to have attended a program at the school that year.
    Luigi Mangione: 5 things to know about man charged in CEO’s killing
    The Mangione name is well-known in Baltimore County political and civic circles.
    Perennial in Towson closes this month.
    For the first time in its history, Atlas to close a Baltimore-area restaurant
    The closure of Perennial in Towson marks the first time in Atlas' 14-year history that the company has shut down one of its Baltimore-area properties.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    Man fatally stabbed at Towson apartment complex
    Baltimore County homicide detectives are investigating a fatal stabbing of a 37-year-old male on Sunday.
    A Bald eagle flies over a shallow pond on Hart-Miller Island.
    Can Baltimore County’s Hart-Miller Island spread its wings without hurting its birds?
    Baltimore County officials want to make the island, reachable only by boat, accessible to more people.
    For sale: Marvelous home tucked away in Baltimore County
    This White Hall home is set on 68 private acres and features masterful craftsmanship, distinct interiors and incredible outdoor spaces and views.
    Ryan Coleman, President Randallstown NAACP gives his remarks at the Randallstown NAACP Rally at the Baltimore County School Board in 2022.
    Baltimore County Police partners with NAACP branch to bolster recruitment efforts
    The Baltimore County Police Department has announced a partnership with the Randallstown branch of the NAACP to bolster recruitment and diversify staff.
    Former County Councilmember Tom Quirk, who represented the Catonsville area from 2010 to 2022, announced Thursday night that he was dropping out of the race to serve out the term of County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.
    Former County Councilmember Tom Quirk drops out of county executive race
    Former County Councilmember Tom Quirk, who represented the Catonsville area from 2010 to 2022, announced Thursday night that he was dropping out of the race to serve out the term of County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.
    Traffic travels along the Jones Falls Expressway soon after it was opened Friday morning as a fire continues to smolder at the Camp Small city wood recycling facility.
    Traffic: I-83 in Baltimore reopens in both directions after massive fire, light rail to resume soon
    A large fire at a wood waste site in the city’s Woodberry neighborhood has shut down Interstate 83 in both directions, as well as Cold Spring Lane.
    Oral historian Maria Gabriela Aldana speaks at the Echoes from the Key Bridge event held at the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
    A Baltimore Museum of Industry project is saving the city’s Key Bridge stories
    For the BMI’s “Echoes from the Key Bridge” project, Maria Gabriela Aldana collected oral histories from longshoremen, widows, first responders, government workers, business owners and more.
    From Brazil to Australia: How a Maryland man’s message in a bottle defied the odds
    Joe Johnson, a Baltimore County native and retired lawyer, is amazed as anyone that a message in a bottle he tossed from a cruise ship turned up in Australia.
    County Executive Johnny Olszewski visited a street tree planting project in Loch Raven Village to share that the County has planted over 7,100 native trees in neighborhoods and commercial districts in the past three years.
    Baltimore County campaign plants thousands of trees in a little more than 3 years
    County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. launched a tree-planting campaign over three years ago.
    A crowd gathers for alleged exhibition driving in Maryland on a recent weekend.
    4 teens arrested in crackdown on exhibition driving events across region
    Four teenagers were arrested in a bust of 10 exhibition driving events across Maryland.
    Officer Amy Sorrells Caprio served with the Baltimore County Police Department for three years. She was killed in the line of duty in 2018.
    A young police officer was killed on the job 6 years ago. Baltimore County still remembers.
    A public memorial was dedicated Wednesday to Baltimore County Police Officer Amy Sorrells Caprio, who was killed in 2018 when she was struck by a vehicle driven by a burglary suspect.
    The Dali, a massive container ship from Singapore,  still sits in the wreckage and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore port on April 1, 2024. It has been a week since it lost power and struck the bridge , causing it to topple in seconds, taking several roadway workers and their cars with it. The once giant frame of the bridge now sits in the water and large cranes have arrived to untangle the mess.
    Prosecutors nearing criminal charges in Key Bridge collapse
    Prosecutors are weighing whether to bring criminal charges against the Singapore-based companies who own and operate the Dali cargo ship that hit the Key Bridge.
    Board Chair Jane Lichter presides over the Baltimore County Public School Board meeting on 12/6/22.
    Baltimore County’s school board gets new leaders — both familiar faces
    Two years ago, the pair was picked for the same positions by their colleagues when they were brand new to the board.
    Alexis Uhland teachers her third grade class at Berkshire Elementary School.
    Baltimore County has the most 5-star schools in Maryland
    The school system's report card is one a parent would be proud of.
    A view of the new COVID-19 memorial public art project in Lake Roland.
    New public art memorial honors 3,100 Baltimore County residents lost to COVID-19
    Baltimore County recently unveiled its first commissioned public art project: a memorial at Lake Roland to commemorate county residents who died due to COVID-19.
    The materials recovery facility (MRF) in Baltimore County. September 7, 2023.
    Baltimore County is spending over $4.5 million to avoid paying minimum wage to inmates
    Litigation involving inmates working at the Baltimore County recycling center is the county’s latest large legal expenditure.
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