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    Montgomery County’s cancellation of Hispanic Heritage Festival draws criticism
    County Executive Marc Elrich said he was responding to community concerns about drawing attention from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    Montgomery County Councilmember Gabe Albornoz said this Hispanic Heritage Month was the most important in his lifetime.
    ‘Sets a horrible example’: Baltimore-area serial rapist argues court should reduce sentence
    Convicted serial rapist Alphonso Hill argued in a Baltimore County courtroom on Wednesday that his rights as a defendant were violated. A judge will decide soon — impacting Hill's ability to reduce his prison sentence.
    Alphonso Hill asked a Baltimore County judge for the ability to reduce his lengthy prison sentence.
    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.
    Shutdown sympathy: A laid-off federal worker has some advice for those who could be next
    Jaime Zimmerman, 48, of Bethesda, has been navigating unemployment for months. She shares coping strategies with federal workers who fear losing their jobs during the shutdown.
    Jaime Zimmerman was formerly a program analyst and senior advisor with the Office of Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
    Baltimore DPW worker fired, not charged in accident that killed coworker
    Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates’ office Wednesday published a memo saying the investigation of the crash was “tainted,” and outlined why no charges were filed
    Timothy Cartwell, a Baltimore Department of Public Works solid waste worker “sustained fatal injuries” while collecting garbage in this alley in the 1800-block of Baker Street on Friday, November 8. He was collecting trash from a bin when he became trapped between a garbage truck and a wooden light pole.
    Trump’s potential bid to ‘whitewash’ Harpers Ferry meets pushback
    Maryland Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks called on the federal government to halt efforts to “whitewash American History” at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park in West Virginia.
    The town of Harpers Ferry in 2024.
    Letter: Peripheral arterial disease is a silent crisis. It doesn’t have to be that way.
    PAD develops when arteries in the legs narrow, restricting blood flow. The consequences are often catastrophic: wounds that won’t heal, heart attacks, strokes, amputations and premature deaths.
    CTA femoral artery run off image of femoral artery for diagnostic Acute or Chronic Peripheral Arterial Disease.
    ‘Swatting’ and ‘hoax’ threats strike several Maryland schools this year
    False claims of active shooters or violence are on the rise. Here’s what you need to know as Maryland schools are targeted.
    Morgan State University received a bomb threat for its campus library on Tuesday, but it was ruled not credible, university officials said.
    A $190,000 breakfast? How a colleague coffee stuck Baltimore County taxpayers with the bill
    The most expensive breakfast in Baltimore County costs $190,000. How taxpayers got stuck footing the bill.
    Former Inspector General for Baltimore County Kelly Madigan, left, and Patrick Murray, chief of staff for then-County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.
    Charges filed against Montgomery County firefighters over flooded field
    Prosecutors have filed charges against two county firefighters who allegedly used a fire truck to flood a baseball field after a fly ball hit their property near the station.
    A still from a video recorded by a bystander on the scene in mid-July shows plumes of water dousing the Takoma Thunderbolt’s home field as players in blue jerseys stare at the outfield and each other in apparent disbelief.
    ‘I’m praying they don’t come back’: ICE sighting panics Silver Spring elementary school community
    ICE officers drove into the parking lot at New Hampshire Estates Elementary School in Silver Spring Monday, causing panic among Hispanic parents who worried that the undocumented among them might be detained.
    SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 - New Hampshire Estates Elementary School in Silver Spring. Parents have been nervous after a recent ICE sighting near the school.
    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.
    A Baltimore-area serial rapist is appealing his case. One survivor is fighting back.
    Serial offender Alphonso Hill is asking a judge in Baltimore County Circuit Court on Wednesday to let him receive post-conviction relief, overturn his 60-year sentence for raping eight women in Towson from 1978-1989, and grant him a new trial.
    Exterior of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in Towson, Md. on Monday, May 19, 2025.
    Towson, Morgan State universities both cleared after bomb threats
    At least two local universities evacuated parts of their campus because of bomb threats Tuesday.
    Towson is one of two universities that responded to bomb threats they received this morning.
    ‘Let’s be nice, please’: Debate over sidewalks gets testy amid safety concerns
    The Montgomery County Department of Transportation wants to add sidewalks in Kensington. Neighbors are turning on those who welcome the change.
    Many residents on Clearbrook Lane and Dresden Street in Kensington believe that their neighborhood is safe for pedestrians and doesn't require sidewalks. The county installed this caution sign there more than a decade ago.
    Letter: UnitedHealthcare and Johns Hopkins are failing patients. Both should be ashamed.
    UnitedHealthcare and Johns Hopkins Medicine failed to reach an agreement to keep the latter in the former’s network. Michael Scally, an employee of UHC and a patient at Hopkins, says both organizations should be ashamed.
    Johns Hopkins Hospital campus.
    Viral video of man in chokehold outside Baltimore bar under investigation
    The video appears to show the two men in an argument before one of them wraps his arm around the other man’s neck and lifts him toward the street.
    Baltimore Police are investigating a video, posted on X on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, depicting an assault in Federal Hill.
    81-year-old Silver Spring man with dementia found dead in woods, police say
    The body of George Frederick Corum Jr., 81, who has dementia and disappeared from his Silver Spring home on Tuesday, was found in a wooded area Sunday night. Police said no foul play is suspected in his death.
    Suspect in fatal Wheaton hit-and-run tracked down by police
    An unidentified driver who police say left the scene of a hit-and-run last week in Wheaton has been located. Charges are pending against him, according to Montgomery County Police.
    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.
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