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    Baltimore raised its wastewater rates 15% last year. Revenue still fell short.
    Baltimore’s wastewater system is over budget and underfunded, according to a new financial disclosure.
    The Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant occupies a 466-acre site on the Back River in Dundalk.
    Embattled Baltimore County councilman won’t seek a 4th term
    Embattled Republican Baltimore County Councilman Todd Crandell is not seeking a fourth term.
    Baltimore County Seventh District Councilman Todd Crandell after a Baltimore County Council work session at the Old Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson on July 29, 2025.
    Police shoot knife-wielding person during Bolton Hill mental health crisis
    Baltimore Police shot a suspect who refused to drop a large knife. The suspect was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
    Police stand on the balcony of a ninth floor apartment while investigating after an officer shot a knife-wielding person at 1111 Park Ave. in Baltimore on Monday.
    National Harbor to get its own Las Vegas-style Sphere
    Sphere Entertainments wants to build a 6,000 seat capacity venue at the National Harbor.
    A rendering showing a Sphere at the National Harbor.
    Icy fire truck crash leaves Baltimore firefighters with minor injuries
    Responding to call late Sunday night, a Baltimore City fire truck slid into a parked box truck.
    Truck 55 sits in the Baltimore City Fire Department station in Pigtown on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
    Streeter: Stevie Wonder’s reminder that MLK and our history were not illusions
    The celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is bittersweet this year.
    Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr delivers a speech at UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza, Berkeley, California, May 17, 1967. Approximately 7,000 people attended the event. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
    Multiple vehicles involved in crash on icy I-83 overpass in Baltimore
    A Baltimore City Fire spokesperson said up to 20 vehicles may have been involved in the crash at 6:51 p.m. at 29th Street and Druid Park Lake Drive.
    Baltimore issues Code Blue alert as city faces coldest nights of the winter
    The snow will taper off in the evening, and temperatures will drop well below freezing.
    A person holding an umbrella walks down an alley in the rain.
    Western High rediscovers 180 years of hidden treasures
    Over its many years of existence, Western High School has aggregated a room of treasures tied to the school’s history.
    A collection of items located in the archives room at Western High, in Baltimore, Thursday, December 11, 2025.
    Kevin Kellar, horseman and longtime Reisterstown farm manager, valued family and hard work
    Kevin Kellar, who spent 40 years managing Worthington Farms in Reisterstown, died Christmas Eve of complications from pneumonia. He was 71.
    Kevin Kellar.
    What happened to former UMBC student Chantal Anicoche in the Philippines?
    Strangers and friends alike gathered at the Meyerhoff Building at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to write letters and share Anicoche’s story in hopes the attention will help bring her home.
    Chantal Anicoche, a 24-year-old graduate from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, went to the Philippines on December 2025 to learn about indigenous communities in Mindoro. No one has heard from her since the Armed Forces of the Philippines conducted a military attack on the region. She is currently in military custody.
    Attempted traffic stop turns into deadly crash in Howard County
    One person died in a crash Saturday after fleeing from a Howard County Police officer in an unmarked vehicle who attempted to make a traffic stop on Route 32 in Columbia, police said.
    A driver died after fleeing from a traffic stop, Howard County Police said.
    6-month-old dies after house fire in Essex
    A six-month-old child trapped in a raging dwelling fire in Essex died on Friday night, fire officials said.
    January 17, 2025 - The day after a two-alarm dwelling fire on the 1000 block of Foxcroft Lane in Essex that resulted in the death of 6-month old and hospitalization of four people.
    2 suspects from Baltimore, Owings Mills arrested in Washington County triple murder case
    State police arrested Lanea George, 40, of Owings Mills, and David Chapple, 43, of Baltimore, in an ongoing homicide investigation into the deaths of three Clear Spring residents.
    The Maryland State Police logo emblazoned on a lectern in front a police vehicle from a separate agency before a press conference, pictured outside the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barracks on 11/10/22.
    Light snow and slick roads expected throughout weekend in Baltimore area
    Marylanders can expect light snow and slick roads around the Baltimore area on Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
    FRIDAY DECEMBER 5, 2025 - Light snow in Suitland, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC, on Friday.
    Mid-Atlantic Black history: A journey with a new map
    An effort to map sites important to African American history in the Chesapeake Bay region has uncovered dozens of previously undocumented examples and shed new light on many more — many with close ties to waterways and the bay itself.
    Samuel Outlaw opened a blacksmith shop in Onancock, VA, in 1927 that served local watermen and farmers for decades.
    Baltimore trivia host falls short in ‘Jeopardy!’ champions tournament
    Baltimore trivia host and professor Jonathan Hugendubler fell short in the wild card for the “Jeopardy!” champions tournament.
    Baltimore trivia host and college professor Jonathan Hugendubler returns to Jeopardy! after upsetting a two-week champion in his first appearance in July.
    Fires break out in Dundalk and Essex, leaving several injured, dozens of seniors displaced
    Baltimore County firefighters responded to dwelling fires in Dundalk and Essex on Friday night.
    A two-alarm dwelling fire on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026 in the 1000 block of Foxcroft Lane in Essex hospitalized four people — one of whom has life-threatening injuries — and even spread to other homes, fire personnel said.
    Baltimore Police investigate triple shooting at shopping plaza that left 1 dead
    Baltimore Police are investigating a triple shooting in a Southwest Baltimore shopping plaza that left one man dead Thursday.
    Baltimore Police are investigating a triple shooting in a Southwest Baltimore shopping plaza that left one man dead Thursday.
    Maryland Weather: Expect snow on-and-off this MLK weekend
    Jani Hileman, left, and Victor Bennett walk around Druid Lake while looking for sledding spots after a few inches of overnight snowfall last month.
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