BALTIMORE, MD—A new report has named Johns Hopkins University the best university in Maryland for 2025. With the first “early decision” college-application deadline looming on November 1, and tuition plus room and board at a four-year college costing $28,000 – $60,000 per year, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its reports on 2025’s Best College & University Rankings, to […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The National Weather Service has issued a Frost Advisory for northern Baltimore County and northern Harford County. The advisory will be in effect from 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Forecasters say temperatures as low as 33 degrees will result in frost formation. Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Tuesday announced a $27 million settlement with Precision Toxicology, resolving allegations of fraudulent billing and kickbacks. The settlement stems from a multi-state investigation into the San Diego-based laboratory, one of the nation’s largest urine drug testing companies. The allegations, brought by Maryland, other states, and the federal government, claimed that Precision billed […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has announced the successful completion of its first bug bounty program, which identified over 40 exploitable vulnerabilities in the state’s public-facing web assets. Launched as a pilot program focused on 12 key state websites, the initiative was later expanded to encompass all *.maryland.gov, *.md.gov, and *.state.md.us domains. This wide-ranging approach, modeled after […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County woman has landed a $2 million top prize on a Maryland Lottery scratch-off and a winning $50,000 ticket that was sold in White Marsh remains unclaimed. Across the state, the Maryland Lottery paid more than $30.7 million in prizes during the week of Oct. 7-13, including 28 tickets worth $10,000 or more that were sold or […]
KINGSVILLE, MD—An annual tradition returns to Kingsville this weekend. Hawks Hollow Farm will hold its 2024 Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on October 19th & 20th. Admission will cost $5 and will include pony rides, a petting zoo, vendors, food, free parking, and much more. Hawks Hollow Farm is located at 7615 Bradshaw Road in Kingsville. Additional […]
PERRY HALL, MD—The Perry Hall Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library will be holding its first trunk-or-treat later this month. The event will take place 6:00 – 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, October 26, 2024 in the branch parking lot. A prize will be awarded for the best-decorated trunk, as voted by the trick-or-treaters. This is a free community-friendly event […]
JOPPA, MD—Police in Harford County are searching for a missing runaway from the Joppa area. The Harford County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in obtaining information regarding the location of Melody Fofana. She was last seen on October 11, 2024 in Joppatowne. Authorities say Melody is believed to be in the Windsor Mill area. Additional information is available […]