BALTIMORE, MD—With a recent Gallup poll showing only 47% of Americans are “very satisfied” with the way their life is going, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its report on the Happiest States in America in 2024 to identify the places that create the best conditions for life satisfaction. WalletHub compared the 50 states across 30 key indicators of […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland State Department of Education has received $40 million to improve literacy instruction in an effort to help students reach third grade literacy proficiency. The state was awarded the money as part of a $149 million grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The Comprehensive Literacy State Development grant is part of a five-year plan to […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Teva Pharmaceutical has agreed to pay Baltimore $80 million to settle claims that its role in fueling the city’s opioid epidemic led to a public health crisis, the city announced this week. The settlement is the fourth with opioid distributors and manufacturers in connection with the city’s $322.5 million claim against Teva, the city said. The city has already […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating several local robberies that were reported over the past week. At just after 12:15 p.m. on Friday, September 6, 2024, a suspect used an unknown object to threaten someone into giving up his watch in the area of Belair Road and Overlea Avenue in Overlea (21206). The suspect then fled on foot. At around 1:15 p.m. […]
BOWLEYS QUARTERS, MD—Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski on Monday joined federal, state, and local elected officials and community stakeholders to celebrate plans to protect, preserve, and transform an 85-acrage parcel of the former Charles P. Crane facility grounds as waterfront park space. The site is one of the Olszewski administration’s largest open space acquisitions to date and continues the administration’s […]
PARKVILLE, MD—Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in the Parkville area earlier this month. Baltimore County Police Department homicide detectives have arrested and charged 44-year-old James Clark with first-degree murder in connection with the homicide that occurred on September 2, 2024. At approximately 4:20 p.m., officers responded to the 8400 block of Leefield […]
WHITE MARSH, MD—Maryland Lottery officials are searching for the lucky player who purchased a winning $50,000 Powerball ticket in the Nottingham/White Marsh area. The lucky ticket was sold on Saturday, September 7, at White Marsh Liquors located at 7868 Honeygo Boulevard (21236). Winners of prizes larger than $25,000 must redeem their tickets at cashiers’ windows at Maryland casinos or at […]
PARKVILLE, MD—The 14th annual Spirits in the Night 9/11 Candlelight Vigil will be held in Parkville on Wednesday evening. The event will take place in the parking lot outside of McAvoy’s Sports Bar & Grill, beginning at 6:45 p.m. on September 11th. The vigil commemorates the 2,977 lives lost in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and will feature patriotic […]