JOPPA, MD—A GoFundMe has been created for Courtney Butash and her son after they experienced a house fire that killed Butash’s father on Christmas morning. At just after 6:45 a.m. on December 25, 2024, firefighters responded to a house fire in the 200-block of Doncaster Road. Upon arrival, crews found the single-family home with significant fire and smoke visible. The […]
UPDATE: A GoFundMe has been established for the family. Original story below… JOPPA, MD—The Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Harford County Sheriff’s Office have released additional details on a Christmas Day house fire in Joppa that left one man dead. At just after 6:45 a.m. on December 25, 2024, the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire and surrounding departments responded […]
UPDATE 2: A GoFundMe has been established for the family. UPDATE: Authorities have released additional details on this fire. Original story below… JOPPA, MD—Crews are on the scene of a house fire in the Joppa area. The fire broke out at just before 7 a.m. on December 25, 2024 in the 200-block of Doncaster Road. Arriving units found smoke and […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore and U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen this week announced that the Secretary of the Air Force has directed the transfer of the 121st Fighter Squadron, previously part of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, to the Maryland Air National Guard. The decision secures the continuation of a flying mission for the State […]
UPDATE 2: The father has been arrested in connection with this case. UPDATE: Police say this was an isolated domestic incident. One juvenile is dead and another juvenile, an adult female, and an adult male (the shooter, who sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound) remain hospitalized. Original story below… ——— ROSEDALE, MD—Police are on the scene of a Tuesday morning shooting […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland drivers will face increased fines for work zone speed violations starting January 1, 2025. The new tiered fine system, based on the speed a vehicle exceeds the posted limit, doubles fines when workers are present. The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) says the new system is part of the Maryland Road Worker Protection Act, […]
TOWSON, MD—While conducting a high-visibility enforcement operation following the mass shooting that occurred in east Towson last Tuesday, members of the Baltimore County Police Department’s Eastern Patrol Division Community Action Team initiated a traffic stop near Meteor Court and Cloister Road on Thursday, December 19th. This stop resulted in the recovery of several illegal items, including a stolen vehicle, a […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Perry Hall man has been sentenced to four years of supervised probation after being found guilty of assaulting an intellectually disabled resident at a Baltimore group home. Omubo Micah, 55, was convicted of second-degree assault in December for the April 2024 incident at Creative Options, Inc., a housing facility for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities located on […]