BALTIMORE, MD—Police have arrested two juveniles who broke into several vehicles and dragged a police officer during the subsequent pursuit. At just before 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, officers responded to the 6600-block of Loch Hill Road (21239) in reference to a destruction of property call. When officers arrived on the scene, they identified several nearby vehicles that […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—It was quite a big week for Maryland Lottery players in and around the Nottingham area, as winning tickets were sold in Fallston, Parkville, Nottingham, and other nearby locations. In all, a total of 85 winning tickets worth $10,000 or more were sold or redeemed in Maryland in the seven days ending May 7, and the Maryland Lottery paid […]
BALTIMORE, MD—For the third consecutive week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has fallen, declining 7.5 cents from a week ago to $3.50 per gallon this week according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is down 7.5 cents from a month ago and […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland’s six casinos combined to generate $174,742,218 in revenue from slot machines and table games during April 2023. It was the sixth-best single-month gaming revenue total in the history of Maryland’s casino program and represented an increase of $3,997,260 (2.3%) compared to April 2022. Casino gaming contributions to the state in April 2023 totaled $72,376,182, an increase of $522,884 […]
The following is an op-ed piece from Delegates Kathy Szeliga and Ryan Nawrocki. In January 2023, student data was published on The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) website reporting on the 2021-2022 school year’s MCAP standardized testing. The data revealed that 23 Baltimore City Schools had zero students proficient in math and that other jurisdictions had abysmal results as […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Governor Wes Moore and First Lady Dawn Moore this week joined the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski, Jr., and Howard County Executive Calvin Ball to announce the continuation of the Music for Maryland tour, which partners with Maryland’s universities, colleges, and public high schools to host concerts across the […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore man has been sentenced to prison for his role in a counterfeit card encoding scheme. U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III has sentenced Leroy Holmes, 62, of Baltimore, to 57 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank fraud in connection with a scheme to re-encode credit cards, debit cards and […]
MIDDLE RIVER, MD—A public school construction supervisor from Baltimore has arrived, financially, at a place where he could retire immediately, thanks to a $50,000 win in the Maryland Lottery’s April 25 Pick 5 drawing. He plans to stay at his job for another 18 months to two years, however, as planned. “I can go now, but I’m going to stick […]