Code Orange Air Quality Alert issued for Friday in Baltimore area

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for Friday in the Baltimore area. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases and the elderly. The effects […]

Excessive Heat Warning issued for Friday in Baltimore, heat index to reach 110 degrees

BALTIMORE, MD—The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for Friday in the Baltimore area.  A Heat Advisory remains in effect for northern Baltimore County. The waring will be in effect from noon to 8 p.m. on August 2 as heat index values are expected to reach 110 degrees. Scattered strong afternoon thunderstorms are also expected throughout the […]

Pulaski Highway shut down due to Edgewood crash

EDGEWOOD, MD—Crews responded to a crash on Pulaski Highway in Edgewood on Friday morning. At just before 8:15 a.m. on August 2, units responded to a motor vehicle accident on US-40 in the area of Woodbridge Center Way. Pulaski Highway has been shut down and one patient is being evaluated, according to the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company. Motorists should use […]

Philadelphia Road shut down due to head-on crash in Edgewood

EDGEWOOD, MD—Crews are on the scene of a Thursday afternoon head-on crash in the Edgewood area. The crash was reported at just before 2:30 p.m. on August 1 in the 1400-block of Philadelphia Road. MD-7 (Philadelphia Road) is closed between Clayton Road and Blossom Drive, according to the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company. One patient is being evaluated by paramedics at […]

Edgewood man convicted on drug & weapons charges after post-crash X-ray reveals gun

EDGEWOOD, MD—A Harford County man has been convicted on drug and weapons charges. On Thursday, July 18, 2024, Sathrie Zach Robinson Jr., of Edgewood, was found guilty of possession cocaine and methamphetamine and weapons charges following a three-day jury trial in the Circuit Court for Harford County. Evidence presented at trial proved that, at around 4:15 a.m. on May 27, […]