TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Fire Department will hold a Fire Safety for Adults class later this month. The session will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at the Baltimore County Public Library Loch Raven Branch. Topics will include fire hazards in the home, lithium-ion battery safety, smoke & carbon monoxide alarms, and fire prevention & safety […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for Thursday evening in the Baltimore area. The advisory will remain in effect until 10 p.m. on February 13, 2025. Forecasters say winds will be from the northwest at 20 to 25 mph with gusts of up to 50 mph. Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Senator J.B. Jennings has introduced Senate Bill 644 — Public Schools — School Resource Officers — Firearms Required, a new measure aimed at bolstering the safety of students and staff in Maryland’s public schools. The proposed legislation mandates that all Public School Resource Officers (SROs) and School Police Officers carry firearms while on duty in schools. Senator Jennings emphasized […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The National Weather Service has issued updated winter storm warnings and advisories for central Maryland as the next round of wintry precipitation approaches. Snow will move into the Baltimore area from the southwest to the northeast on Tuesday afternoon and linger through late Wednesday morning. Snowfall rates of 0.50- to 1.00-inch per hour are possible in some areas on […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland State Police are urging motorists to avoid aggressive, distracted and impaired driving throughout the Super Bowl weekend. Maryland State Troopers from all 23 barracks, including the State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort (SPIDRE) team, will focus on aggressive, distracted and impaired driving while conducting increased saturation patrols along roadways where impaired driving related crashes often occur. Enforcement efforts […]
TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Police Department says that thousands of citations have been issued to local drivers illegally passing school buses in recent months. A new school bus camera program went into effect last last year and citations began being issued on November 4, 2024. On Wednesday, police said that 16,540 citations had been issued under the new initiative. The […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Baltimore County Councilman David Marks on Friday released new statistics from the Baltimore County Police Department that show the need to reduce crashes and re-engineer Silver Spring Road. Councilman Marks requested the data after a series of crashes in the Manorfield Road area. The number of crashes increased from 55 in 2023 to 63 by the end of 2024, […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Honda is recalling 295,000 vehicles in the U.S. to update the fuel injection electronic control unit software. The recall affects certain 2023-2025 Honda Pilot and 2022-2025 Acura MDX Type S and TLX Type S models. According to the automaker, the issue is due to improper programming of the fuel injection electronic control unit (FI-ECU). This could lead to sudden […]