Howard County Medical Center combatting long emergency room wait times with expansion projects
It's no secret emergency rooms in Maryland have long wait times. A state board found earlier in the fall the average wait time is around eight hours.
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It's no secret emergency rooms in Maryland have long wait times. A state board found earlier in the fall the average wait time is around eight hours.
Seven vending machines are now filled with naloxone, also known by its brand name NARCAN.
Jurors got an in-depth look Thursday at the evidence a state prosecutor argues prove Elliot Knox shot both Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley and Justin Johnson.
Jurors have now heard the moment Elliot Knox admitted to Baltimore Police he was there when Officer Keona Holley was shot in 2021.
Opening statements and the first set of witnesses took the stand in the trial of Elliot Knox, one of the men accused of killing Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley back in 2021.
The murder trial for one of the two men charged in the 2021 deadly shooting of Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley started Monday.
A tragic crash on Belair Road earlier this week has many in the community still reeling.
Investigators are still putting the pieces together from Wednesday's deadly crash on the 3500 block of Belair Road.
The crash happened Wednesday morning on the 3500 block of Belair Road.
A fire destroyed multiple rowhomes in Southeast Baltimore before firefighters put it out early Monday morning, the Baltimore Fire Department said.
Tens of thousands of people have already filed their taxes in Maryland, but many of them are still waiting on their tax refunds.
A reward of up to $32,000 is now available for information leading to felony charges and an arrest in the case.
School districts across the region closed because of the storm, so some families took advantage of the snow day.
Howard County Police believe a man killed a woman in his home and was then struck and killed by a car in Laurel Sunday evening.
Baltimore Police have released pictures of a suspect vehicle in the city's second deadly hit-and-run this year.