Maryland travelers pack patience as they return from holiday destinations
Travelers are packing Maryland's roads, rails and skies once again, returning home from their holiday destinations before the new year.
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Travelers are packing Maryland's roads, rails and skies once again, returning home from their holiday destinations before the new year.
In a fire hall off Providence Road, volunteer firefighters prepared for their favorite house call of the year: escorting Santa's sleigh through neighborhoods in Baltimore County.
Before the Baltimore Ravens' game against the New England Patriots, a rogue firework shot down at the field during the player introductions.
Nearly 2.5 million Marylanders are expected to take to the highways and byways during the busy holiday travel rush between mid-December and New Year's Day.
A Brown University student from Maryland said he spent seven hours in lockdown in a library on the school's campus following the deadly mass shooting on Dec. 13.
The State Department of Natural Resources says the Days Cove Rubble landfill in Baltimore County is set to close by 2033.
Maryland residents heard updates on Tuesday and weighed in on the effort to rebuild Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge during a virtual meeting hosted by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA).
Baltimore's Jewish community and supporters celebrated the first day of Hanukkah with a heavy heart, on the day that at least 15 people were killed in a shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia.
There have been no arrests in the shooting that killed 14-year-old Michael Roland Hitchens III in South Baltimore.
Betsy Fox Tolentino, the acting secretary of Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services (DJS), says juvenile crime is down despite residents saying they still feel unsafe and more needs to be done to address the violence.
Baltimore City Public Schools recommends closing Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys at the end of the year.
These driverless taxis are now on the roads in Baltimore for manual testing, meaning a driver is operating the vehicle so it can get used to the roads in the city.
A 19-year-old was arrested in connection with an attempted kidnapping investigation in Baltimore County, police said.
Two people are dead, and two more are in critical condition after a shooting in Southwest Baltimore, police said.
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (MDPSCS) says it is fixing a heating system issue in the Youth Detention Center in Baltimore City.