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Trump administration rollback of offshore oil safety rules shows how quickly an environmental disaster can be forgotten. - Howard County police have charged two men with the Oct. 4 attempted murder a Sykesville man at a gas station in Jessup.
- Defense attorney Warren Brown said Monday Baltimore police have made an arrest in his stepson’s death.
- According to President Donald Trump, all of these companies are wrong: Apple, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Disney, Microsoft, Google, General
- A West Baltimore gas station that was forced to close earlier this summer because of alleged complicity in area crime will be allowed to reopen under new management starting this week, according to Baltimore Police.
- Baltimore decision to close BP station is another indicator of how foolish the war on drugs has been
- The Baltimore Police Department forced a West Baltimore gas station to close this week using a controversial city law — not used in years — that allows the "padlocking" of businesses deemed complicit in crime.
- Crimes reported in Towson, Lutherville, Cockeysville June 19-29
- Baltimore County police have arrested a man wanted in connection with the attempted robbery of a BP gas station in Lutherville.
- Baltimore has gone through a lot in 2015, from a harsh winter that strained its budget to riots and curfews in spring to the highest monthly homicide rate in 40 plus years. In addition, the Baltimore region continues to grapple with poor air and water quality, obesity, and a continuing gap between the rich and poor. It can be depressing to think about all those issues. But we can do something hopeful and fun that would help resolve many of those issues: We can lobby Congress.
- Nepalese students who attend Pleasant Plains Elementary organized a fundraiser to help those in their home country after devasting earthquake hit Nepal on April 25.
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- Larry Hogan should be the first in line opposing offshore drilling the endangers Maryland's coastline and the Chesapeake Bay
- Residential, commercial and street burglaries and thefts this week in Columbia and Howard County
- Wind energy makes sense, drilling for oil and threatening the health of coastal resort communities does not
- In approving gas and oil exploration, Obama ignores serious environmental and economic risks posed to coastal states including Maryland
- The Obama administration proposed Tuesday opening the waters off the Atlantic coast for oil and gas drilling for the first time in more than 30 years, drawing fire from environmentalists and many East Coast lawmakers about the potential for spills to harm the Chesapeake Bay and resorts like Ocean City. Industry officials, though, expressed disappointment more areas weren't being offered for exploration.
- Sparing more of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil production is a welcome move and not a 'war' on Alaskans
- The BP gas station on Route 40 was robbed early Monday morning.
- Controversial Canadian pipeline projects fails by one vote but won't go away any time soon
- A Mount Airy man was sentenced to 164 months in prison by a federal judge Wednesday for committing a series of robberies in Carroll and Frederick counties.
- Baltimore Schools CEO Gregory Thornton tells us he will run the city schools like a business. This certainly sounds reassuring. But cannot help wonder what kind of business will serve as a model for Baltimore's schools.
- Naked man reported on Fox Bow Drive in Bel Air; tire slashed in Pylesville [Harford Police Blotter]
- The Harford County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police report:
- To stop polluting our water, start living vegan
- A Mount Airy man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to robbing four gas stations and stealing a car in late 2013.
- The Harford County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police report
- The Harford County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police report
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- The Obama administration took a step closer Friday to allowing oil and gas exploration off the mid-Atlantic and south Atlantic coasts, drawing praise from the energy industry and criticism from environmentalists.
- Analysts are projecting the most expensive July 4th holiday weekend for motorists since 2008, attributing much of the rise to a surge of violence in Iraq. Gas in Maryland Monday averaged $3.69 per gallon, three cents more than the national average of $3.66, according to AAA, which tracks transactions throughout the state.
- The president is dead. Blown to bits by a US drone strike ¿ by an anti-drone activist/terrorist.
- Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler filed a lawsuit against the oil company BP over investment losses following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion, alleging that the state's pension fund lost millions after the company misled the public about its safety protocols.
- After winning $100,000 from a scratch-off ticket, a Dundalk woman won $10,000 a week later, also from a scratch-off.
- Anne Arundel County police charged a Laurel man in a gas station armed robbery after identifying his shoes during a later shoplifting arrest.
- Baltimore police say they are investigating a possible officer-involved shooting in East Baltimore.
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- An Upper Marlboro man was arrested in connection with a string of robberies and thefts, Anne Arundel County police said Friday.
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- Caroline County man arrested after threatening man in Lansdowne
- An Edgewater woman bit a police officer after being arrested Friday for allegedly trying to rob a gas station, Anne Arundel County police said.
- Howard County police are offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of a 20-year-old man implicated in an armed robbery and other crimes.
- A woman unsuccessfully tried to rob a Lothian gas station Friday morning, and a suspect who was arrested bit a detective, Anne Arundel County Police said.
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