disasters and accidents
- Morning traffic report for Baltimore region
- Baltimore county fire investigators believe that the Saturday night blaze at a Catonsville hotel caused $3.5 million in damage, according to the fire department.
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Ironman World Championship competitor Brian Boyle is helping Red Cross raise awareness for blood donations - Ironman World Championship competitor Brian Boyle is helping Red Cross raise awareness for blood donations
- Ryan calls it a 'very, very sad day' for Rangers after fan falls to his death
- A series of heavy storms that formed over the Mason Dixon line Thursday night caused numerous hazards and power outages, mainly in Baltimore city and county.
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- A roof was blown off a Dundalk apartment building, a driver had to be rescued from an SUV and numerous hazardous road conditions, including non-working traffic signals and downed trees and wires were reported
- The morning of July 6, 1991, started out like any other summer Saturday in Perryville. Within hours, however, the downtown of the small waterfront community would resemble a scene which many would later describe as right out the burning oil fields and the rubble of Kuwait, where the Gulf war, aka Desert Storm, had been waged just a few months earlier.
- Two firefighters were injured early Wednesday during a apartment fire in the 2800 block of Reistertown Road. The fire was reported just before 1:30 a.m. and was under control shortly before 2:00 a.m., officials said.
- Car accident along Bel Air parade route sent two to hospital
- Man stabbed, child shot in Inner Harbor after fireworks
- In a single week, the Howard County Fire Department lost 108 years of experience when three veteran administrators retired
- Shelters may not be the ideal way to house the homeless but in the absence of alternatives, it is the best option available for Baltimore
- A violent thunderstorm swept through the area on Sunday afternoon, resulting in the death of a cyclist on the C&O tow path in Washington, causing power outages and prompting police to clear the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, where the National Symphony Orchestra was preparing to hold a public rehearsal of its Independence Day concert.
- Rosella K. Nolte was flown to Bayview burn unit; name of second victim who died not yet released
- Maryland Natural Resources Police are investigating a fatal boating accident involving a 45-year-old man from Westminster. The victim's name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, though Natural Resources Police did identify him as being from Westminster.
- On July 3, 1925, the now out-of-print American Sentinel reported the Fourth of July was celebrated with baseball, a carnival hosted by the Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. No. 1, a parade, a dance and a community dinner.
- A two-alarm blaze that started inside an Edgewater home left one person dead and another injured Saturday afternoon, according for an Anne Arundel County fire spokesman.
- A two-alarm blaze that started inside an Edgewater home left one person dead and another injured Saturday afternoon, according for an Anne Arundel County fire department spokesman.
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- With an eye on greater cost savings, county officials have turned to technology to enhance overall efficiency. As responsibilities have grown beyond simple computer maintenance, so has compensation.
- A person was killed this morning when a trailer fell at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in East Baltimore, according to a statement from the city Fire Department.
- Death of 15-year-old Michael D. Brooks shows that guns in a home pose an extraordinary risk for children
- City's planned $8 million facility will increased dependence, fails to solve long-term problem
- Hot pink ribbon-like patches sprouted Monday on life vests at the Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis as junior sailors prepared for practice, a bright remembrance of the 14-year-old sailing student who died last week in an accident during practice.
- Latest screening horror story involving 95-year-old required to remove her adult diaper demonstrates the difficulties of keeping both planes and dignity intact
- Jonathan Schell says the Obama administration twists logic and semantics to avoid the authority of the War Powers Act
- Fire started when burglar attempted to steal sound equipment
- Victim's identity not released, details still under investigation
- Olivia Constants, an avid sailor and soccer player who had just completed her freshman year at Broadneck High School in Annapolis, died Thursday in a sailing accident. She was 14.
- The fence around the Washington Monument in Mount Vernon has not been repaired.
- A 14-year-old Annapolis sailing student died after she was trapped underwater for several minutes when her boat capsized in the Severn River Thursday afternoon, a state Department of Natural Resources Police spokesman said.
- Baltimore State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein announced today that a 37-year-old Baltimore County man has been taken into custody after being indicted in a hit-and-run accident that injured two Johns Hopkins University students in early May.
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- An Abingdon man is facing a list of charges after allegedly speeding away from a traffic stop, crashing into another car and with a broken leg running from the accident scene where police found suspected crack cocaine.
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- Santo A. "Sonny" Miceli, a retired city firefighter, dies at 71
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- Officials hope the statewide Street Smart campaign will promote safety awareness among motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.
- Baltimore County Police are investigating two crashes that killed three people early Thursday morning.
- Baltimore Police Officer Teresa Rigby remains in critical condition at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center Wednesday morning after she fell or was knocked off an elevated section of Interstate 83 near the Pepsi plant, a hospital spokeswoman said.
- Eleven boaters have already been killed in Maryland waters this year
- Howard County officials announced plans for a new educational initiative focused on bicyclist and pedestrian safety in a press conference on Tuesday, June 21.
- Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the agency's renovated facility at 311 Laurel Ave., Laurel.
- Recent crashes and crackdown on unsafe operators demonstrate the need to more closely regulate the charter bus industry
