Towson, MD
News
Body-Cam Footage Depicts Fatal Police Chase In Maryland: AG (VIDEO) Body-Cam Footage Depicts Fatal Police Chase In Maryland: AG (VIDEO)
Body-Cam Footage Depicts Fatal Police Chase In Maryland: AG (Video) New body-cam footage has been released by prosecutors in Maryland as they continue to investigate a fatal police pursuit last month in Baltimore. Westminster resident Linda Moss, 74, was killed during a police pursuit with 58-year-old David Moss, who was reportedly wanted by police and refused to stop, leading to a violent exchange. Moss led police on a short pursuit across multiple districts in the area before he ultimately crashed into a tree. Linda Moss was killed upon impact, according to officials. On Thursday, April 13, the Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Divi…

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by Zak Failla
Westminster, MD
Police & Fire
Man In Hotel, Grandmother, Killed In Separate Carroll County Fires Hours Apart, Officials Say Man In Hotel, Grandmother, Killed In Separate Carroll County Fires Hours Apart, Officials Say
Man In Hotel, Grandmother, Killed In Separate Carroll County Fires Hours Apart, Officials Say Maryland Fire Marshal Brian Geraci has issued a call for homeowners to check on their smoke alarms following a pair of fatal fires in Carroll County that took the lives of two people within hours on Monday. It was a busy day for first responders in Carroll County on Monday, Feb. 20, as they were called into action at a Westminster hotel before a family reported a fire at a Taneytown townhouse, both involving failing smoke alarms. The day began shortly after 8:30 a.m., when the Westminster Volunteer Fire Department and neighboring agencies were called to the Boston Inn on Baltimore Bouleva…

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by Zak Failla
Towson, MD
Business
Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include Nine MD, VA Locations Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include Nine MD, VA Locations
Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include Nine MD, VA Locations Nine Bed Bath & Beyond stores across Maryland and Virginia are among 87 locations scheduled to close in 2023, the struggling retailer announced. That brings the total number of Bed Bath & Beyond locations scheduled to close to at least 162 announced since September 2022. A spokesperson told Axios that the latest round of closures will include all of the company's Harmon beauty shops, as well as five Buy Buy Baby locations. The following locations in Maryland and Virginia are set to close in 2023: Annapolis, 200 Harker Place Suite 200 Fairfax, 12100 Fairfax Towne Center&…

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by Cecilia Levine
Towson, MD
Business
Raising Cane's Raises Expectations With Debut Maryland Restaurant Raising Cane's Raises Expectations With Debut Maryland Restaurant
Raising Cane's Raises Expectations With Debut Maryland Restaurant Raising Cane’s is ready for its closeup in Maryland. The popular chicken chain, which has locations across the country, opened its first Maryland restaurant on Thursday, Jan. 12 in Towson Row as the company continues expanding its foothold in the DMV region. Where are our Towson Caniacs at?! Our new Restaurant opens tomorrow on 4 W Towsontown Blvd. Ste 100! Can’t wait to see your ONE LOVE! pic.twitter.com/6M37JHCpW0 — Raising Cane's (@raisingcanes) January 11, 2023 Located on East Towsontown Boulevard in Towson, the 3,900-square-foot space will provide diners with both take-out and din…

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by Zak Failla
Towson, MD
Business
Aldi To Replace Baltimore County JOANN Store: Report Aldi To Replace Baltimore County JOANN Store: Report
Aldi To Replace Baltimore County Joann Store: Report Cockeysville residents will soon be getting a new grocery store and saying goodbye to a fabric favorite later this month, reports WMAR 2 News.  Aldi supermarket will replace the JOANN fabric store located at the Church Lane Center near Cranbrook Road after the fabric store closes its doors Jan. 15. Aldi previously went before the county last summer to propose a Cockeysville location. No official opening date for the new supermarket has been revealed, the outlet continues.  After word of the JOANN closure got out, customers began to worry about a rumored "list" of stores set for cl…

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by Annie DeVoe
Westminster, MD
Police & Fire
Aggressive Post-Christmas Carroll County Blaze Causes $300K In Damage, Fire Marshal Says Aggressive Post-Christmas Carroll County Blaze Causes $300K In Damage, Fire Marshal Says
Aggressive Post-Christmas Carroll County Blaze Causes $300K In Damage, Fire Marshal Says A Carroll County home suffered extensive damage when an early-morning fire broke out on Tuesday morning. Shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 27, a passerby alerted first responders from the Westminster Volunteer Fire Department of a blaze that sent smoke billowing through the air emanating from a two-story home on Bachmans Valley Road in Westminster. Officials say that it took more than six dozen firefighters less than a half-hour to get the flames under control, but not before it caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to the property. They made note that a smoke alarm wa…

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by Zak Failla
Westminster, MD
Police & Fire
Fire Marshals Investigating Deadly Blaze At Maryland Bike Shop That Killed Owner: Officials Fire Marshals Investigating Deadly Blaze At Maryland Bike Shop That Killed Owner: Officials
Fire Marshals Investigating Deadly Blaze At Maryland Bike Shop That Killed Owner: Officials Authorities say that one person was killed in Maryland when an early-morning fire broke out at a popular bike shop in Carroll County on Monday morning. Bradley White, 55, the owner of White’s Bicycles on West Main Street in Westminster was pronounced dead on Monday, Dec. 12, when a fire broke out at his business and spread to nearby apartments and other buildings, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Shortly after 5:15 a.m. on Monday morning, crews from the Westminster Fire Department and surrounding agencies from Carroll, Baltimore, York, and Adams counties responded to a rep…

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by Zak Failla
Westminster, MD
Lifestyle
'Bear' Thankful For Maryland Lottery After Buying $2M Top-Prize Scratcher On Thanksgiving Night 'Bear' Thankful For Maryland Lottery After Buying $2M Top-Prize Scratcher On Thanksgiving Night
'Bear' Thankful For Maryland Lottery After Buying $2M Top-Prize Scratcher On Thanksgiving Night A Carroll County man had a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving after becoming a multi-millionaire on a $30 scratch-off Maryland Lottery ticket. Lottery officials say that a Westminster man going by the name “Bear" - a moniker bestowed upon him by friends - became the first top-prize winner in the "Cash is King" scratch-off game, winning a cool $2 million on a ticket bought late on Thanksgiving night at Jiffy Mart in his hometown. The 43-year-old man said that he usually scratches and scans his instant tickets at Lottery stores, but on Thanksgiving night he went home without doing so.…

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by Zak Failla
Westminster, MD
Police & Fire
'Get Out, Stay Out:' Man Dies Rescuing Cats, Dogs From Maryland House Fire, Officials Say 'Get Out, Stay Out:' Man Dies Rescuing Cats, Dogs From Maryland House Fire, Officials Say
'Get Out, Stay Out:' Man Dies Rescuing Cats, Dogs From Maryland House Fire, Officials Say A man who tried to rescue his family's pets when a fire broke out in their Maryland home died after escaping and heading back inside a Carroll County residence to make the save, the Office of the State Fire Marshal announced. Ronald Joy, 62, and his wife, Kathy Joy, were home shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 27 when a fire broke out in their Littlestown Pike home in Westminster, officials say. Both were able to escape before members of the Pleasant Valley Fire Department and other area agencies arrived at the scene, however, officials say that Joy went back inside the home to rescue…

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by Zak Failla
Westminster, MD
Police & Fire
$100K Reward Offered For Information On Violent 2003 Maryland Murder: State Police $100K Reward Offered For Information On Violent 2003 Maryland Murder: State Police
$100K Reward Offered For Information On Violent 2003 Maryland Murder: State Police Maryland State Police authorities are offering a massive $100,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction in connection to a 2003 murder in Carroll County. On Tuesday, Nov. 22, the agency issued a renewed call for the public’s assistance in tracking down a suspect or suspects who have been wanted for nearly two decades for the death of Westminster resident Richard Atkins, Jr., who was 30 years old at the time of his death. Officials say that Atkins was found by family members beaten to death at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2003, in his apartment in the 100 blo…

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by Zak Failla
Westminster, MD
Police & Fire
Traffic Stop Leads To Recovery Of Magic Mushrooms, Illegal Handguns In Maryland: Sheriff Traffic Stop Leads To Recovery Of Magic Mushrooms, Illegal Handguns In Maryland: Sheriff
Traffic Stop Leads To Recovery Of Magic Mushrooms, Illegal Handguns In Maryland: Sheriff What started as a routine traffic stop in Southern Maryland led to drug and weapon charges for two men in Carroll County, the sheriff’s office announced. Baltimore resident Aaron Michael Brown, 25, and Scott Devon Rush, Jr. 22, of Salisbury, are both facing charges following an early morning investigation during a traffic stop near the intersection of Route 140 and Ralph Street in Westminster. A spokesperson for the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said that a deputy on patrol shortly after 2:30 a.m. conducted a routine traffic stop when Brown’s 200 Acura TL committed multiple vehicle and tr…

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by Zak Failla
York, PA
Obituaries
18-Year-Old Will Donate Organs Following Deadly Strike By Maryland Driver In PA 18-Year-Old Will Donate Organs Following Deadly Strike By Maryland Driver In PA
18-Year-Old Will Donate Organs Following Deadly Strike By Maryland Driver In PA A community had been rallying for York County teen Dylan Flickinger after he was struck by a Maryland driver and seriously hurt, but on Thursday, Oct. 27, he was pronounced deceased by the York County coroner's office, as stated in a release on Friday, Oct. 28. The 18-year-old Hanover resident was hit by a 2008 Pontiac G6, that was driven by Kevin Shaeffer, of Westminster, Maryland, who remained on the scene at the 1000 block of Carlisle Street in Hanover, on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 9:11 p.m., according to area police.  Flickinger was flown to York Hospital with serious inj…

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by Jillian Pikora