Baltimore County

Simulation booth shows consequences of texting behind the wheel

"Be remembered." That's the phrase that was printed on the back of the sheets of paper the Towson women's volleyball team was studying before its recent home match against Charleston.

Mac Ford's qualifications for landing the job as the first male varsity lacrosse at Notre Dame Preparatory School are off the charts.

The Loyola Blakefield soccer team was in the way of a perfect season for No. 1 McDonogh in Sunday's Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship game. And the No. 2 Dons had no plans of backing down from the defending league champion Eagles.

Dulaney junior Eric Walz couldn’t have picked a better way to close his race on the way to a second-place finish in the Class 4A boys state cross country championship meet at Hereford High Saturday morning.

Summer frozen treats feature unusual flavors, including goat cheese

Plan reflects a compromise between community and property owners

Voters said it was the closely contested gubernatorial race, not local county council and county executive's races, that brought them out to the polls in Catonsville Tuesday afternoon.

It's hard to believe that Kooper's North has only been open since 2012. I feel like it's been there forever, an essential part of our community for classic American food and a convenient meeting place with friends. Owners Patrick and Katie Russell and Miles Perman always have something going...

The attorney for a 16-year-old student accused of planning to attack his Towson school says he will try to get the teen's case transferred to the juvenile system.

Amid a tide of Republican victories in Maryland, Kevin Kamenetz is one of the Baltimore region's blue survivors.

After nearly six months on the International Space Station, NASA astronaut and Cockeysville native Reid Wiseman returned to Earth Sunday night.

Dollar General will open in Cockeysville on Saturday.

Cockeysville native Reid Wiseman has spent the past five months sharing awe-inspiring views of Earth from more than 200 miles above, but in a recent tweet, he said he's ready for the opposite view — of the International Space Station, distant and zipping through the night sky.

The new public elementary school being built in the northwest area of Baltimore County is on track to open next fall for the 2015-2016 academic year. The school, so far unnamed, is being built for 700 students in grades pre-K through fifth.

The area's top-ranked boys soccer teams will meet in Sunday's Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship game.

The No. 1 McDonogh boys soccer team (19-0) will try to make history Sunday as it aims to repeat as Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference champions and complete the program's first perfect season.

Baltimore County voters will be asked to decide 10 local ballot questions in Tuesday's general election. Most allow the county to borrow money for construction projects, such as schools and parks. Scroll through the photos for a description of each question.

Spurred by a running race organizer's spray-painting of streets in West Towson, Baltimore County officials say will consider new administrative rules for races and parades.

The race for governor is in play this general election, something that often isn't the case in Maryland. With rare exception, the governor's race has been too often decided in the Democratic primary.

Residents near downtown Arbutus are concerned about an increasing number of stray cats they say has grown out of control in their community.

Baltimore County is hosting a hazardous household waste collection event on Sunday.

Activity teaches kids to collaborate and be confident

The community of Anneslie will on Nov. 19 officially unveil its very first sign — one that heralds the neighborhood's historic status.

Ceremony featured local politicians and Baltimore high school drill team

On Nov. 14, Immaculate Conception Church's Giving Tree team will meet in the church narthex to trim holiday trees with ornaments made by members of this parish team. Each ornament will bear a label listing a specific need submitted to the team by one of the 18 agencies contacted during the...

Towson's new Fractured Prune Doughnuts will open Wednesday.

Anne Beck has been a passionate swimmer since age 3. She's so comfortable in a pool her father calls her a "water rat." She swims in two qualifying meets and the Maryland state tournament every year.

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A jury found a University of Pittsburgh neurological surgery professor guilty of first degree murder on Friday for the cyanide poisoning death of his physician wife, in what prosecutors described as a crime of jealousy.