Calvert County deputies are investigating a death at the Rod 'N' Reel Resort in Chesapeake Beach. Authorities say an autopsy is pending and prosecutors will review findings.

An 18-year-old named Matthew Garcia died in a car crash in Wicomico County; two passengers were injured. Speeding may have contributed to the accident.

A 36-year-old man was shot during a Baltimore robbery; suspect Preston Freeman, 31, was arrested for attempted murder. The victim is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

An Amazon driver rescued an 84-year-old woman and her pets from a burning house in Harford County, with improperly discarded wood stove ashes cited as the fire's cause.

Baltimore spinout CraniUS raised $20M to push NeuroPASS, a skull‑embedded implant that delivers drugs directly into the brain, from large‑animal studies toward clinical planning. The round includes state support and aims to fund manufacturing and regulatory work.

A whiteboard seized from a Cambodian compound spells out a step‑by‑step romance‑scam playbook, and federal agents are warning online daters as a new awareness campaign launches. The notes show how targets were chosen, groomed and pushed to fake trading sites.

TABCO warns Baltimore County’s FY27 budget could cut 595 positions and raise class sizes to 25 students, and union leaders pressed the county executive at a Parkville town hall. The district says the proposal preserves salary commitments while trimming new spending.

Howard County Public Schools canceled after‑school activities at Atholton, Guilford Park and Hammond while SROs and police investigated a rumor; officials called the move precautionary.

Divers extricated three people after a car crashed into a pond on South Division Street; two were airlifted to Shock Trauma in Baltimore.

A 17‑year‑old charged in a March Pulaski Highway killing asked the court to set a five‑day trial in June while prosecutors reportedly offered a lengthy plea. Court will reconvene Feb. 13 to sort scheduling.

A Baltimore man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison after a DEA probe tied him to a stash house and kilo‑level cocaine seizures.

Gov. Wes Moore used Wednesday’s State of the State to unveil a $70.8B budget and a package of bills on housing, education, public safety and AI.

Janitors who clean downtown state offices rallied Wednesday, accusing contractor CVVY Enterprises of underpaying, withholding pay and prompting a state probe.