A bottle of crystallized picric acid, a Class A explosive, sat inside John K. King Books before an employee's chemistry background saved the day.

Kahlani Hunter, known as “Connie,” loves long walks and may have wandered toward a New Tampa movie theater, volunteers say.

The city says Cottage Grove smokestack emissions poisoned five of its six drinking wells with forever chemicals.

A 22-year-old already barred from owning guns was found armed with a drum-magazine firearm, IMPD says, leading to a search that turned up two more weapons.

Will Nave, 15, underwent brain surgery after a Saturday night golf cart crash — while his mother fights stage 4 lung cancer.

An early-morning blaze on Alverstone Road left two people hospitalized in stable condition, though the cause remains unknown.

Wayne Conforti Jr. was crossing near a lit intersection when a westbound pickup struck him early Sunday.

Nine motorcyclists and four pedestrians were among the dead as Maryland's 2026 death toll climbed to 279 by Monday.

A first-floor blaze on Oakdale Road spread into walls and the attic, cutting power to 16 units and causing roughly $1 million in damage.

A two-vehicle wreck near Ramal Road forced CHP to shut both directions of the Carneros Highway Sunday evening.

Colton Cranford allegedly offered $2,000 per child at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, prosecutors say. He now faces up to seven years under a law that took effect just days earlier.

Wayne Anderson allegedly cleared trees and dumped soil near protected wetlands, and daily fines have piled up since May 2024.

Four people were hurt when a van struck a Philadelphia police cruiser and three other vehicles at 28th and Girard early Monday.