Baltimore County News

Are you considering buying a home in Towson? Well, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development's Maryland Mortgage Program is offering a 2.875 percent interest rate for qualified first-time buyers and buyers in targeted parts of Baltimore County as an incentive to do so.

A 26-year-old man has been charged with reaching under a bathroom stall at a Harborplace pavilion and photographing or videotaping a teenage girl, according to Baltimore police.

Baltimore County police have officially downgraded a report of an armed robbery outside White Marsh Mall from earlier this month.

Authorities at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, say they have completed a search for a man said to have a gun on campus and that the weapon has been recovered from the person's vehicle.

Police with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, said Thursday afternoon that they are still investigating reports of a gunman on the campus in Catonsville, but they believe the man is no longer there.

Three Annapolis High School students and a science teacher were among those recently honored for their accomplishments.

Maryland lawmakers will review the impact of a ruling by the state's highest court that concluded pit bulls are an inherently dangerous breed and consider legislation in response, the presiding officers of the Maryland General Assembly announced Wednesday.

Police in Baltimore County say they need your help to find a man who stabbed another man to death then set the body on fire.

Looking to borrow a copy of the erotic thriller, Fifty Shades of Grey , the book at the top of the New York Times Best Seller List? Expect a long, long wait for the book at most Maryland area libraries.

Lawyers for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky argued to have the trial delayed Wednesday, but a judge ruled it will start June 5. The audit raises concerns about the security of the Maryland Lottery's computer network.

Police said they are investigating a reported sexual assault that may have occurred late Tuesday night in the Gunpowder Falls State Park .

A U.S. university professor has been appointed director of the International Tracing Service's Holocaust-era archive in the German town of Bad Arolsen.

Take Perry Hall Patch's poll to share how you plan to vote on the issue: POLL: How Will Perry Hall Vote on Same-Sex Marriage? Opponents of same-sex marriage on Tuesday said they turned in more than enough signatures to take the issue to a referendum in November.

Police are seeking the public's help in finding 32 year old Lennell Earl Ellis of Rosedale who is wanted for killing a man who was later found in a burning truck.

Four Pikesville teenagers were arrested in connection with an armed robbery of a Pizza Boli driver near their homes on May 25.

The 7-Eleven where a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket was sold in March was the target of armed robbery last week.

Beginning Wednesday, truckers and other motorists will be allowed to park along Brooks Robinson Drive in Pikesville for only 24 hours-half the time previously allowed.

Baltimore County has established a committee to look at ways the expansion of the Port of Baltimore can create jobs.

Baltimore County police are looking for a man wanted in the death of a man whose body was found in a burning work truck in Essex.

A new element was added to the smell the next day, as hundreds of dead fish floated to the surface of the creek.