Morning Roundup

A Harford County councilman is accusing the county executive of illegally spying on him.

“This unprecedented violation, along with a recent coordinated public attack is a clear and premeditated scheme to harass, silence and intimidate.”

Republican Councilmember Aaron Penman

Harford County Executive Robert Cassilly and Republican Councilmember Aaron Penman have a history of clashing with each other. (Maryland Matters)

More gun violence in Baltimore yesterday…

A fatal shooting incident occurred yesterday in Prince Frederick in Calvert County. One suspect is in custody. (Southern Maryland Chronicle)

Thirty days after the largest mass shooting in Baltimore, detectives are struggling to identify the killers. (WBFF)

Four teenagers were walking through Patterson Park in East Baltimore when someone shot at them and missed around 5:50 p.m. on Monday. (WJZ)

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a Maryland man near the Howard University campus last month. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

LATEST HEADLINES FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS…

State attorneys told a federal judge this week that Maryland’s corrections department won’t meet the court’s December 2024 deadline to fix health care and mental health in Baltimore jails. (Baltimore Banner)

A Baltimore man has been convicted on all counts for the murders of his girlfriend, her 3-year-old daughter, and his girlfriend’s unborn child. (WBAL 1090)

Communities came together for National Night Out on Tuesday night. Governor Wes Moore attended the event in New Carrollton. (WTOP)

Police in Anne Arundel County made a big bust after tracking down a ski mask-wearing burglar who kicked in a woman’s door. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

A car accident in Baltimore County last night left several people injured…

Four mosquito traps set out by the Maryland Department of Agriculture tested positive for West Nile Virus in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s Counties. (WYPR)

The director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs in Baltimore, has filed a complaint alleging that she was discriminated against this past May by the Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health at Johns Hopkins Medicine. (Baltimore Banner)

You didn’t win the MegaMillions jackpot last night. No one did…

A Maryland woman conceived via sperm donation set out to learn about half-siblings she may have had. She soon found out she has 65 siblings. (Delmarva Now)

The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved two grants. One is a $1 million grant agreement with the Water’s Edge Museum in Oxford and the other is a $100,000 capital grant for the Harriet Tubman Pavilion in Dorchester County. (Dorchester Star)

The Baltimore County Council will vote soon on the current 2030 Master Plan proposal, which maps the county’s growth and development framework for the next decade. (Baltimore Sun)

Robbers used sophisticated equipment to dismantle an ATM machine and take its money…

A three-year-old child died over the weekend in an apparent drowning in Caroline County. (WBOC)

Anne Arundel County officials have rejected a plan to build a hotel along the South River. (Baltimore Sun)

Annapolis City Council is giving first responders a tax incentive to live and work in Maryland’s capital. (Baltimore Sun)

A planned one-day trial for a former Carroll County school bus driver who crashed a school bus last September near Liberty High School was canceled Tuesday after the defendant requested a jury trial instead. (Baltimore Sun)

More Marylanders died on the roads in 2022 than in 2019 despite people driving less, and distracted driving was one major cause, a new study found. (Baltimore Banner)

On Tuesday, city officials in Bowie released fresh photos of the missing bovine who have been wandering around town for several days. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

TODAY IN HISTORY: AUGUST 2…

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Another Orange Crush, please…

The Orioles’ bats were alive in Toronto last night with three runs in the seventh inning and four more in the eighth as they cruised to a 13-3 win over the Blue Jays. Anthony Santander hit a grand slam. (Camden Chat)

Minutes before Tuesday’s MLB trade deadline, Baltimore acquired right-hander Jack Flaherty, a pending free agent, from the St. Louis Cardinals. (Baltimore Sun)

Salisbury’s semi-pro men’s indoor soccer team has been officially named the “Salisbury Steaks.” (WRDE)

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore predicted that the Washington Commanders would keep the team’s stadium in Landover and said using public cash to build it will be part of ongoing negotiations with the team’s new leadership. (Washington Post)

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