Morning Roundup

Police arrested three suspects on Tuesday who they believed shot at officers and barricaded themselves in a home in northeast Baltimore. (WBAL 1090)

MEDIA ADVISORIES – BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT

A former Cecil County deputy is facing damning charges after terrorizing at least two women in separate cases involving “revenge porn”. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

Baltimore County police are investigating a shooting outside Towson High School Wednesday night after a juvenile walked into a local hospital. (WBAL)

Metro Crime Stoppers originally offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the murder of Rachel Morin. Now, the Harford County Sheriff’s Department is adding $8,000, increasing the reward to $10,000. Rachel Morin was found dead along the Ma & Pa Trail in Bel Air on August 6 and still no one in custody. (WMAR)

East Baltimore’s Greektown neighborhood saw a rash of burglaries early Tuesday. (WBFF)

A spike in carjackings across Baltimore City has some residents on edge. (WBAL)

Newly released FBI records paint a clearer picture of just how, Roy McGrath, the former top aide to then Governor Larry Hogan died in a shootout in Tennessee back in March. (Baltimore Banner)

The Ocean City Police Department has charged two individuals in connection to an armed robbery that occurred in June. (Maryland Coast Dispatch)

Black civil rights activists gathered at Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s home Wednesday morning to protest and focus attention on the case of a high-ranking Maryland State Police official who texted colleagues a vulgar, racist meme of George Floyd days after his murder and retired recently with benefits. (Washington Post)

Based on sanitation complaints, Baltimore has been dubbed the “Dirtiest City in America”. (WBFF)

Maryland U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen met with non-profit leaders from Brooklyn and Curtis Bay Wednesday morning to learn more about the communities’ challenges. (WYPR)

Charges were dropped in Annapolis Tuesday related to the April arrests of protesters who called for lawmakers to provide immigrant access to health care. (Baltimore Sun)

A Harris Teeter grocer store in Baltimore’s Locust Point neighborhood is reopening today after having been closed due to pest infestation. (WBAL 1090)

Maryland’s embattled superintendent of schools has been meeting one-on-one with General Assembly leaders involved in education policy in an attempt to repair strained relationships. (Washington Post)

Parents are speaking out against the Baltimore County School Board’s proposed plans to close the doors of Campfield Early Learning Center. (WJZ)

Baltimore City Public School System has hired a record number of new teachers, just days before the start of the school year. (Baltimore Sun)

Montgomery County is still hiring teachers with days to go before the start of the new school year. (WTOP)

Hundreds of high school parents are concerned over changes to some Baltimore County bus routes that will mean more students will have to walk to school this year. (WBAL)

The Howard County Public School System said it has come to an “amicable resolution” of contract issues raised in a lawsuit filed last fall — and later withdrawn — by owners of transportation companies that provide school bus service. (Baltimore Sun)

Starting in the fall of 2024, Coppin State will offer in-state tuition to full-time undergraduate students from more than 30 states and territories. (WJZ)

What started as a routine traffic stop on Wednesday morning led to a 34-year-old Anne Arundel County man finding himself behind bars for drug and weapon charges. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

Frontier Airlines announced they are adding daily flights to Tampa from BWI Airport. (Baltimore Business Journal)

Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail LLC is planning a $10 billion project to link Washington and Baltimore with a superconducting magnetic levitation rail system and claims it can claim land in Westport for the project under eminent domain. A trial was scheduled to start Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court over the matter but officials now say they hope to reach a settlement. (Baltimore Sun)

TODAY IN HISTORY – AUGUST 24

The first construction phase of the highly anticipated new office for the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office began last week. (Carroll County Times)

The Maryland State Fair begins this evening in Timonium. (MD State Fair)

A mosquito pool in Worcester County has tested positive for West Nile Virus. (WMDT)

What to know about the lethal strain of malaria contracted in Maryland. (Baltimore Banner)

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Two dingers from Anthony Santander and a solid pitching performance from Dean Kremer allowed the Orioles to cruise to a 7-0 shutout of the Toronto Blue Jays at Camden Yards last night. (Camden Chat)

PENNANT WATCH: The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Colorado Rockies at home last night to keep pace with the Orioles. (MLB)

Former Baltimore Blast general manager Gianni Tumminello was charged with six counts of theft in Baltimore County on Wednesday afternoon. (Baltimore Sun)

This weekend’s Navy-Notre Dame game in Dublin, Ireland, is attracting nearly 40,000 Americans for the game. (Baltimore Sun)

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With the Maryland State Fair beginning this weekend, let’s take a look back to the fair in the 1980’s….