Cockeysville News

When Michael A. Jacoby entered a Baltimore County courtroom last month to be sentenced for killing 20-year-old Jessica Vetter in an accident while driving drunk on York Road last year, the victim's father says ...

A firefighter responding to a blaze at the McCormick & Co. spice mill in Hunt Valley was injured last night and flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

F uji San is an agreeable, little, 10-table Thai restaurant. It doesn't give much in the way of ambience and, in return, it doesn't ask much of its customers.

There is a sinkhole/water main break at the intersection of Ridge and York in Cockeysville.

Marty Lurz, precinct commander, and Lt. Bob McGraw, assistant commander. A discussion on how to prevent deception burglaries also will be shown, and a segment will alert residents to neighborhood crime trends ...

And you're thinking, "This is news?" Well, yes, because the cop doing the chasing was none other than Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III .

Baltimore County will hold its Grandparents and Grandchildren Summer Camp program from Monday to Aug.

Port Deposit police say the brakes failed on a tractor-trailer hauling about 27,000 pounds of produce on a steep road and the truck plunged into the Susquehanna River.

If you've been noticing a heavier police presence on major highways in Baltimore County, it's no accident.

As part of a pilot project being watched by state and federal officials, the county Police Department is stepping up enforcement of traffic laws in corridors with high rates of crime and crashes.

Since March, the county has increased patrols in six such corridors - Liberty Road, Baltimore National Pike (U.S. 40 west), Reisterstown Road, York Road, Eastern Avenue and Bel Air Road (U.S. 1 north). The Crash/Crime Corridor Program is part of a broader effort to crack down on aggressive drivers.

W hen Mark Henry retired as executive chef of the Oregon Grille in Cockeysville a few months ago, it felt something like the end of an era for those who follow the local dining scene. That's impressive considering that for the past 11 years he's headed the kitchen of a restaurant best known for its steaks, chops and traditional Maryland seafood.

Henry, who opened the Oregon Grille and, before that, was known for his imaginative cuisine at places like the Milton Inn, worked with his successor, Stefan Sabo, for continuity's sake; but that doesn't mean there won't be changes now that someone else is in charge. Any chef worth his toque would, of course, want to put his own imprint on the food.

Granite resident Hazel S. Moore was disappointed to find out the recycling drop-off center in Randallstown was closing.

Dumpsters behind businesses at Liberty Plaza shopping center have become a site for illegal dumping.

BALTIMORE - "They locked me up," James Riffin declares, when reached by phone on June 26.

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that Patrick R. Sisk, 51, of Waterbird Court in Cockeysville, was sentenced in Baltimore County Circuit Court to five years in jail, all suspended, and one ...

Ocean City police said they received seven reports Tuesday of air bags being stolen from cars.

History dictates Frank M. Kratovil Jr. doesn't stand a chance in Maryland's 1st Congressional District.

The Maryland attorney general's office said a former Cockeysville contractor has been given a five-year suspended sentence for his role in a corruption scheme at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County .

The county Department of Recreation and Parks and Police Athletic League will hold an extended-hours program for teenagers this summer.From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays Monday to Aug.

J ohn Guthmann , in Cockeysville , noticed that the summer solstice this year fell on June 20.

It's one thing to complain about high gasoline prices, it's another to do something about it. Many people feel their jobs are too far away for them to ride there on a bicycle, but one biker thinks otherwise.

Mike Schuh reports the distance to work for one city man is the exact national average for the length of a commute to work: 19 miles.

If driving to work seems like your only option, talk to Jason Glitz. Glitz has been riding his bike to work to cut down on high gas prices, while the rest of us suffer in our seats.