Olney, MD
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Still Waiting: Chicken Salad Chick Nears Maryland Opening After Months Of Delays In Olney Still Waiting: Chicken Salad Chick Nears Maryland Opening After Months Of Delays In Olney Still Waiting: Chicken Salad Chick Nears Maryland Opening After Months Of Delays In Olney
Still Waiting: Chicken Salad Chick Nears Maryland Opening After Months Of Delays In Olney Maryland chicken salad lovers are still waiting for their first taste of a new Montgomery County restaurant after an unexpected power problem spoiled its long-awaited grand opening. Chicken Salad Chick, the Southern-style fast-casual chain specializing in more than a dozen varieties of chicken salad, is preparing to open at 18209 Village Center Drive in Olney after its planned Wednesday, Sept. 23 debut was postponed. The restaurant had been targeting mid-October following the setback, though an official opening date has yet to be announced. The latest delay came down to one essential i…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
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They Called Her 'Cray': DC Woman Learns Prison Fate For Violent Robbery Spree Across Region They Called Her 'Cray': DC Woman Learns Prison Fate For Violent Robbery Spree Across Region They Called Her 'Cray': DC Woman Learns Prison Fate For Violent Robbery Spree Across Region
They Called Her 'Cray': DC Woman Learns Prison Fate For Violent Robbery Spree Across Region Ashley Gause helped turn a string of armed robberies across Maryland and neighboring states into a $300,000 criminal enterprise, and now she's headed to federal prison. Gause, 33, of Washington, DC, was sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 13, to 140 months in prison for co-leading a crew that terrorized employees at more than a dozen pharmacies and cellphone stores across Maryland, Virginia, DC, and New Jersey. Known as "Cray," Gause helped orchestrate the robberies between May 2020 and May 2021, targeting businesses for prescription drugs and cellphones that could be resold in DC, according to fede…

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by Zak Failla
Hartford, CT
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Krispy Kreme Reveals Huge Northeast Expansion Plans Amid Financial Comeback Krispy Kreme Reveals Huge Northeast Expansion Plans Amid Financial Comeback Krispy Kreme Reveals Huge Northeast Expansion Plans Amid Financial Comeback
Krispy Kreme Reveals Huge Northeast Expansion Plans Amid Financial Comeback Krispy Kreme is baking up dozens of new restaurants across the New York City region as the doughnut chain works to recover from financial struggles. The Charlotte, North Carolina, company announced plans to open 33 new shops across the metropolitan area over the next five years in a news release on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The expansion will also include communities surrounding the city, including on Long Island and in New Jersey. Krispy Kreme signed a franchise development agreement with Original Entrepreneurs LLC, a longtime partner that already operates 12 Krispy Kreme shops.  "We lo…

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by Chris Spiker
Perryville-Port Deposit, MD
Obituaries
Perryville Dad Found Dead After NFL Trip To Be Honored: 'Once A Shark, Always A Shark' Perryville Dad Found Dead After NFL Trip To Be Honored: 'Once A Shark, Always A Shark' Perryville Dad Found Dead After NFL Trip To Be Honored: 'Once A Shark, Always A Shark'
Perryville Dad Found Dead After NFL Trip To Be Honored: 'Once A Shark, Always A Shark' The jersey will be retired, but No. 37 will still take the field for a Maryland football team mourning the death of one of its own after a trip to Cleveland ended in tragedy. The Maryland Sharks are retiring the jersey of Phoenix Phillips, a 24-year-old Perryville father whose body was recovered from the Cuyahoga River after he disappeared during a trip to Ohio to attend a Browns-Steelers football game. His teammates will wear patches bearing his number throughout the season, ensuring that Phillips remains part of the team every time the Sharks take the field. "As a team, we talk about bro…

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by Zak Failla
Bethesda, MD
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'It Can't Even See Us, Bro': Burglars Caught On Camera At Historic Bethesda Church (VIDEO) 'It Can't Even See Us, Bro': Burglars Caught On Camera At Historic Bethesda Church (VIDEO) 'It Can't Even See Us, Bro': Burglars Caught On Camera At Historic Bethesda Church (VIDEO)
'It Can't Even See Us, Bro': Burglars Caught On Camera At Historic Bethesda Church (Video) They knew they were doing something wrong. They did it anyway. Two jokers were caught on camera breaking into a historic Maryland church in a bizarre midday burglary in Montgomery County last month. In the video outside the Bethesda Meeting House, the pair acknowledged the surveillance camera watching their every move, even attempting to dislodge it while questioning each other about possibly being electrocuted. "Just put it down, bro; it can't even see us, bro, it's good," the second man can be heard from outside the frame as they fiddled with the door. The two then argued about the best …

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by Zak Failla
Frederick, MD
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Man Convicted Of Murder After Opening Fire On Pickup Carrying Six Near Mount Airy Man Convicted Of Murder After Opening Fire On Pickup Carrying Six Near Mount Airy Man Convicted Of Murder After Opening Fire On Pickup Carrying Six Near Mount Airy
Man Convicted Of Murder After Opening Fire On Pickup Carrying Six Near Mount Airy A fight at a Maryland fairgrounds ended with gunfire on a highway, leaving one man dead and five others in the line of fire. Now, more than a year later, a Howard County man has been convicted of murder and five counts of attempted murder in connection with the deadly shooting. Jeffrey Josue Diaz, 26, was found guilty following a jury trial in Frederick County Circuit Court stemming from the June 14, 2025, shooting that killed 20-year-old Eduardo Alexander Alvarado Urrea. According to prosecutors, the trouble began earlier that night at the Frederick County Fairgrounds, where Diaz got into…

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by Zak Failla
Rockville, MD
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WATCH: Roof Collapses As $11M In Designer Clothes, Boots Lost In Massive Seneca Farms Fire WATCH: Roof Collapses As $11M In Designer Clothes, Boots Lost In Massive Seneca Farms Fire WATCH: Roof Collapses As $11M In Designer Clothes, Boots Lost In Massive Seneca Farms Fire
Watch: Roof Collapses As $11M In Designer Clothes, Boots Lost In Massive Seneca Farms Fire An estimated $11 million worth of designer boots and clothing was caught up in a massive Maryland house fire that sent flames roaring through the roof, forced firefighters to retreat, and left a multimillion-dollar trail of destruction. The fire broke out around 4:25 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, in the 14600 block of Seneca Farm Lane in Montgomery County, where more than 65 firefighters battled an inferno that ultimately caused more than $12 million in damage. But it wasn't just the house that came with an eye-popping price tag. The fire in Montgomery County. Twitter/@mcfrsPIO Accord…

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by Zak Failla
Towson, MD
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Guinness To Pour Final Pint At Popular Maryland Brewery After Welcoming Millions Guinness To Pour Final Pint At Popular Maryland Brewery After Welcoming Millions Guinness To Pour Final Pint At Popular Maryland Brewery After Welcoming Millions
Guinness To Pour Final Pint At Popular Maryland Brewery After Welcoming Millions After more than eight years, millions of visitors, and hundreds of beers, a popular Maryland brewery is preparing to pour its final pint. Guinness Open Gate Brewery, located at 5001 Washington Blvd. in Halethorpe, will close to the public on Sunday, Nov. 1, ending a run that helped turn a historic Baltimore County distillery property into a destination for beer lovers. For Maryland beer enthusiasts, it marks the end of an experiment that brought one of Ireland's most recognizable brands to the heart of the American craft brewing scene. Guinness opened the Baltimore County brewery in 2018, …

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by Zak Failla
Southampton, NY
Weather
Monster Hurricane With 120 MPH Winds Nears US Coast: What Northeast Residents Should Expect Monster Hurricane With 120 MPH Winds Nears US Coast: What Northeast Residents Should Expect Monster Hurricane With 120 MPH Winds Nears US Coast: What Northeast Residents Should Expect
Monster Hurricane With 120 MPH Winds Nears US Coast: What Northeast Residents Should Expect A major hurricane is closing in on the US coast, and its influence could reach the Northeast long after landfall. Hurricane Isaias reached maximum sustained winds of 120 mph Friday, Oct. 9, becoming a Category 3 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 7:20 a.m. update. That figure measures sustained winds, not gusts. The latest projected track and timing for Hurricane Isaias, released Friday, Oct. 9, shows it approaching the Gulf Coast.  National Hurricane Center Landfall is expected near the Alabama-Florida Panhandle region late Friday or early Saturday, Oct. 1…

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by Joe Lombardi
Nottingham-Perry Hall, MD
Breaking News
Softball Coach From Nottingham Admits Sex Crimes Involving Teen Player He Met When She Was 8 Softball Coach From Nottingham Admits Sex Crimes Involving Teen Player He Met When She Was 8 Softball Coach From Nottingham Admits Sex Crimes Involving Teen Player He Met When She Was 8
Softball Coach From Nottingham Admits Sex Crimes Involving Teen Player He Met When She Was 8 He was supposed to be someone she could trust. Instead, a longtime Maryland softball coach has admitted to sexually exploiting a teenage player he first met when she was just 8 years old. Michael Joseph Pusateri, 59, of Nottingham, pleaded guilty in federal court in Baltimore this week to coercion and enticement of a minor, adding to a separate guilty plea in Baltimore County that already resulted in a 10-year prison sentence. Now, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. According to federal prosecutors, Pusateri groomed the girl through text messages between March and July 2025,…

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by Zak Failla
Towson, MD
Breaking News
Baltimore Woman Mistaken For Federal Witness, Murdered In Murder-For-Hire Plot: Feds Baltimore Woman Mistaken For Federal Witness, Murdered In Murder-For-Hire Plot: Feds Baltimore Woman Mistaken For Federal Witness, Murdered In Murder-For-Hire Plot: Feds
Baltimore Woman Mistaken For Federal Witness, Murdered In Murder-For-Hire Plot: Feds Latrina Ashburne wasn't supposed to die. The 41-year-old Maryland woman was shot outside her Baltimore home in May 2016 after being mistaken for her next-door neighbor, a federal witness targeted for murder by a man already behind bars. Now, more than a decade later, the man who arranged the killing has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Matthew Hightower, 44, of Baltimore, learned his fate on Thursday, Oct. 8, when US District Judge Stephanie Gallagher handed down the sentence for his role in the murder-for-hire plot that killed Ashburne instead of its intended target. The int…

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by Zak Failla
Catonsville, MD
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Vacation ATV Crash Strands Maryland Mom In Caribbean Vacation ATV Crash Strands Maryland Mom In Caribbean Vacation ATV Crash Strands Maryland Mom In Caribbean
Vacation ATV Crash Strands Maryland Mom In Caribbean A Caribbean getaway turned into a nightmare for a Maryland mother of three who is now unable to walk, hospitalized far from home, and desperate to get back to her children. Catonsville resident Erica Bryant was vacationing with family and friends in St. Maarten when she was seriously injured in an ATV crash that left her with multiple broken bones and other complications, according to a GoFundMe organized by her family. Now, instead of returning home with vacation memories, Bryant remains in a hospital bed overseas as her loved ones scramble to find a way to bring her back to the United Sta…

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by Zak Failla