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Winning $1M, $50K Powerball Tickets Sold To Maryland Lottery Players; Jackpot Climbs To $1.23B Winning $1M, $50K Powerball Tickets Sold To Maryland Lottery Players; Jackpot Climbs To $1.23B
Winning $1M, $50K Powerball Tickets Sold To Maryland Lottery Players; Jackpot Climbs To $1.23B Maryland continues to be the place to be for Lottery players after another player won a $1 million Powerball prize in the latest drawing. A winning ticket worth seven figures was sold at Royal Farms on Montevideo Road in Jessup (Howard County), while the Powerball Double Play drawing produced a $50,000 winning ticket that was sold at Oak Street Station Oceanic on North Howard Street in Baltimore. The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, April 3 were: 11-38-41-62-65 with a "Powerball" number of 15. The big winner matched the first five numbers, but missed out on the Power…

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Severe Thunderstorms, Isolated Flooding Possible In Parts Of DMV Region, Forecasters Warn Severe Thunderstorms, Isolated Flooding Possible In Parts Of DMV Region, Forecasters Warn
Severe Thunderstorms, Isolated Flooding Possible In Parts Of DMV Region, Forecasters Warn If April showers really do bring May flowers, next month is going to be bountiful in the DMV region. The calendar flipped from March to April on Monday, bringing storms and whipping winds that are expected to last through the beginning of the week. A little sliver of sunshine on the horizon as we round out the weekend on a quiet note. The new workweek looks active with rain chances returning tonight into Monday and the risk for severe weather midweek. More at https://t.co/5RyZgpfrqr. #MDwx #VAwx #WVwx #DCwx pic.twitter.com/wrz04xgr3P — NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) April 1, 20…

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Jackpot-Winning 'Multi-Match' Lottery Ticket Worth $2.1M Sold At Maryland Food Store Jackpot-Winning 'Multi-Match' Lottery Ticket Worth $2.1M Sold At Maryland Food Store
Jackpot-Winning 'Multi-Match' Lottery Ticket Worth $2.1M Sold At Maryland Food Store Maryland Lottery officials are on the lookout for a lucky lotto player who hit the "Multi-Match" jackpot and is sitting on a golden ticket worth more than two million dollars. A winning $2.1 million ticket was sold to a shopper at Klein's ShopRite on Riverside Parkway in Belcamp for the Monday, March 25 drawing, though no winner has come forward a day later. The winning numbers for Monday's drawing were: 08-15-18-30-36-38.  Moving forward the winner can choose between the annuity, paid in 25 equal installments, or an estimated $1.24 million cash option. There was a second big wi…

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Business
Winning $20K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station Winning $20K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station
Winning $20K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station Check your tickets!  No one hit the "Mega Millions" jackpot on Tuesday night, but one lucky Maryland Lottery player is sitting on a ticket worth $20,000 on a ticket bought in Wicomico County. Eagle Express Mart on North Camden Avenue in Fruitland sold the golden ticket, which was unclaimed as of Wednesday afternoon, according to Lottery officials. The winning numbers were 24-46-49-62-66; the 'Mega Ball' was 7 and the 'Megaplier' was X2. In all, Maryland had 49,654 winners of prizes ranging from $2 to $20,000 in the Tuesday, March 19 drawing.  With no jackpot-winning ticket…

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Police & Fire
Horses Killed, Trooper Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Maryland Crash On I-70: State Police Horses Killed, Trooper Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Maryland Crash On I-70: State Police
Horses Killed, Trooper Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Maryland Crash On I-70: State Police Two horses are dead and a Maryland State Police trooper was hospitalized when his cruiser was struck by a driver on I-70 during a strange scene in Frederick County on Friday morning. An investigation has been launched into a multi-vehicle crash involving horses and trooper shortly before 3 a.m. in New Market on March 15, officials say. Maryland State Police troopers responded to the westbound lanes of the interstate, near mile marker 62, where there were multiple reports of horses that had escaped from their enclosures and wandered onto I-70.  Police say that the horses were struck by…

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News
Teen Rapper 'Baby K' Admits To Failed School Bus Attack In Maryland: State's Attorney Teen Rapper 'Baby K' Admits To Failed School Bus Attack In Maryland: State's Attorney
Teen Rapper 'Baby K' Admits To Failed School Bus Attack In Maryland: State's Attorney Kaedon Holland - also known as drill rapper "Baby K" - has admitted to the premeditated school bus attack that took Prince George's County by storm, State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced on Thursday. The 16-year-old pleaded guilty on March 14 to murder and weapons charges following the botched attack on another teenager when his gun malfunctioned on the bus as he sought to kill him. In May 2023, Holland and two other teens "stormed onto a school bus and attacked a student," prosecutors said.  Holland then pointed a gun at the teen and pulled the trigger three times, though it malf…

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Lifestyle
Maryland Son Brings Home $250K Lottery Jackpot For Mom Maryland Son Brings Home $250K Lottery Jackpot For Mom
Maryland Son Brings Home $250K Lottery Jackpot For Mom A Maryland resident who stopped to pick up scratch-offs after running errands last weekend ended up with a $250,000 winning ticket for his mother. The Montgomery County son stopped for gas at Casa Blanca Sunoco on Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring on Sunday, March 10 and picked up five of the $10 $250,000 Cash Winfall games due to his sister’s recent $500 win. He then took the tickets home for his mother, who didn’t get around to playing them until the following day. “She was on the phone and scratching the games,” the winner’s son, a Silver Spring resident, told lottery officia…

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Lifestyle
Texas Woman Returns Home To Maryland, Wins $50K Playing Lottery Scratcher Texas Woman Returns Home To Maryland, Wins $50K Playing Lottery Scratcher
Texas Woman Returns Home To Maryland, Wins $50K Playing Lottery Scratcher A woman who moved back to her Baltimore hometown from Texas was rewarded with a $50,000 lottery scratch-off win. The woman, a healthcare worker anonymously dubbed ’Texas Woman,’ purchased a 50X The Cash scratch-off at Govans Marathon at 5101 York Road in Baltimore. She'd recently moved back from Texas, where her best lottery win was just $500. The woman stopped by the store to cash in a winning crossword scratcher and ended up purchasing the second-tier prizewinning ticket for $10 alongside a Loteria for $3, she tells officials. After taking the tickets home and scratching $50,00…

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News
Mother Who Dunked Children In Bath, Locked Them Out Of Maryland Apartment Gets Prison Time Mother Who Dunked Children In Bath, Locked Them Out Of Maryland Apartment Gets Prison Time
Mother Who Dunked Children In Bath, Locked Them Out Of Maryland Apartment Gets Prison Time The Charles County mother who violently abused her two young children before her fiancé alerted the authorities will have years behind bars to consider her actions. On Friday, Charles County State's Attorney Tony Covington announced that Waldorf resident Janae Elizabeth Bishop, 32, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison with all but 10 years suspended after pleading guilty to multiple counts of child abuse last summer. In February 2022, officials say that Bishop’s fiancé reported to officers that he witnessed and recorded Bishop assault the children, ages 5 and 3 years at the ti…

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Police & Fire
Vehicles Being Repaired In Maryland Building Destroyed By Blaze: Fire Marshal Vehicles Being Repaired In Maryland Building Destroyed By Blaze: Fire Marshal
Vehicles Being Repaired In Maryland Building Destroyed By Blaze: Fire Marshal No additional repairs will be required for several vehicles that were destroyed when a blaze broke out in a Waldorf garage. The Maryland Fire Marshal believes the flames that tore through an outbuilding on Old Washington Road in Waldorf were accidental in nature, but still caused thousands in damages and turned three vehicles and the structure into a smoldering wreck. It took more than four dozen members of the Waldorf Volunter Fire Department and nearby agencies approximately 20 minutes to get the fire under control, but the damage had already been done. According to investigators, the bu…

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Schools
Social Media Threat Targeting Maryland High School Unfounded, Sheriff Says Social Media Threat Targeting Maryland High School Unfounded, Sheriff Says
Social Media Threat Targeting Maryland High School Unfounded, Sheriff Says Some school officials in Calvert County got a scare on Monday, though a threat targeting Huntingtown High School was ultimately unfounded, according to the sheriff's office. There was an increased police presence at the school on Tuesday, following an investigation launched on March 4 after administrators advised law enforcement of a social media post from an unknown sender that included a threatening message regarding the school.  According to investigators, the message was, in fact, a reposted screenshot from an event that occurred in Virginia two weeks earlier, wherein an arres…

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News
Hiker Injured After Falling On Montgomery County Trail Hiker Injured After Falling On Montgomery County Trail
Hiker Injured After Falling On Montgomery County Trail One person was injured after taking a fall while hiking along a Montgomery County trail on Sunday afternoon. A hiker was enjoying the weather at around 1 p.m. on March 1, when they took a fall on Billy Goat Trail A, prompting a call to Montgomery County Fire and EMS personnel. (~1p) @COcanalNPS Billy Goat Trail A, adult injured person from fall, IAO TM2/traverse, @mcfrs SW730, SW730B, SW710B, SW710, A710, PE720, ALS710, E752, UTV711, EAGLE, BC702, UT730, UT752 responding pic.twitter.com/E0qRqsTlA5 — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 3, 2024 According to a spokesperson for the agency, one…

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