Bensalem, PA
Business
Rita's Challenges Classic Fall Flavors With Newest Dessert Rita's Challenges Classic Fall Flavors With Newest Dessert
Rita's Challenges Classic Fall Flavors With Newest Dessert A popular Italian ice chain is taking on seasonal favorites like the Pumpkin Spice Latte with a new fall treat. Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard is selling a limited-time dessert called Apple Butter Concrete. The eastern Pennsylvania company announced the new flavor in a news release on Monday, Aug. 25. The treat blends vanilla frozen custard with apple butter, vanilla wafers, and gooey apple pie filling. Rita's said the combination creates "an unforgettable new Concrete that captures the warmth and coziness guests look forward to" in the fall. Rita's is also bringing back its …

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by Chris Spiker
Poolesville, MD
Police & Fire
Poolesville Man Who Stole Veteran’s Truck, Missing Dog Pleads Guilty In PA: DA Poolesville Man Who Stole Veteran’s Truck, Missing Dog Pleads Guilty In PA: DA
Poolesville Man Who Stole Veteran’s Truck, Missing Dog Pleads Guilty In PA: DA A Maryland man who stole a veteran's truck — with an ironically-named dog still inside — has copped to the crime in Pennsylvania, the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office announced. Kenneth Crider, of Poolesville, pleaded guilty to a host of charges in connection with an incident in September 2024 outside a Tractor Supply in East Huntingdon Township. Specifically, Crider pleaded guilty to robbery, theft, receiving stolen property, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, and flight to avoid apprehension on Monday, Aug. 25. According to Pennsylvania State Police, the victim told…

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by Zak Failla
Westminster, MD
Police & Fire
Man Who Violently Assaulted Westminster Clerk On Valentine's Day Gets More Prison Time Man Who Violently Assaulted Westminster Clerk On Valentine's Day Gets More Prison Time
Man Who Violently Assaulted Westminster Clerk On Valentine's Day Gets More Prison Time There was no love in the air during a violent Valentine's Day assault in Maryland that left a store clerk bloodied and landed a man behind bars. Nathaniel Eckard, 26, of Woodbine, will spend a decade in prison after storming into a Westminster Penny Mart on Feb. 14 and going after an employee during a holiday attack. Masked up, prosecutors say he demanded the clerk empty the register. But instead of walking away with money, prosecutors say, he punched the clerk in the face and body — then ran off empty-handed. At the time of the attack, Eckard was on probation for a previous conviction on …

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by Zak Failla
Towson, MD
Politics
Kilmar Abrego Garcia Re-Arrested In Maryland, ICE Moves To Deport Him To Uganda Kilmar Abrego Garcia Re-Arrested In Maryland, ICE Moves To Deport Him To Uganda
Kilmar Abrego Garcia Re-Arrested In Maryland, ICE Moves To Deport Him To Uganda Maryland native Kilmar Abrego Garcia was arrested, taken into custody, and again faces deportation following a planned meeting with ICE on Monday. Abrego Garcia, who was reunited with his family over the weekend, months after he was mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran detention facility, is again fighting for his right to stay in the country following his latest detention. HSI Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that Abrego Garcia was arrested again in Maryland and is being processed for deportation, reportedly to Uganda, where he has no ties, and does not speak the language. Today, ICE law…

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by Zak Failla
Reston, VA
News
Maryland Probes Rare Flesh-Eating Parasite New World Screwworm Case Maryland Probes Rare Flesh-Eating Parasite New World Screwworm Case
Maryland Probes Rare Flesh-Eating Parasite New World Screwworm Case A notorious flesh-eating parasite has been detected in a US patient for the first time in decades, health officials say. Maryland health authorities and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating a travel-associated infection in a person who recently arrived from El Salvador, according to a Department of Health and Human Services spokesman cited by The Washington Post on Monday, Aug. 25.  Officials said the diagnosis was confirmed earlier this month and emphasized there is no sign the organism is spreading locally. The parasite, known as the New World screw…

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by Joe Lombardi
Hagerstown, MD
Police & Fire
Maryland Minor Torches Truck After Cascade Car Break-Ins — Released To Parents: Fire Marshal Maryland Minor Torches Truck After Cascade Car Break-Ins — Released To Parents: Fire Marshal
Maryland Minor Torches Truck After Cascade Car Break-Ins — Released To Parents: Fire Marshal A Maryland kid broke into multiple vehicles, torched a pickup truck, got caught on video, and was still sent home to his guardians, investigators said. The Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office says the juvenile suspect was caught on camera in Cascade breaking into cars and setting a Ford F-350 ablaze on Saturday, Aug. 23. The fire broke out around 2:45 p.m. on Lake Wastler Drive.  Thirty firefighters from the Smithsburg Community Volunteer Fire Company rushed to the scene and had the blaze under control within minutes, but not before the 1995 Ford F-350 racked up an estimated $7,500 i…

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by Zak Failla
Towson, MD
Politics
‘President Bone Spurs’: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Torches Trump In Ugly Social Media War ‘President Bone Spurs’: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Torches Trump In Ugly Social Media War
‘President Bone Spurs’: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Torches Trump In Ugly Social Media War Maryland Gov. Wes Moore went toe-to-toe with President Donald Trump on Sunday in a no-holds-barred online slugfest that saw threats, nicknames, and Baltimore dragged into the middle of the fight. Days after Moore told the president to "keep our name out of your mouth," and invited the 79-year-old Trump to take a walk through Baltimore, the two were again at each others' virtual throats. "Governor Wes Moore of Maryland has asked, in a rather nasty and provocative tone, that I 'walk the streets of Maryland' with him," Trump posted on Truth Social.  "I assume he is talking about out-of-c…

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by Zak Failla
Newark, NJ
Business
NJ Spends Least On Hair Care In Nation, New Study Finds NJ Spends Least On Hair Care In Nation, New Study Finds
NJ Spends Least On Hair Care In Nation, New Study Finds The rising cost of a haircut is hitting wallets harder in some Northeast states than others, according to a new study. WalletHub released its 2025 list of States Where People Spend the Most & Least on Hair Care on Wednesday, Aug. 20. The personal finance website compared the average price of men's barbershop visits and women's salon services in all 50 states to median household incomes. The study found Pennsylvanians spend about 1.42% of their income on hair care, ranking 11th nationwide. New York followed close behind at 17th (1.34%), while Massachusetts placed 20th (1.31%). …

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by Chris Spiker
Aberdeen, MD
Politics
Maryland Dad Wrongly Deported To El Salvador Now Facing Removal To Uganda Maryland Dad Wrongly Deported To El Salvador Now Facing Removal To Uganda
Maryland Dad Wrongly Deported To El Salvador Now Facing Removal To Uganda Kilmar Abrego Garcia's stay back in Maryland — and the United States — may be short-lived. The Maryland father of three was released from custody in Tennessee and ordered back home to his family months after he was deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison due to "an administrative error." Abrego Garcia, an alleged former MS-13 gang member, is now likely to be deported to Uganda, according to reports, after he refused to plead guilty to human smuggling charges, which would have allowed him to serve his time in Costa Rica.  "The government informed Mr. Abrego that he has until first th…

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by Zak Failla
Hartford, CT
Business
CT Ranks Among Nation's Worst Tippers, Study Finds: Here's Why CT Ranks Among Nation's Worst Tippers, Study Finds: Here's Why
CT Ranks Among Nation's Worst Tippers, Study Finds: Here's Why Residents across the Northeast are earning high incomes but leaving some of the nation's lowest tips, according to a new study. Payment processing company BLogic Systems released a list of the 10 worst states for tipping. The analysis looked at average tip percentages, waitstaff wages, and public attitudes toward gratuities, combining them into a "Generosity Index." Connecticut landed third-worst nationwide, with an average tip of 19.8% and a Generosity Index score of 25.1 out of 100. The Constitution State's average income is $78,820, yet 92.4% of residents reported "tipping fati…

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by Chris Spiker
Bel Air, MD
Politics
Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From Custody In Tennessee After Deportation Outrage In Maryland Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From Custody In Tennessee After Deportation Outrage In Maryland
Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From Custody In Tennessee After Deportation Outrage In Maryland "Maryland Man" Kilmar Abrego Garcia has reportedly been released from custody in Tennessee and is heading home months after his detention and deportation made national headlines. The alleged former MS-13 gang member was freed from the Putnam County Jail and is on his way back to Maryland to reunite with his family, according to multiple reports. "Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free," his lawyer, Sean Hecker, said in a statement. "He is presently en route to his family in Maryland, after being unlawfully arrested and deported, and then imprisoned, all because of the government’s vindictive a…

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by Zak Failla
Elkridge, MD
Police & Fire
Elkridge Grocery Store Shooting: Security Guard Opens Fire During Altercation, Police Say Elkridge Grocery Store Shooting: Security Guard Opens Fire During Altercation, Police Say
Elkridge Grocery Store Shooting: Security Guard Opens Fire During Altercation, Police Say Shoppers at a Maryland grocery store were had to duck for cover when a fight between security guards and a man ended in gunfire, police said. Howard County police are investigating a shooting that broke out during a midday altercation outside an Elkridge store on Friday afternoon. The incident was reported around 12:40 p.m. on Aug. 22, outside the Green Valley Marketplace on the 7200 block of Montgomery Road, police said. Investigators believe a fight erupted between an armed security guard and a man, during which, one security guard suffered a head injury. A second guard then pulled his …

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by Zak Failla