York Road

Emergency roadwork has closed the two southbound lanes of York Road between Greenmeadow Drive and Timonium Road in Lutherville-Timonium. Traffic is being routed through the center lane.

A woman in her 70s was badly injured when she fell out of a moving antique pickup truck in Baltimore County Sunday morning near the Pennsylvania border, police said. Details of how the woman fell out of the 1949 black Chevrolet pickup were not available, and Baltimore County police were investigating the matter but it has not been determined whether charges will be filed, Lt. Rob McCullough, a police spokesman, said. The woman was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center as a precaution, but her condition was stable and she was able to answer questions from detectives, McCullough said.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. Cockeysville Coins were stolen from laundry room machines at three Cockeysville apartment complexes Dec. 10 and Dec. 12 in the 500 block of Lake Vista Circle, unit block of Breezy Tree Court and unit block of Breezy Branch Court. Nutmeg Knoll Court, unit block, between June 18 and Dec. 18 at 10:41 a.m. Christmas decorations, DVDs, VHS tapes and food processor stolen from storage shed after lock was broken.

Baltimore County would add classrooms for thousands of students under a budget proposal unveiled Monday by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz - a plan advocates hope signals a commitment to solve the overcrowding that has plagued the school system. "There's an acknowledgment of the number of seats needed, and there seems to be the will to fund the additional seats," said Yara Cheikh, president of the PTA at Hampton Elementary School in Towson, the county's most overcrowded school. Kamenetz's proposal includes a $2.8 billion operating budget and a $339 million capital budget.

A southbound lane along part of York Road in Cockeysville is closed after a water main break affected traffic in Cockeysville for the second time this week. The break occurred in the early morning hours Saturday, shutting down the road between Beaver Run Lane and Railroad Avenue. York Road was shut down earlier this week after a water main break. erica.green@baltsun.com .

As of 9 a.m. Monday, traffic was slow on I-695 inner loop at York Road, due to an accident. Accidents were slowing traffic at Perry Hall Road and White Marsh Boulevard in Baltimore County, Orems Road and Compass Road in Baltimore County, and Rossville Boulevard at Pulaski Highway in Baltimore County. Utility repair work is disrupting traffic on Route 140 at Rosewood Lane in Baltimore County. Downed wires are blocking traffic at Route 7 and Old Mountain Road in Harford County.

The PNC Bank in the 6300 block of York Road was robbed at 2:15 p.m. April 13 by man who implied that he had a gun. Police reports say the man passed note to teller and left with undetermined amount of currency. In addition to this incident, the following were compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. Cockeysville Old Providence Way, 10000 block, between 9 a.m. and 11:15 p.m. April 14. DVDs, CDs, video game system and games, cash and jewelry stolen.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. Cockeysville York Road at Gibbons Boulevard, 5:32 p.m. Oct. 22. A man between ages 40 and 50, with short black hair, driving a late model gold Jeep SUV with tinted rear windows, followed a car on York Road in Cockeysville and pulled up next to it at Gibbons Boulevard. The Jeep driver fired a shot at the car's driver.

A 24 year-old adult male was shot Sunday night in the 4700 block of York Road, according to the Baltimore City police department. According to the police report, officers received a call about the shooting at around 9:20 p.m. They arrived to find a man with gunshot wounds to the left arm and left leg. The man, whose identity has not been released, was transported to an area hospital. Police officers are continuing to investigate.

As of 9 a.m., traffic was slow on the inner loop of the Baltimore Beltway at York Road, due to a collision involving four vehicles. Traffic was slow on northbound I-95 near Washington Boulevard in Baltimore City; northbound Route 10 at the Baltimore Beltway in Anne Arundel County, First Avenue at Melrose Avenue in Anne Arundel County; Conowingo Road at Dublin Road in Darlington; westbound Route 100 at Oakwood Road in Howard County; and on the...

Police swarmed Towson University Friday after a report of gunfire on campus, but university officials soon said the report appeared to be false. A Baltimore County 911 call center received the report of a shooting in the 8000 block of York Road shortly after noon, a police spokeswoman said. At 12:19 p.m., the university tweeted about an "Unverified Report of Shooting" and advised students to "Shelter in place. " Officers converged on the university's Glen Garage on Cross Campus Drive near York Road, university spokeswoman Gay Pinder said, but no signs of a shooting were found.

Children's birthday parties at home with cake and games will never go out of style. But if you or your child want to try something different this year, there's no shortage of specialty sites in the Baltimore area eager to host your celebration. It doesn't matter if your child is an artist, an athlete, an outdoor enthusiast or all three - there is a specialty party designed just for him or her. Here is a sampling of sites to check out: BALTIMORE COUNTY Abrakadoodle Art Studio 9606 Deereco Road, Timonium 443-841-7171 abrakadoodle.com Bring out the artist in your party guests with themes like Party Pirates, Monet Water Lilies or Castles and Dragons.

Children's birthday parties at home with cake and games will never go out of style. But if you or your child would like to try something different this year, there's no shortage of specialty sites in the Baltimore area eager to host your celebration. It doesn't matter if your child is an artist, an athlete, an outdoor enthusiast or all three -- there is a specialty party designed just for him or her. Here is a sampling of sites to check out: BALTIMORE COUNTY Abrakadoodle Art Studio 9606 Deereco Road, Timonium 443-841-7171 abrakadoodle.com Bring out the artist in your party guests with themes like Party Pirates, Monet Water Lilies or Castles and Dragons.

Bob Turley, a hard-throwing right-hander who won the Orioles' first home game, died of liver cancer early Saturday morning, according to his son Terry Turley. He was 82. Turley pitched one season for the Orioles in 1954, their first in Baltimore, and he started the first big league game at Memorial Stadium. He was traded to the New York Yankees, with whom he won the Cy Young Award in 1958. The April 15, 1954 opener at Memorial Stadium was a 3-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox played in front of 46,354 fans.

Hooray for the scores of newly planted trees on public and private property up and down a heavily traveled section of York Road in northern Baltimore City. Along with the trees, I've noticed handsome street lights and benches, esplanades with shrubbery and redone sidewalks with bump-outs, so people using wheel chairs and motorized scooters aren't forced into the street. York Road Partnership and its allies have banished the air of government neglect that long characterized many of these blocks.

Emergency roadwork has closed the two southbound lanes of York Road between Greenmeadow Drive and Timonium Road in Lutherville-Timonium. Traffic is being routed through the center lane.

City public works crews repaired a water main break on East Cold Spring Lane, and were repairing a second on York Road, expecting to restore water service to 43 residences Friday night. Crews continued to repair a 16-inch water main in the 4600 block of York Road that broke Thursday, but water service was expected to be restored to residences around 10 p.m. Friday night, a public works spokeswoman said. Two-way traffic remains restricted to the road's southbound lanes in the area of 41st Street and Old Cold Spring Lane.

WHEN BELVEDERE Square opened with great fanfare in 1986, it quickly became North Baltimore's favorite marketplace. Its food stalls overflowed with fish, fruits and vegetables. Eateries, boutiques and offices were also among 36 tenants. It didn't last long, though. Most big-draw tenants soon deserted it, having grown sick and tired of the erratic and uncaring absentee owner, James Ward III. Now, a private development team is about to gain control of the 100,000-square-foot shopping center.

Four people were shot early Sunday morning in Baltimore, as a violent weekend continued with a triple shooting at an after-hours club and a police-involved shooting outside a York Road carryout.  The triple shooting occurred at about 5:30 a.m. as people left an after-hours club called Ras-a-Ter International Restaurant and Club at 2103 W. North Ave., said Anthony Guglielmi, the department's chief spokesman.  A 25-year-old man from Glen Burnie...

Baltimore County Police say a FedEx delivery person was robbed in Towson along LaSalle Road. The incident occurred Oct. 31 in the 8600 block of LaSalle Road, between 7 p.m. and 7:38 p.m. According to the report, the FedEx driver making a pickup was confronted by two men wearing masks. The men put what the FedEx driver believed to be firearm to her head, asked for keys to truck. They stole an engagement ring and cash. In addition to this incident, the following is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts.