Reporter, Baltimore County Education

Racquel Bazos

Racquel Bazos covers Baltimore County education and breaking news for The Baltimore Sun. A graduate of The University of Baltimore, she previously reported for Baltimore Sun community publications. Racquel enjoys trying new coffee shops and taking long walks through the city.

A sequence of exposures reveals trails of stars and clouds above fall color in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.

Severna Park man found dead in Shenandoah National Park

July 7, 2025 at 10:18 p.m.

Search parties found the body of a 61-year-old Severna Park hiker in Shenandoah National Park on Monday afternoon.

Two dead, including suspect, in Dundalk shooting Monday afternoon, police say

July 7, 2025 at 8:12 p.m.

Two men are dead following a shooting in Dundalk on Monday, Baltimore County Police say.

Kamau Marshall is stepping down leading communications and strategy for the City of Baltimore. (Courtesy of Kamau Marshall)

Mayor Brandon Scott’s communications director resigns after roughly six-month tenure

July 7, 2025 at 6:20 p.m.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s director of communications stepped down Monday after a roughly six-month tenure in City Hall.

An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023, in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/TNS)

8 Maryland sheriffs’ offices now partner with ICE, saying it protects communities. Immigrant advocates say the opposite.

July 3, 2025 at 2:58 p.m.

Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler, who signed the county's 287(g) agreement with ICE in 2016, called it "good public safety" when speaking to The Sun.

A Baltimore County Police Department patrol car.

Baltimore County woman held without bail after fatal domestic dispute, police say

July 2, 2025 at 5:18 p.m.

A 42-year-old Gwynn Oak woman is being held without bond after a domestic dispute that turned fatal Tuesday.

Crews work on the roof of Merritt Clubs Canton, which was partially torn off by a storm that also spawned a tornado. (Kevin Richardson/Staff)

Canton Merritt Club fully reopens after May tornado damage

July 2, 2025 at 5:14 p.m.

A Canton gym is fully reopening Wednesday after a May storm damaged the facility, including partially tearing off the roof.

A view of the Chizuk Amuno Congregation, seen from the street in Pikesville, Md. (Nia Meyers/Staff)

Baltimore County Jewish child care center under state agreement after discipline policy violations

July 2, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

A Jewish child care center in Baltimore County that violated state rules on disciplining children, including a ban on hitting them, is now under a state-imposed "compliance agreement" that puts...

Investigators are on the scene in Cherry Hill where a Baltimore Police officer and a security guard exchanged gunfire Wednesday with the suspect in a separate shooting.

Baltimore Police officer faces charges in assault, rape of 16-year-old girl

July 1, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

A Baltimore Police officer was suspended and criminally charged after a 16-year-old girl he said he was "dating" reported that he choked and raped her Monday.

During a news conference at City Police headquarters this morning, Police Commissioner Richard Worley, left, and Mayor Brandon Scott, right, announced the takedown of a drug trafficking organization that was operating in East Baltimore.

Baltimore homicides, shootings continue to drop in first half of 2025

July 1, 2025 at 6:24 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Scott touted continued decreases in the city's homicide and non-fatal shooting rates for the first half of 2025.

Fire crews are investigating what caused a sudden blaze in the steeple at St. Rita Catholic Church in Dundalk. (Dan Belson/Staff)

2-alarm fire strikes Catholic church in Dundalk, setting steeple ablaze

July 1, 2025 at 6:11 p.m.

Baltimore County firefighters worked to extinguish a two-alarm blaze at a Dundalk church Tuesday.

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