Amanda Engel is a Content Planner at WMAR. She focuses on general assignment news, government and politics, law and legal affairs, and public policy, often covering topics such as elections and regional interest stories. Amanda has been featured in WMAR-TV and NewsBreak.
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Amanda Engel's coverage primarily focuses on local government and politics in Maryland, particularly in Baltimore. She frequently reports on breaking news, evolving stories, legal policy regulations and government announcements related to crime, education and local government matters.
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Police have identified the man whose body was found inside a car pulled from the Inner Harbor last July as Franklin Roosevelt Daniels.
BEL AIR, Md. — Harford County is launching an exciting way to celebrate America's 250th birthday with a "Celebration Trail."
BALTIMORE, Md. — Another body was pulled out of the Inner Harbor early Friday morning, according to Baltimore Police.
By: Amanda Engel
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Parents of public school children in Anne Arundel County won't have to dish out extra cash for school meals in the upcoming school year.
A 67-year-old man was sentenced to spend 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to a murder in a senior living community last year.
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore City Department of Public Works issued voluntary water restrictions for the region in an effort to conserve water.
ELKTON, Md. — The man suspected of setting a fire inside a Walmart last month was arrested in New Jersey on Thursday morning.
CATONSVILLE, Md. — A family of geese caused a slowdown on I-695 on Friday morning. Maryland State Police responded just before 8:40 for reports of birds crossing the road on I-695 near Wilkens Ave.
UPDATE 5/15/2026 10 AM: Police have now identified the woman found dead in a Catonsville home Thursday as 21-year-old Kaylie Logston.
Baltimore City proposes a charter amendment to create a stand-alone water and wastewater agency, backed by Mayor Scott and DPW leadership.
