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    Police detail significant staffing shortfalls in anti-gang units
    A staffing shortfall is making it harder for Montgomery County Police’s gang units to do their jobs, police said.
    Montgomery County Police Officers
    Ravens trade Odafe Oweh to Chargers for safety Alohi Gilman, shaking up defense
    Oweh had no sacks through five games for the Ravens and was getting a career-low 45% of the team’s defensive snaps.
    Baltimore Ravens linebacker Odafe Oweh (99) walks the sidelines in the fourth quarter of a game against the Houston Texans at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md., on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025.
    Ravens superfan Wes Henson, better known as Captain Dee-Fense, has died, team says
    “His iconic fandom and service for others inspired our community in immeasurable ways,” the team said in statement.
    Larry “Wes” Henson, Ravens superfan Captain Dee-Fense
    Montgomery County could force landlords to give tenants more notice before evictions
    Most Montgomery County Council members want to force landlords to give tenants two full weeks’ notice before evicting them.
    A woman reads a proclamation at an microphone.
    Baltimore County to require nighttime security at hookah, vapor lounges
    Owners of hookah and vapor lounges in Baltimore County are going to have to beef up security under a new county law.
    The Baltimore County Council took action Monday night to require new security at hookah lounges.
    Trump administration threatens back pay for furloughed federal workers
    Congress, a Trump administration memo says, is able to decide whether it wants to pay the workers or not as part of legislation to reopen the government.
    President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington.
    The LA Rams will practice at Oriole Park before NFL game in London
    Rather than flying back to the West Coast after their game in Baltimore, the Rams will stick around, practicing at Oriole Park, before a trip across the pond.
    Oriole Park at Camden Yards seen before a game on June 24.
    Why the Ravens traded Odafe Oweh | Banner Ravens Podcast
    Baltimore has just six sacks as a team.
    The food trucks making tacos that are worth eating on the hood of your car
    In and around Baltimore you can find food truck tacos so delicious they’re worth eating on the spot.
    Birria tacos at Tacos El Guero Food Truck off Merritt Boulevard come with herbs worth savoring.
    Maryland’s messiest school district gets its dirty laundry aired
    Somerset County’s school board accused its superintendent of insubordination. She said the board chair threatened her before she left town.
    Two lengthy opinions from the state board of education shed light on the dysfunction in Somerset County schools.
    Rain, cool air could help end Baltimore’s stinky ‘pistachio tide’
    Environmental groups say this has been the longest and most widespread pistachio tide in recent memory.
    The water in Baltimore's Inner Harbor is bright green on Monday. Blue Water Baltimore calls the event the most widespread "pistachio tide" they've seen.
    Ravens signing polarizing safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to practice squad
    The Ravens will be the third stop for C.J. Gardner-Johnson, 27, over the past seven months.
    C.J. Gardner-Johnson won the Super Bowl with the Eagles but was traded to the Texans and later cut after a spell of poor play.
    Redesign of high school magnet programs to get scrutinized by council members
    Montgomery County Council members will pepper MCPS leaders with questions about a plan to divide high schools into six regions, each with a slate of parallel academic pathways.
    Montgomery County Council members will question MCPS leaders about a plan to divide high schools into six regions.
    McCormick spice company has a $140 million tariff problem
    McCormick & Company, a spice giant based in Hunt Valley, said in an earnings call Tuesday that it anticipates $140 million in annual costs associated with President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
    McCormick & Company’s global headquarters in Hunt Valley.
    Baltimore sues MoneyLion over alleged ‘digital-age payday lending scheme’
    The city of Baltimore accuses MoneyLion of using misleading marketing and charging excessive fees that officials allege trap low-income residents in cycles of debt.
    Baltimore City Hall in Baltimore, Md., on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.
    At the center of shutdown fight, health care is one of toughest issues in Congress
    Health care is one of the most intractable issues in Congress — and a real compromise amid the government shutdown will not likely be easy, or quick.
    The government shutdown stretches on, and hundreds of thousands of federal workers are going unpaid.
    How American views on Israel and antisemitism have changed since Oct. 7
    The partisan split in public opinion on Israel predates the current war with Hamas, but recent polling suggests some Americans have lost sympathy with the Israelis over the course of the war.
    Even as Israel and Hamas begin talks over a U.S.-proposed peace plan, shifts in public opinion could outlast the current conflict.
    Baltimore County’s police chief is on a list of cops with credibility concerns
    Robert McCullough, the Baltimore County Police Department chief, appears on a list of law enforcement officers whose potential credibility concerns require disclosure to defense attorneys if they’re called as a witness in court.
    Quarterly water and sewer bills could jump about $18 in Montgomery County next year
    Residents of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties could pay roughly $18 more on their quarterly water and sewer bills next year.
    WSSC Water’s preliminary budget plans are calling for rate increases in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.
    Nothing under the tree? Montgomery County’s Toys for Tots says it needs help fast.
    Holiday gift drives across Montgomery County brace for an increase of families in need due to federal layoffs. But donations will likely also decrease, they say.
    Elizabeth Scott, head coordinator for Toys for Tots in Montgomery County, has been struggling to find a warehouse for the program's toy distribution this year.
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