Baltimore County

COLUMN | Baltimore County violated the state constitution last year when it awarded $30,000 raises to its three orphans’ court judges. It should have known better. But when it comes to the orphans’ court, getting the law wrong is a common outcome.

With the moon looming ever larger, the Artemis II astronauts raced to set a new distance record Monday from Earth on a lunar fly-around promising magnificent views of the far side never seen before by eye.

Artemis II crew members want to name a moon crater after fellow astronaut Reid Wiseman’s late wife, Carroll.

After a Baltimore County woman charged with 328 counts of animal cruelty found a way to get her pets back, county officials are introducing legislation to close loopholes in existing animal welfare laws.

Four people were injured after a machine at McCormick & Company’s Hunt Valley spice plant malfunctioned, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.

The new owner of Shanteari Young’s former child care center lets parents watch classroom livestreams.

COLUMN | There, like a $20 bill left on the sidewalk, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton dropped a fragment of truth. “It hangs by a thread at this point,” he said in Annapolis, “whether we’re going to come out of this better after it’s over than we were before we went in.” He was more right than he knew.

The girls boarding and day school enrolls just 34 students, down from about 100 in 2023.

Larry Aaronson, a community advocate and college professor who worked primarily in Howard and Baltimore counties, died March 9 of complications from dementia. He was 84.

COLUMN | By the time James Appel, a top Maryland Republican finance expert, set off for the Bahamas in November 2023, he and his wife had upgraded to a 65-foot luxury yacht. That’s what got the Annapolis man in trouble.

Perry Hall High School teacher Sean Brooks pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to sexual abuse of a minor, fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.

Jackie Conway, a retired captain in the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office, originally filed her lawsuit in 2025 in Baltimore County Circuit Court against Officer Jasmine Jeffry and Sgt. Bryan McDowell.

McCormick’s deal to acquire Unilever brands is one of the biggest food company deals in history. What it means for its hometown in Maryland, however, will depend on how the company approaches a new era.

Legislation would give graduate students at the University of Maryland, College Park, and UMBC the right to unionize.

Advocates for an autistic Baltimore County man who was punched, shot and paralyzed over two encounters last year with Baltimore County Police are urging the Maryland Office of the Attorney General to take up the case.

A judge on Wednesday granted Luigi Mangione only a slight delay of his federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, moving it from September to October instead of next year, as his lawyers had wanted.

A number of bakeries have closed in the Baltimore area, but you can still get tasty baked goods at these spots.

Baltimore County native Reid Wiseman is preparing to lead the first crewed mission to the moon in over 50 years. His proud father, battling cancer, wants to see it.

Rodney Ward was sentenced to 20 years and ordered to pay $12,525 in restitution after pleading guilty to theft and other charges related to his fraudulent pet cremation business.

McCormick & Co. made a huge splash Tuesday by acquiring the bulk of Unilever’s food business and nearly tripling in size.