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The state is requiring new training as companies increasingly turn to use of private security guards to fight crime as fewer people become police officers.

Whether you want to enjoy fireworks by the Inner Harbor, watch a hot dog eating contest or hear live music in Cherry Hill, we’ve got you covered this Fourth of July.

Maryland District Court Judge Marsha Russell declined to release Laury, who will await trial in the Baltimore County Detention Center. Russell deemed Laury a threat to the public based on the charges and the alleged sexual contact with a minor.

Piccola Allora, the last of local restaurateur Brendon Hudson’s Baltimore eateries, has closed its doors at the Johns Hopkins University. Hudson has also recently shuttered Allora, Zander's and Velleggia’s.

When Baltimoreans hit the polls in November, they’ll have the chance to vote on whether City Hall should give a one-time payment of $1,000 to parents upon the birth or adoption of a child.

The Edmondson Community Organization filed the case on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.

Baltimore City school teacher Lewis M. Laury Jr., 24, was arrested in connection with the case of a 12-year-old Pikesville girl who went missing for a week.

Baltimore’s The Coral Wig was named one of the 11 best new bars in the country by Arbiters of Good Taste, Bon Appétit magazine.

Here’s what you need to know about traffic if you’re planning to spend July 4 at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor or heading to the beach by way of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and U.S. 50.

Crowd Fund Baltimore, the first crowdfunding platform for Maryland small businesses, kicked off in February and has already helped a Montgomery County Black-owned wine company and a Venezuelan restaurant in Baltimore raise money for expansion plans.

In 1999, Jones was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder — a crime he maintains that he did not commit — and sentenced to life in prison. But an administrative law judge later ruled that he ineligible for compensation and benefits because the crime was a misdemeanor, not a felony, at the time in Maryland.

The East Baltimore-based church expects to select a firm in the next few weeks and anticipates the work could take up to six months. Pastor Robert Colban's empathetic tone Sunday marked a departure from the more defensive sermons delivered by another pastor in response to a Baltimore Banner series of articles.

Police said a 15-year-old boy who was shot in East Baltimore on Sunday afternoon was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening wounds.

An estimated 2,500 people turned out for the third annual event to celebrate Baltimore's trans community. The event included a parade, a block party and a street renaming.

After showers and storms move through the Baltimore region on Sunday, forecasters are predicting sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s on Monday and Tuesday. Intense heat and possibly storms return on the holiday.

After a report of a suspicious object disrupted a Trans Pride parade in Baltimore on Saturday, law enforcement officials told organizers it had been deemed “nonthreatening,”

D.King has impressed superstars like Jay-Z and has recorded with Snoop Dogg and Kanye West, but between bad timing and a busy life full of personal setbacks, he’s spent the last couple decades out of the spotlight, getting ready.

The neighborhood is divided over whether Brooklyn Day is worth celebrating this year.

Young will travel with the team to Paris next month. He will compete only as a replacement for a sick or injured gymnast.

“This decision marks the end of a significant chapter for me at the lead of the kitchen here for over 16 years,” celebrity chef Bryan Voltaggio wrote in an Instagram post.