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Flooding devastated Western Maryland last week, and now the Maryland Insurance Administration is invoking emergency powers to help those affected get access to drugs and medical equipment.

Peggy Bailey, better known as “Miss Peggy” to adoring customers at Jennings Cafe in Catonsville, died May 12. She was 82.

Baltimore County should honor its commitment to raise pay for teachers, a letter writer says, and can find the money to do so by trimming other projects.

A letter writer says Preakness and other horse races are inhumane, and should be ended.

A reader says that highlighting a polyamorous relationship in a Banner headline about a criminal case is sensationalism.

Scenes from the last day of racing before Pimlico is rebuilt.

See the best looks from the 150th Preakness.

Fans flocked to Laurel to meet "The Best Man" actors Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs and Harold Perrineau, along with screenwriter and director Malcolm D. Lee, in town to promote their Sable Bourbon.

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Charles Mudra, an emergency vehicle driver for the department, suffered a medical emergency as he was training at an East Baltimore facility.

Detectives are investigating after a Baltimore County Police officer on Thursday shot a man in Essex who was armed with a knife, authorities said in a news release.

Two red light cameras are up and running in Anne Arundel County with eight more expected as officials’ enhance efforts to reduce dangerous driving.

Montgomery County Police are investigating an incident in which a 2-year-old boy reportedly fell from the 15th floor of an apartment building in Silver Spring and survived.

Sally Gold, a prominent divorce lawyer who was known for her vibrant fashion sense and crafting skills, died May 4 of cancer. She was 75.

A Baltimore firefighter who suffered a medical emergency while battling a downtown fire this week remains on life support and is not expected to recover.

Howard County is launching a free weekend “trolley” bus service through Old Ellicott City’s Main Street.

Officials said in a news release that the county first became aware of the attack Feb. 22 and immediately commissioned an investigation into the extent of the breach “with the assistance of industry-leading cybersecurity specialists, law enforcement partners, and relevant state agencies.”

It's been two years since the “iconic” Columbia lakefront library project was announced. There’s been little movement on the project’s progress.

A fire ripped through three rowhomes in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood Wednesday, the most recent blaze to cause destruction on the block.

The Maryland Transit Administration is phasing out CharmCard in favor of the mobile app CharmPass.