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Harford County parents and teachers spoke out against the school board’s decision to ban an award-winning illustrated novel from its libraries.

A second Sheetz will open in Harford County, adding to the growing number of the beloved chain’s locations in the Baltimore region.

The 36-year-old burned “TRUMP” and “USA” into the asphalt of Hickory Hollow Drive, where he lived.

Congress passed the Recissions Act of 2025, guaranteeing the end of federal funding of public media and putting local stations in a financial predicament.

Installed almost 10 years ago at the Eutaw Street entrance, the garden, roughly the size of two basketball courts, seeks to attract the Baltimore oriole and other pollinators to allow native plants to flourish.

The Esperanza Center opened uninterrupted Monday, even after a man who was allegedly driving while intoxicated crashed a vehicle into the center’s entrance on Sunday.

Howard County Council chair Liz Walsh is running for County Executive in 2026, joining two other Democrats in a contested race for Calvin Ball's seat.

The birders’ excitement is tempered by questions with less-happy answers.

Mark Anthony Thomas, president and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, says the investments by Kevin Plank and BGE in Baltimore Peninsula’s infrastructure will help transform the city.

Crews worked through the night and into Saturday after a massive water main break tore through York Road in Cockeysville, flooding streets, damaging pavement and cutting off water to homes and businesses.

A 47-year-old Baltimore County man died from injuries he sustained when a motorcycle he was riding crashed Friday.

Baltimore County Police have extradited a 31-year-old man from Pennsylvania facing charges in connection with the March deaths of two people from Owings Mills.

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A massive water main break in Cockeysville on Friday morning flooded York Road and nearby streets, leaving residents and businesses without water as crews scrambled to contain the damage and begin emergency repairs.

A 16-year-old was charged as an adult for an altercation at a Baltimore County Walmart that erupted into gunfire, police said.

With Latin Fest, music in the Wyman Park Dell and The Baltimore Farmer’s Market, there will be plenty to do in Baltimore this weekend. But, all that fun will bring some not-so-fun detours.

Just over a week after a “bad batch” of drugs sent dozens of people in West Baltimore to the hospital, authorities were in the Penn North neighborhood again Friday responding to multiple overdose calls.

At 97, Billy Hunter was the last surviving member of the St. Louis Browns and the inaugural Baltimore Orioles team. He died July 3.

O’Rourke is holding events in Philadelphia and Richmond before his Baltimore visit and then heading to Austin and Milwaukee.

The Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act requires colleges and high schools to adopt emergency heat illness protocols.