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Troy Antwaun Spencer, 50, of Allendale in Southwest Baltimore, had pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person and possession of a firearm in a school zone.

Retail real-estate company Centennial said Wednesday it has finalized its deal to purchase the Annapolis Mall in Anne Arundel County.

It’s not unusual to see some dead fish around the Inner Harbor as summer ends, but a mass fish kill left several thousand floating in the water Wednesday.

A child was hospitalized and five other people were injured in a house fire Wednesday morning in Dundalk.

Dozens of people were gathered Tuesday evening to remember Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a recent graduate of the Community College of Baltimore County, who was shot and killed at Rice University.

Beautiful weather with an early fall feel will last into Thursday before turning wet Friday evening into most of Saturday.

The new suit, filed with the gun safety group Everytown Law, accuses the Maryland-based stores of failing to respond to warning signs, including bulk purchasing and repetitive purchases.

Baltimore County plans to spend $10 million in state open space money to turn 85 acres in the eastern part of the county into a new waterfront park. The site until recently was home to the Charles P. Crane Generating Station, a power plant that burned coal.

Maryland’s education watchdog says former Maryland Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury and his administration used an encrypted messaging app to discuss state business.

Lilly was arrested in Howard County Feb. 3, 2023, and had warrants for his arrest in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties.

The University System of Maryland — which oversees the state’s public colleges — will not allow special events on Oct. 7 unless they “support a university-sponsored Day of Dialogue.”

Multiple mosquitos in Baltimore County have been found to carry West Nile virus, so officials are conducting additional spraying.

A preliminary investigation found that Joseph Goldman, 43, drove past security onto airport grounds Aug. 30.

September means it’s peak pawpaw season in Maryland. Here’s where you can find — and celebrate — the greenish-yellow fruit with a custard-like flesh.

Baltimore hotel workers went on strike at the the city-owned downtown Hilton hotel on Labor Day, demanding better pay and better working conditions. It was the city's first strike in more than 50 years.

Food insecurity in rural Maryland has been especially pronounced this summer, local advocates say. Low-income families are grappling with soaring grocery prices and unusually high temperatures that hit at the same time as federal reductions in food assistance programs.

Launched by two Baltimore-natives in 2022, Our Parks Too! is a campaign that encourages Black people to visit and enjoy the country’s national parks system.

About 50,000 tons of material and debris were removed from the Key Bridge collapse site. All of it was repurposed and put to good use.

Rudolph Brooks, 48, was charged in 2021 and authorities said he obtained more than $3.5 million in CARES Act Payroll Protection Program loans.

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