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As his congressional campaign enters a crucial phase, Baltimore County Democrat Johnny Olszewski Jr. has been facing renewed scrutiny over a controversial 2020 payment by the county to a retired firefighter.

Several lighting strikes happened around 8 p.m. and, while people at ArtScape were eagerly waiting for news, the stage crew started packing up gear.

Eugene Dixon, 57, of Belcamp, had pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to electronic communication harassment.

The Maryland Zoo’s newest baby chimpanzee has been named Ivy. The name beat out two others in a public vote and was chosen several weeks after her birth.

Damien Haussling co-founded the nonprofit after experiencing homelessness himself.

About 40 people who gathered at a public library in Dundalk Thursday evening for a public hearing on a newly unveiled plan to demolish the remainder of the bridge — the first step of a multiyear plan to get drivers traversing the bridge once again.

The Clearfield Bible Church, in the 1300 block of Old Westminster Pike, caught fire around 3 p.m., according to Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office.

No one seems to want a proposed 70-mile power transmission line that would run through Carroll, Frederick and Baltimore Counties. And no one seems to know exactly how to stop it.

As people fell sick, scientists from Maryland discovered listeria was the cause of a nationwide outbreak by testing Boar’s Head deli meat at a Baltimore grocery store.

Johns Hopkins University released finalized policies and procedures for its private police force, an initiative that has faced pushback from campus residents and neighboring communities.

Montgomery County lawmakers want to establish a pilot program that would automatically ticket drivers if their vehicles are making excessive noise via unlawfully modified exhaust systems.

A Prince George’s County canine officer is charged with animal cruelty over the mistreatment of a police dog.

Howard County Police still have no suspect in the 2020 killings of Rabiah Ahmad and her baby, Ahja.

Kermit Travers was among only a handful that could be counted as a Black skipjack captain, a fading profession with historic roots. Travers died July 22 in hospice care at age 86, almost certainly the last of his peers.

The new recall includes 71 products made between May 10 and July 29 under the Boar’s Head and Old Country brand names. It follows an earlier recall of more than 200,000 pounds of sliced deli poultry and meat. The new items include meat intended to be sliced at delis as well as some packaged meat and poultry products sold in stores.

Baltimore Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in the July 21 shooting death of 14-year-old Jasper Davis at the Mondawmin Metro Center.

The new cargo numbers from Georgia indicate that Brunswick is already extremely close. Port officials in Maryland reported that Baltimore handled 847,000 auto imports and exports in the 2023 calendar year.

Pumphrey began her journey through the North Pacific Ocean at 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Her swim took more than 14 hours to complete.

The Howard County Council voted Monday to approve a resolution needed to get a proposed inspector general office on November’s ballot.