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County Executive Steuart Pittman's proposed budget includes $49 million to build a new Glen Burnie library to replace the existing one, which was opened in 1969 and is considered outdated.

CSX Transportation and Curtis Bay residents who sued the company following a December 2021 explosion at its South Baltimore facility have reached a $1.75 million settlement in a class action lawsuit.

A hamlet in Baltimore County is so quiet it is actually called Boring. And neighbors are campaigning to keep it that way, fighting a zoning change that would turn their firehouse and bingo hall into a manufacturing facility.

Three weeks after 83 dogs and one cat were seized from a rowhome in Northwest Baltimore, just two of the animals are still searching for a more permanent home.

Major traffic delays are expected Thursday morning after a trash truck collided with a semitrailer on I-83 in Timonium.

The Baltimore County Council has passed a measure that would make it harder for developers to build new housing in communities with crowded schools. But county school officials want to have more input, and the county executive worries it may have a negative impact on the county’s moral and legal obligations to address attainable housing.

Larry Lyons says he believes his son should turn himself in for his own safety and for the well-being of his loved ones, including his children.

A 59-year-old man who died recently in Prince George’s County marks Maryland’s first heat-related death this year, the Maryland Department of Health said Wednesday.

Less than two months after news broke that Robyn Dixon would not be returning to “Real Housewives of Potomac,” the reality television star has landed a new on-screen role with “The Traitors.”

A Tuesday evening panel hosted by The Baltimore Banner touched on education and business topics across Howard County. Panelists included County Executive Calvin Ball and Bill Barnes, the Howard County Public School System superintendent.

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Baltimore County and state officials are using a helicopter fly swatter to spray bacteria over a 1,200-acre section of the Back River. The goal is to kill millions of midge larvae so they do not grow up to annoy residents and destroy businesses in the marinas and waterfront homes in and around Essex.

Carlton R. Smith, a fixture in the city who advocated for Black and brown members of the LGBTQ community and was currently fighting to decriminalize HIV in the state, died in his sleep May 29 in his Mount Vernon condominium. He was 61.

In the first big leadership change since The Baltimore Sun was sold to David Smith, the paper’s longtime managing editor is retiring.

Baltimore County police have charged three unnamed teens in connection to a stabbing in Towson on May 29.

Bel Air Police said Wesley Larry Lyons Jr., 35, shot three times at the Harford Bounce Party Place after a fight. There is a $2,000 reward for any information leading officers to him.

The Maryland medical examiner's office has confirmed two fetuses found on a public bus in East Baltimore Saturday afternoon were stillborn.

The Baltimore County Council next week is poised to sell Perry Hall, as county staff acknowledges it can’t afford to keep the estate in the manner to which it was long accustomed.