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The festivities will take place Sept. 23-25 at Metro Points Hotel in New Carrrollton, according to a press release from the office of County Executive Aisha Braveboy.

A Howard County Circuit Court judge ruled Friday that Alexander Stephenson, an Ellicott City resident accused of fatally stabbing his estranged wife, can stand trial.

Many viewers who commented online pushed back against the change, seeing it as a mechanical maneuver that values dollars and cents over personal connection.

A surge of jellyfish has disrupted vacations along Maryland’s coast this summer.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s endorsements swept June primaries, boosting his political profile as the city’s progress on crime and investment draws national attention.

Damaging winds are likely to reach between 55 and 70 mph near and east of I-95, according to the National Weather Service. There’s a greater potential for tornadoes near the I-70 corridor east of Frederick.

Patrick Moran, an influential and longtime Maryland labor leader, was elected Thursday as president of AFSCME International, one of the largest labor unions in the country.

The Anne Arundel Fire Department has identified the 76-year-old woman killed in a home explosion in the Cape St. Claire neighborhood as Linda Synowczynski.

The Germantown arts center will celebrate America 250 with performances honoring national and local artists.

U.S. District Judge John deGravelles found former Baltimore ICE field director Vernon Liggins in contempt of court Wednesday for the arrest of a Baltimore-area resident despite a court order.

Police are searching for an 18-year-old man in the fatal shooting of Jada Sellers, a 17-year-old student at Milford Mills Academy who died two weeks after she was shot in West Baltimore.

After reviewing the signatures and documents Tonya Sweat submitted on Aug. 3, the Prince George’s County Board of Elections determined that the aspiring county executive hadn’t met the required threshold.

A Howard County judge has barred Food Network host Eric Adjepong from being alone with his daughter in a ruling the “Top Chef” alumnus linked to a longstanding custody battle with his ex-wife.

Gov. Wes Moore has spent at least a portion of one in every five days out of state since he took office in 2023 — and that pace of travel has accelerated as his national profile has grown, according to a Banner analysis.

The Anne Arundel County Fire Department is responding to an apparent explosion at a home in the Annapolis area Wednesday afternoon.

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have decided to return to the United Kingdom, but they won’t resume their roles as working members of the royal family, Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.

Penn State fraternity pledges were made to cut and package cocaine for a drug ring that was run out of two off-campus frat houses, authorities said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recovered approximately $50,000 worth of khat from the baggage claim area at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.

Baltimore’s transportation chief, Veronica C. Perry, is stepping down after less than two years on the job.