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Geno’s Steaks, famous Philly cheesesteak restaurant, is opening at Power Plant Live! in Baltimore in early 2026.

After losing 544 residents to COVID-19, Howard County on Monday unveiled a memorial to the victims of the pandemic in Meadowbrook Park.

Columbia-area residents reported feeling rumbles from a magnitude 2.5 earthquake Monday.

Baltimore County wasted more than $125,500 in traffic-calming funding on projects riddled with errors, policy violations and conflicts of interest, according to a report released by the inspector general.

Human Services Secretary Rafael Lopez issued the new directive last Wednesday, exactly one month after a 16-year-old girl living in an East Baltimore hotel was found dead.

A man was shot and his dog was killed by officers who responded to a call for a reported animal bite in Baltimore on Sunday, according to police.

A man died in a single-vehicle crash after attempting to flee a traffic stop on Sunday, according to the Howard County Police Department.

Shaina A. Hernandez will become CEO and president of the Baltimore Public Markets Corporation.

The Somerset County school board voted Monday to part ways with its superintendent after months of turmoil in the school system.

Eric Greene of Annapolis says Trump has directed the military to use the nation’s cities as practice grounds and regularly disregards the Constitution.

Black drivers make up most of the traffic stops in Baltimore County, despite being 30% of the population — disparities police have known about for years but have failed to fix.

With guns drawn, Baltimore County Police surrounded a group of students after the Omnilert AI Gun Detection System warned school leaders that a student had a gun. 

David Kennedy, the government affairs manager at BoatU.S., writes that keeping the Discovery Village boat ramp in Anne Arundel County open would provide affordable access to the Chesapeake Bay for boaters, anglers and families.

Jim Frazetti of Anne Arundel County is the 26th person to be named a Maryland Master Angler by catching 10 out of a list of 60 qualifying fish species found in the state.

A South Dakota company is recalling more than 2.2 million pounds of Korean barbecue pork jerky sold at Costco and Sam’s Club stores because the product may be contaminated with pieces of metal, federal health officials said Friday.

The Port to Fort race, which was supposed to run through Fort McHenry, had to change its route at the last minute because the government shutdown has closed the national monument.

Patrick Kent, a former Baltimorean now living in Washington, D.C., says it’s time for the Ravens to fire coach John Harbaugh.

Multiple people were shot during what was supposed to be a celebration near the campus of Howard University in D.C., on Friday evening.

This is the sixth year that the Downtown Partnership has worked with other groups to bring gigantic pumpkins to downtown Annapolis, where they are carved by local artists.

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