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About 35 firefighters responded Wednesday to single-alarm fire at a home in Harford County.

A Severn man was charged in a tractor trailer crash in 2025 that led to the death of a Silver Spring man.

The Maryland health official leading an overhaul of the state’s troubled system of drug addiction and mental health treatment programs is stepping down.

John O’Hagan, who worked for the Baltimore district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for nearly four decades, died Jan. 24 of complications from a fall. He was 88.

A new restaurant, Fruition at 135th, opens in March in the historic Alex. Brown & Sons Co. Building. The new owner described it as an elevated dining experience.

A judge denied a request to move the suspect in Monday's Wootton High School shooting to a juvenile facility.

The Maryland Judiciary warned people about a text message scam related to supposed unpaid parking fees.

The teen who was shot at Wootton High School on Monday was bullied, his mother said.

Police are investigating after a 48-year-old man died a week after being struck by a vehicle along Baltimore National Pike near Ingleside Avenue, authorities announced Wednesday.

Bicycle advocates deliver an unequivocal message to transportation officials at a Tuesday meeting about plans for a new Bay Bridge.

The Wilde Lake Village board chair canceled another public meeting, so Columbia residents held their own.

Whether it’s an evening of medicinal self-care, Girl Scout Cookie and tiki drink indulgence, or immersing yourself in the arts, there’s an event worth attending coming up.

A Maryland lawmaker submitted BGE’s controversial proposal in the final hours before a procedural deadline.

A defendant was arrested in the death of a Gaithersburg man whose body was found in a Germantown creek in 2023.

A group of Buddhist monks whose monthslong walk took them 2,300 miles from Texas to Washington, D.C., are extending their peaceful journey to Maryland’s capital Thursday.

Dejuan Cole, 20, of Fallstaff, was sentenced to life in prison, with all but 30 years suspended, plus five years’ probation.

Alexander Stephenson, 53, of Ellicott City, was in custody on a charge of violating a protective order less than four hours before the killing.

In a country built around car ownership, and in Maryland where 1 in 5 drivers is 65 or older, giving up the keys as an older adult can feel like saying goodbye to activity and independence.

While the savings would vary from resident to resident, property owners who see moderate growth in the value of their homes would benefit most.

Acting Maryland State Police Superintendent Michael A. Jackson has allies on both sides of the aisle after a decade in Annapolis, but some still question his tenure leading the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Department.