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Pikesville farmer Joe Shaffer welcomed his daughter Josie into the world Tuesday. A day later, he wrangled his loose calf on Interstate 695.

A 14-year-old boy died after the e-moto he was operating on the B&A Trail in Anne Arundel County struck a pickup truck at a crossing.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression will conduct First Amendment training for the University of Maryland Athletics Department.

It’s another busy weekend in Baltimore, with various events causing road closures around the city. Here’s what you need to know.

The Housing Authority of Prince George’s County will randomly select 4,000 applicants from the lottery submissions for county apartments.

Prince George’s County Public Schools could push back their all-electric school bus deadline from 2040 to 2047 amid funding and infrastructure challenges.

A 37-year-old man has died after he was struck by an MTA bus on I-295 in Anne Arundel County on Friday, Maryland State Police said in a news release.

The Prince George’s County Council is expected to appoint a new auditor Tuesday.

Kyi Swe was killed while driving a bus Thursday night in a single-vehicle crash in Brandywine, state police said.

National Geographic has identified Baltimore as one of the best places to visit 2027.

The Little Wicomico Oyster Company, of Virginia, harvested the oysters from the Little Wicomico River between Sept. 18 and Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The project’s existing funding commitment, including $7 million the county spent to purchase the new location, totals $9.5 million.

COLUMN | After 18 months of No Kings rallies, how do protesters keep their messages from vanishing into the anonymous roadside of political discourse? Wit, whimsy and a bit of showmanship as we hurtle into midterm election early voting.

Lottie Shivers, a staunch advocate of the Bolton Hill community who lived there for more than seven decades, died Aug. 22 of heart failure. She was 101.

Scrutiny over the Prince George’s County Council’s grant funding intensified Thursday.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. staffers are investigating the source of the gas odor in Crofton and Gambrills on Wednesday.

The safety perimeter around Empire Towers in Glen Burnie, which was declared structurally unsound July 9, has been lifted.

Alexa Sciuto filed her lawsuit in 2025 in Baltimore County Circuit Court against Chaya Raichik, five Republican lawmakers and the chairs of the Carroll County and Talbot County chapters of Moms for Liberty.

The Republican president isn’t on the ballot as Marylanders are picking their next governor, all eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the entire Maryland General Assembly, along with scores of local races. But that didn’t stop voters from talking about Donald Trump and national issues.