Community issues

COLUMN | Welcome to the upside-down world of traffic court, where a random license plate scan shifts the burden of proof to the driver.

Frederick Douglass, the ardent abolitionist and social reformer, was born into slavery on the banks of Tuckahoe Creek in Talbot County and later became its most famous native son.

Baltimore arabbers are carving out a new space in the modern world for the sake of their existence. The app Row and Wagon will enable them to collect cashless payments.

On Thursday, officials identified Dwight Hawkins and the officers involved in his death: Arthur Fuog and Omar Rodriguez, six- and seven-year veterans of the force who serve on the Group Violence Unit.

The parents of Zona Byrd, who weighed just 17.5 pounds when she died nearly two years ago, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of child abuse resulting in death.

The Pittsburgh-based chain claimed it would employ 100 people at its Linthicum Heights location when it opened.

The report says employees in the mayor’s office did not submit waivers for approval for 336 transactions between July 1, 2022, and Nov. 17, 2025.

The Frederick Road crab house will reopen as an Asian and sushi restaurant, a lawyer representing the buyer said.

State officials suspect a third bird flu case statewide at a chicken farm in Caroline County.

Two people were injured after a fire started in a commercial building and spread to a nearby residential building on Thursday morning near Clifton Park, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.

Kilmar Ábrego García’s mistaken deportation has galvanized both sides of the immigration debate.

Superintendent Bill Barnes proposed staff cuts that are leaving the community reeling. The school board decided to add them all back to the budget proposal.

The CEO of Jimmy’s Famous Seafood in Baltimore went viral with a social media post targeting a HuffPost article about confusing feelings some athletes experienced as they represented the U.S. in the Olympics.

About 50 new law enforcement vehicles had been stored in the garage in Baltimore’s Midtown-Belvedere neighborhood.

Black History Month expo, Valentine's Day tea party and more in Howard County this week.

In Annapolis events round up this week, the city has “A Tale of Two Cities,” a Branford Marsalis show and Jay Fleming conversation to look forward to.

Ray Reiner, who taught instrumental music at Middle River Junior High School and other Baltimore County schools for over 30 years, died last month at age 97.

Annapolis lawmakers are considering a proposal to cede some of the governor’s authority over public transit in Baltimore to local authorities — a move that advocates say is long overdue.

After President Donald Trump’s administration slashed the budget last year for a major Eastern Shore oyster hatchery, a bill recently passed by Congress — and signed into law by the president — could help.

A group of West Baltimore tenants claimed it was an act of fraud to charge rent without a license.