Community issues

It has been more than two weeks since a winter storm graced parts of Maryland with almost a foot of snow. Now, many of us are wondering: When will the snow and ice go away?

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.

The FBI is not aware of ongoing communication between Savannah Guthrie’s family and any suspected kidnappers.

Maryland State Police have faced persistent questions about its treatment of minority employees, and a proposed class-action lawsuit is still pending in court.

Alexander Stephenson, 53, of Ellicott City, is charged with first-degree murder and violating a protective order in Howard County.

Bad Bunny’s halftime show at Super Bowl LX featured a whole lot of pride in Puerto Rican culture and music — and gave one University of Maryland professor a lot of material for his coursework.

The Edmondson Community Organization in 2024 filed a lawsuit that challenged Baltimore’s tax sale system.

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

Montgomery County Police say Carl Rice Jr., of Mitchells, Virginia, has been linked to sexual assaults committed in 1988 and 1990.

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.

Recent federal legislation championed by the administration of President Donald Trump has added hundreds of millions of dollars to immigration enforcement, leading to an expected spending spree to ramp up activities in states like Maryland.

COLUMN | Mom groups can be a lifeline, because early parenting can be a singularly isolating situation where you spend most of your time tending to a needy human who can’t talk back to you.

Last year, Maryland lawmakers thought they had come up with a legal way to repurpose millions of dollars collected by insurers selling Affordable Care Act policies to help women who couldn’t afford abortions. The feds just squashed the plan.

Alexander Stephenson, 53, of Ellicott City, is facing charges of first-degree murder and violating a protective order.

Baltimore Gas and Electric has called on Maryland leaders to pass legislation allowing the utility to build and own power plants — an ask it’s underscoring with ads during NBC’s Olympics and Super Bowl coverage.

No one was hurt, according to John Marsh, public information officer for the Baltimore City Fire Department.

Blake Bozeman, 31, of Southeast, D.C., was a married father of three, real estate agent and entrepreneur who played guard for the Morgan State Bears from 2011 to 2015.

Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport recorded a temperature of 14 degrees in the morning that felt like minus 1 degree with the wind chill, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Luis Rosa.

Police said that the victim was using the barrel to burn some of his personal papers and cardboard in the backyard.

Will we remember it as Fern when we tell the stories of this winter storm? Probably not. But as it slowly, achingly melts from view, here are a few, meagre final words to describe what just happened in the weather and beyond.