Community issues

Matt Tacka, who worked as a host and producer at WYPR for over a decade, died Saturday of respiratory failure. He was 55.

In late June, with throngs expected at the Inner Harbor’s Sail250 event, Baltimore added checkpoints and extra rules for people entering Fells Point. Over a month later, the city is sticking with the increased enforcement through Labor Day.

Annapolis has received a petition to annex about 5.4 acres of land along Bay Ridge Road — property that would potentially be developed into about 40 townhomes.

The empire of the once-splashy real estate developer Chasen Cos. is being divvied up, though some properties are languishing without new owners.

This year, organizers contracted a new ticket vendor, Big Tickets, that has streamlined the process in a fashion that seems to be paying off.

Iris “P Nut” Cormier, a beloved bartender at Drummer’s Lot Pub in Annapolis, died this month. He was 66.

A Johns Hopkins University public health researcher and former Fulbright scholar was detained this week by immigration agents while boarding a domestic flight as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement efforts at airports.

Two confirmed tornadoes touched down on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and three hit Anne Arundel County during Tuesday night’s storms, weather officials said, leaving a trail of damage behind.

Ivan Rivas, the longtime Montgomery County schools bus driver involved in a fatal crash in October that killed a middle school student, paid a $390 fine on Thursday to avoid going to trial.

Why hasn’t Washington bought an insurance package at receiver yet? It needs time, not reinforcements.

After decades without free public pools, Baltimore County will take over the Randallstown and Dundalk pools as it works to expand community swimming access.

The Washington, D.C., National Guard is still investigating what led to a cluster of sudden illnesses at a military prep school for at-risk youth in Laurel over the weekend.

A Howard County judge sentenced Martese Kosh, of Frederick, to 14 years for his role in a father-son firearms trafficking operation.

Another person’s body has been recovered from the Potomac River days after search crews scattered throughout the area looking for him.

Students unenrolled from Howard University last week may now receive financial and application support from the University System of Maryland.

SNAP cuts under the Trump-supported federal law leave 36,000 Marylanders without food benefits, affecting families, seniors and vulnerable groups.

Starting Monday, 120 prime parking spots at The Mall in Columbia will require payment to ease parking headaches.

From Baltimore’s Birthday Bash to Patty Griffin, planetarium shows and family fun, here are some of the best things to do around the region this weekend.

Thursday is the 10th anniversary of the flood in Ellicott City that took the lives of Joseph Blevins and Jessica Watsula.

Route 50 to and from Ocean City is notorious for traffic jams. Here are seven places to stop along the way that are worth your time.