Community issues

Baltimore City Public Schools is the only district in Maryland to offer universal school choice, beginning in sixth grade.

Donald Kirk Marchand III, 70, a social studies teacher at Elizabeth Seton High School, was taken into custody shortly before 8 a.m. at his home in College Park, state police said.

While most council members seemed inclined to close the incinerator for environmental reasons, they expressed skepticism about alternatives.

This was the second time the county executive vetoed the appointment of James Hedrick.

Zoning changes are sparking tensions over the future of Annapolis.

A woman escaped an attempted kidnapping on July 4 by jumping from a moving vehicle in Rockville, Montgomery County Police said on Tuesday while they released a composite sketch of the suspect.

Baltimore County Police responded to the 8700 block of Mylander Lane around 11:10 a.m., where they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds.

The Capital Area Food Bank’s annual hunger report, released Tuesday, shows that Prince George’s County residents face the most difficulties accessing food, while those in Montgomery County have seen a notable drop.

COLUMN | As chair of a key appropriations subcommittee, U.S. Rep. Andy Harris helped delay a rule that would have traced the source of cyclospora in food that made people sick in 49 states over the summer.

Baltimore’s Liz Vayda has nurtured her B.Willow plant shop in Remington for almost a decade. She shared her experience for The Banner’s In Good Company series.

Harborview Marina was once an inviting gem of the South Baltimore waterfront, a place to stroll and sit for drinks on the water. Now it’s a skeleton behind a locked gate.

Harford is the only county in Maryland to have permanently banned data centers.

The family of a 7-year-old boy who nearly died after choking on a piece of meat and going into cardiac arrest reunited Monday with the paramedics and 911 dispatcher who helped save his life last month in Anne Arundel County.

Nicholas Njuki, of Gaithersburg, was fatally shot after an argument with an unknown male suspect early Sunday morning at Quincy’s Potomac Bar and Grille in Rockville, Montgomery County Police said.

Baltimore County Circuit Judge Ralph Sapia at a bench trial convicted Oluwajomiloju “JJ” Sekiteri, 21, of Owings Mills, of criminally negligent manslaughter by vehicle and related crimes.

The precautionary measure comes after a cat fought a raccoon last month.

A 25-year-old man killed a woman outside Morningside House of Friendship, a retirement community in Anne Arundel County, Friday night before fleeing and killing himself, police said.

Circuit Judge Garret Glennon Jr. sentenced James Shipe Sr., 73, of Parkville, to two consecutive life sentences.

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old man who on Sunday jumped from an overpass on the interstate in Kensington after crashing into another vehicle with his car.

Dante Baylor got his start in Baltimore but has made a name for himself designing and tailoring clothing for some of the world’s biggest celebrities.