Community issues

The Maryland Department of Health’s count of cold-related deaths rose to six during the first week of December, as freezing temperatures arrived across the state, the latest report shows.

Jennifer Nickoles, the president of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and decades-long health care executive, will become the next president and chief executive at LifeBridge Health.

Hyundai and Kia owners who had cars stolen, even after installing a software fix, could be eligible for up to $4,500 in compensation.

Baltimore County has lots going on, as usual. Here are seven things this week, Dec. 17-24, to get you into the holiday spirit.

An Anne Arundel County Police officer has been charged with assault almost eight months after a woman alleges the officer and a relative physically attacked her at a softball tailgate in Hagerstown.

An accused gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre was charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder on Wednesday, as hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney to begin funerals for the victims.

For those who haven’t been following the legislation closely (and even some who have), here’s what you need to know about the housing package.

A 37-year-old man is hospitalized, and another is in custody following a police chase that led to one of them being shot by officers in Upton Tuesday evening.

Baltimore’s transportation network improved little to meet the needs of its residents during the past two years, according to the Central Maryland Transportation Alliance’s latest report card.

Tersiguel's, a mainstay restaurant of old Ellicott City for classic French cuisine, will serve its last meal this weekend.

But contrary to the messaging from the president and his team, most of those arrested this year had no criminal history, according to a Banner analysis of newly released federal data.

In October 2024, Kennedy Krieger Institute doctors diagnosed Carmen Akras with late infantile onset metachromatic leukodystrophy, or MLD. The recessive genetic condition destroys the nervous system and affects one of every 40,000 babies in this country. There is a test, and a new therapy, that could help other children.

The overrides come as lawmakers prepare for a legislative session next month in which growing energy demand and utility bills promise to dominate policy debates.

Charles Robinson, an award-winning journalist who covered stories across mediums for decades, died on Monday afternoon at the age of 69, according to an executive at Maryland Public Television, his most recent workplace.

Family, friends and public officials gathered Tuesday to remember Gregory Turnipseed, the city employee who died in November from injuries he sustained in a brutal attack a month earlier.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed a mandate Tuesday adding metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel.

Police said a shooting in Northeast Baltimore left one woman dead and four people injured on Monday evening.

Baba Oladotun has raised the bar for basketball in the county. Who might follow him?

Inspector General Kelly Madigan said goodbye to the Baltimore County Council with one wish. Well, actually three.

Dalya Attar’s attorney is seeking to have extortion charges dismissed.