Community issues

Howard County Police have obtained an arrest warrant for Darwin Carcamo-Santiago, 24, who is accused of strangling his girlfriend.

A two-alarm fire in Ellicott City sent two firefighters to the hospital, according to Howard County Fire and Rescue Services.

A prominent appellate attorney who argued dozens of Supreme Court cases and helped launch SCOTUSblog was sentenced to six years in prison.

Baltimore County Police are investigating after a cyclist was fatally struck by a vehicle that fled the scene in Dundalk over the weekend.

Del. Gary Simmons, an Anne Arundel County Democrat, was charged July 23 with one count of second-degree assault.

A serial flasher has been on the loose in Canton. Police know who he is but have not caught him yet.

A driver died after a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning, according to Montgomery County Police.

COLUMN | After years of Baltimore City asking for a Trader Joe’s, we finally get one ... that’s so close to the county, there’s a county office building in the parking lot. I don’t think that’s good enough.

State officials will spray next week in Crofton and Severn to kill mosquitoes after West Nile virus was detected in the insects.

In a new filing, Bank OZK said it was now considering splitting up the undeveloped land at Baltimore Peninsula, calling it a “complex asset with multiple parcels.”

The first wind phone was installed in Japan by garden designer Itaru Sasaki, who put one in his backyard to speak to his late cousin.

Nineteen people were hospitalized Sunday after a cluster of illnesses at an Anne Arundel County youth academy prompted a mass casualty response.

The man, a performance artist who goes by the name Ham, reappeared on a pedestal in the Mount Vernon neighborhood Sunday.

The Patterson Park pool reopened to the public on Sunday after vandals damaged the pool and contaminated it with feces Saturday, marking the fifth such incident at a city-owned pool this season.

Rounds of thunderstorms are expected to move through the region and Maryland’s coast, with frequent lightning posing the biggest threat through much of the week.

Rather than raising tuition to bring in more revenue, Coppin State University slashed it, wagering that a more affordable college would draw more students.

Measles have quadrupled in Maryland this year compared to last, with about 12 confirmed cases for 2026 so far, according to the Maryland Department of Health.

The Baltimore-based Asian fusion chain Ekiben was sued on Thursday by Watson Music Group for using the song “Space Jam” in a promotional Instagram video in April 2024, court documents show.

This is the second time the pool in the popular East Baltimore park closed because people damaged the facilities this summer.

A Baltimore police officer shot and killed a dog in the Harlem Park neighborhood on Friday evening after it attacked two women and their dog, police said.