Community issues

The Baltimore County Public Library’s CEO announced Monday night that the system’s human resources director has departed in the wake of an uproar over the firing of part-time librarians, which was quickly rescinded.

A judge found Iris Alonzo-Salgado guilty of first-degree murder in the 2023 death of a teen girl who was stabbed with a machete in the woods in Olney at the direction of MS-13.

Four members of the Baltimore Police Department are suspended amid a criminal investigation in California, the department confirmed Monday.

Matthew Middleton, 34, of Hillen, pleaded guilty on Monday in Baltimore Circuit Court to two counts of second-degree assault and one count of possession of a dangerous weapon.

The families of three Baltimore firefighters who died three years ago battling blazes in vacant rowhomes on Stricker Street said city officials have failed to act and largely pushed them aside, days after prosecutors charged a man in connection with the deaths.

A Lake Shore woman’s 911 call has become pivotal evidence for Anne Arundel County homicide detectives, who swiftly arrested a man in the shooting deaths of her and her husband Sunday.

A person died after being struck by a Metro SubwayLink train late Sunday, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.

Melissa Tran’s six-month legal battle has highlighted the impacts of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign on longtime residents and their families.

Anne Arundel County Police on Monday are activating speed cameras near several schools in South County.

A small airline is raising a big stir at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration says it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed during the government shutdown at 40 major U.S. airports.

Anne Arundel County Police are conducting a homicide investigation after a man and a woman were found shot to death inside a home in Pasadena on Sunday.

Baltimore activist Clifford “Buzz” Grambo said, after confronting apparent ICE agents in Patterson Park, he was shoved several times.

Christine Davenport, a career educator and behind-the-scenes civic force in Anne Arundel County, died Monday of a heart attack. She was 75.

Residents of Howard, Prince George's, Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Charles, Calvert and St Mary’s counties could have increased fire risk on Sunday.

More than three years after three Baltimore firefighters died battling a blaze in vacant buildings on Stricker Street, James Barnett is charged with their deaths.

The National Aquarium is looking to name this year’s rescued cold-stunted sea turtles after neighborhoods in Baltimore.

Baltimore and Washington, D.C.-area airports were running smoothly on Saturday morning after the shutdown has impacted travelers over recent days.

A new law in Anne Arundel County holds apartment building landlords accountable for faltering air conditioning systems.

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