Community issues

Kalman Finkelstein was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly being part of a blackmail scheme involving a Democratic state senator and former city prosecutor, Dalya Attar.

Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier announced she will provide $4 million from the county coffers to assist furloughed federal workers and those set to lose their SNAP benefits as the Trump Administration continues to cut spending.

Maryland’s federal workers and contractors are facing financial uncertainty as the government shutdown stretches on. Here’s where they can get help.

A dispute over a proposed Denny's in the Shops at Perry Hall stirred over an hour of debate during a recent Baltimore County Council meeting.

The program, designed to incentivize people who have never tried commuting with the Maryland Transit Administration to hop on board, is one of several promotional campaigns to bolster ridership.

Here are the Maryland children obsessed with all things scary and creepy.

Maryland football has lost three games in a row, but two top recruits remain interested in the school.

When neighbors on Farragut Avenue heard of the two Black churches moving into the lot behind their backyards, they pointed to the two churches on their street and the Maryland law stating that a dispensary could not be within 500 feet of a worship site. The county inspected the churches and found they were not properly permitted, issuing them a notice of violation — and a stop-work order for the dispensary for having violated state law. Both churches have left, and on Thursday the county lifted the dispensary’s stop-work order.

Baltimore boxing star Gervonta “Tank” Davis is facing new allegations of violence from another ex-girlfriend who claims he physically attacked her a number of times during their relationship.

A low-pressure system brought upward of 2 inches of rain to the Baltimore region Thursday, weather officials said, causing flooding in some areas.

An Anne Arundel County man was arrested this week after threatening to “kill all of the judges” and his probation officer, according to court records.

Former Laurel Park jockey Bryson Butterfly was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for his role in the killing of a Baltimore County high school student.

The world’s largest sailing cargo ship crept up the Chesapeake Bay in the quiet, rainy hours of Thursday morning, squeezed under the Bay Bridge and berthed at the Dundalk Marine Terminal.

A jury found Jorge Rueda Landeros guilty in the second degree for the murder of American University Professor Sue Marcum.

The new Key Bridge will soon be 70% designed, a key checkpoint. As part of the process, engineers have generated more than 25,000 pages of calculations and reports.

Robert A. Parks, who has been on the force since 2020, is the officer under investigation, confirmed Lindsey Eldridge, a Baltimore Police Department spokesperson.

Hundreds of thousands of Marylanders who rely on federal assistance for their food will be left in a lurch starting this weekend.

In the early 1960s, developer James Rouse quietly cobbled together 14,000 acres of land in Howard County, telling few and using a number of shell companies to keep prices low. People speculated that the land was being used for a research lab or a giant compost pile.

William Mannion, 63, of Sparrows Point, is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with child abuse and sex offenses. He maintains his innocence.

Girls flag football is growing in popularity in Montgomery County, but opportunities beyond high school are limited.