Community issues

The jury in the first-degree murder case of Jorge Rueda Landeros, who is accused of killing Sue Marcum in 2010, is deliberating his fate. He faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

When Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, Seymour Clarke could only watch from afar — glued to his phone as videos of flooding and destruction filled his screen and messages from family back home trickled in.

Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday that he was confident in Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael López, despite the many challenges the embattled state agency has faced.

Cusack, a senior, will now head to the University of Virginia.

Brent Goetz of Sparrows Point is charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with possession of an unregistered firearm and transportation of an explosive with the intent to kill, injure or intimidate.

A powerful veterinary sedative called medetomidine was detected in two drug samples collected after the latest mass drug overdose in Baltimore City's Penn North community this month.

A Baltimore Police officer has been suspended and is under investigation after a video that appears to show him attempting to hit someone with his cruiser was shared across social media platforms.

While thermal inversions like the one Baltimore’s harbor just experienced happen naturally, humans have made the consequences worse.

Howard Community College traced a “substantial” water main breach on its main campus to the magnitude 2.5 earthquake near Columbia.

The Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has stopped its intake of dogs until the end of November after canine influenza sickened a dog in its care.

The Maryland Food Bank plans to spend over $3 million in the next month to help food-insecure Marylanders.

Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, fallen utility poles and water-logged furniture dominated the landscape Wednesday.

Leading golf retailer PGA Tour Superstore is eyeing a spring or early summer 2026 opening in Timonium.

The Baltimore Museum of Art drew an influx of new members after announcing it’d host Amy Sherald’s mid-career retrospective.

The Baltimore region will see some rain this week, but the weather is expected to dry up in time for trick-or-treating on Friday.

Bryson Butterfly was an up-and-coming jockey at Laurel Park. Then he was arrested and charged in the murder of a Parkville High School student during an arranged robbery. Butterfly pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and agreed to testify against two others.

With towering 300-foot sails — which need to be lowered to fit under the Bay Bridge — the Neoliner Origin will regularly unload automobiles, bottles of Hennessy and even cruising passengers at the Dundalk Marine Terminal.

As Halloween nears, here’s a list of fun things to do in Baltimore County for the week ending Wednesday, Nov. 5.

For an “abnormally dry Maryland,” rain will soon come as meteorologists predict 1-2 inches could fall across the region between Wednesday and Thursday.

On Oct. 22, Human Services Secretary Rafael López issued a policy directing social services providers to “immediately stop facilitating stays in unlicensed settings.”