Community issues

A man died in a single-vehicle crash after attempting to flee a traffic stop on Sunday, according to the Howard County Police Department.

Shaina A. Hernandez will become CEO and president of the Baltimore Public Markets Corporation.

A bitter fight in Howard County between Manor Hill Brewing and its neighbors has lasted nearly a decade.

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

The Somerset County school board voted Monday to part ways with its superintendent after months of turmoil in the school system.

Eric Greene of Annapolis says Trump has directed the military to use the nation’s cities as practice grounds and regularly disregards the Constitution.

Black drivers make up most of the traffic stops in Baltimore County, despite being 30% of the population — disparities police have known about for years but have failed to fix.

A city-funded grant program will help cover down payment and closing costs for residents who live in East and West Baltimore.

With guns drawn, Baltimore County Police surrounded a group of students after the Omnilert AI Gun Detection System warned school leaders that a student had a gun. 

David Kennedy, the government affairs manager at BoatU.S., writes that keeping the Discovery Village boat ramp in Anne Arundel County open would provide affordable access to the Chesapeake Bay for boaters, anglers and families.

Jim Frazetti of Anne Arundel County is the 26th person to be named a Maryland Master Angler by catching 10 out of a list of 60 qualifying fish species found in the state.

An adult male was killed and a young boy passing by in a vehicle was wounded during a shooting incident in West Baltimore on Saturday night.

A South Dakota company is recalling more than 2.2 million pounds of Korean barbecue pork jerky sold at Costco and Sam’s Club stores because the product may be contaminated with pieces of metal, federal health officials said Friday.

Tropical Storm Melissa neared hurricane strength Saturday and was expected to rapidly intensify this weekend, as forecasters warned of massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding and landslides in the northern Caribbean.

The Port to Fort race, which was supposed to run through Fort McHenry, had to change its route at the last minute because the government shutdown has closed the national monument.

Highs area-wide peak around 60° for both Saturday and Sunday afternoons. On average, you’d expect high temperatures in the mid-60s heading into Halloween.

The U.S. Secret Service, in collaboration with local law enforcement, spent time in and around Baltimore, checking over 3,000 card readers, gas station pumps and ATMs looking for illegal skimming devices.

Poolesville High School named its stadium after Howard Lyles, a longtime coach and one of the first black students to integrate the school.

Patrick Kent, a former Baltimorean now living in Washington, D.C., says it’s time for the Ravens to fire coach John Harbaugh.

Multiple people were shot during what was supposed to be a celebration near the campus of Howard University in D.C., on Friday evening.