Community issues

While the smoldering manure may look and smell bad, Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Company assured residents in a Facebook post that unless there are visible flames, the smoke poses no danger to the community.

The rapid rise of data centers is hitting the region’s power grid. Maryland lawmakers are concerned that utility ratepayers will pay the $100 billion price for them.

Police have determined that a septic truck initially blamed for the collapse of a historic Baltimore County bridge was not at fault, as an investigation into the incident continues.

Maryland’s state government has $3.5 billion in “fully liquid cash” available for emergency needs, but the governor has not indicated whether he would use the money for SNAP.

Ryan’s Place Health Services is a primary care center designed for people with developmental disabilities. The center hosted a grand opening on Wednesday.

The false alarm was triggered by Omnilert, Baltimore County Public Schools’ gun detection system.

Hark, the sounds of deranged laughter are beckoning you toward such ghoulish fun. Here’s what’s happening around Howard County from Oct. 23 through Oct. 26.

Anne Arundel County Police said a 75-year-old woman was fatally struck by a vehicle on Telegraph Road in Severn.

New federal regulations threaten to cut off a majority of the supply of foreign crabmeat to the U.S.

Lamont Mealy died of dehydration in an isolation cell at Western Correctional Institution in 2023. A lawsuit claims state officials covered it up.

Gov. Wes Moore’s comment on Marilyn Mosby came during an appearance on ‘The Breakfast Club’ Tuesday.

A 31-year-old man was arrested for attempting to rape a 19-year-old woman on Johns Hopkins University’s campus on Saturday night, according to officials.

The developer behind Maryland’s only permitted offshore wind farm says the Trump administration’s effort to block its project poses an “existential threat” to its business.

Lawmakers mandated that the state issue cards with chip technology to Marylanders who receive food assistance and cash assistance, but the implementation has been stalled amid legal challenges.

Transportation department officials are confident that the project, which will fill a gap in Baltimore’s bike lane network, will continue to drive down crashes on Harford Road.

We’ve compiled a list of Halloween-themed Baltimore County events to attend — whether you”re entertaining trick-or-treaters or prefer your horrors (and delights) served in a 21-and-older goblet.

Prosecutors on the first day of his first-degree murder trial said Jorge Rueda Landeros took $250,000 from Sue Marcum and killed her. Defense attorneys contend Marcum died in a botched burglary.

Seven years after Old Ellicott City lost its historic clock in a disastrous flood, the town is finally replacing the landmark — and leaning into a lot of goofy “Back to the Future” references.

Maryland's financial stake in the Days Cove landfill raises questions about a conflict of interest, amid an ongoing fight over a new wastewater permit.

The number of people from around the country who seek help getting an abortion in Maryland continues to rise, but donations are not keeping pace to cover costs for everyone.