Community issues

Baltimore’s growing approach to battling crime leverages group intervention and services to cut down on shootings and homicides, as new research shows significant declines.

The massive flood that swept away two lives in Old Ellicott City 10 years ago next week altered the old mill town forever. Most of those businesses are gone. The county is spending $350 million to build a flood diversion tunnel and stormwater ponds. There are flood warning horns and signs pointing to higher ground. And the recovery is ongoing.

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A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shootings of two siblings, ages 15 and 9, inside their Gwynn Oak home July 7, Baltimore County Police said Wednesday.

Two men are facing animal cruelty and other charges after they were arrested in Baltimore County last week for allegedly obtaining exotic animals, such as a lemur and spider monkey, and profiting from them through photo shoots.

Another round of showers and thunderstorms could develop Wednesday afternoon and evening, though forecasters say today’s storms are expected to be less severe.

Maryland Chick-fil-A One users could have had their data breached in a cyberattack in June.

Northwest Chinese Food will reopen for dinner service Aug. 15 in its sibling eatery, Li Chun Café.

The number of people sickened by the cyclospora parasite continues to rise in Maryland, reached 110, a 59% increase over last week, the Maryland Department of Health reported Wednesday.

A driver crossed into oncoming traffic, setting off a chain-reaction accident that sent a school bus carrying students from the Maryland School for the Blind crashing into a Parkville pharmacy Tuesday, according to Baltimore County Police.

A beloved Eastport restaurant is closing because of issues with its lease, and former mayor Gavin Buckley is selling a prime building he co-owns downtown.

The third annual Black Books Matter Fest is happening Aug. 1 and boasts a lineup of prominent award-winning authors and writers, including Nikole Hannah-Jones, Alex Elle and S.A. Cosby.

The Howard County Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint filed against County Council member Deb Jung by developer Brian Kim, who claimed her scrutiny of the planned community center was driven by her campaign for county executive.

The Wayside Inn, a 246-year-old bed and breakfast in Ellicott City, remains closed after a lightning-sparked fire damaged the building’s first floor and basement.

Sarah David’s friendship with former NBC producer Brooke Nevils informs how she will run the Baltimore County State’s Attorney Office.

Since 2023, Maryland has had more prison homicides than all of its neighboring states combined. Its homicide rate last year was nearly four times the national average, based on available data gathered by The Banner.

Laurie Gillespie, known to her neighbors as ‘L,’ lived out of her car in Bolton Hill for the past five years. After she died last month, her car turned into a makeshift memorial and tribute to her life.

Hundreds of flights canceled at Baltimore, D.C.-area airports.

One child and two adults had minor injuries after a school bus carrying at least a dozen people crashed into a building in Parkville on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

Maryland Transportation Authority Police are investigating after a concertgoer said a man urinated on him and his family while at Morgan Wallen’s Baltimore show.