Community issues

Coppin State University’s program, launched in 2023 with $300,000 in state funding, has now helped faculty and staff members buy six homes near campus.

Twenty-five years later, about 500 people came together to honor those who lost their lives in the 2001 terrorist attacks at the annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, which benefits the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

After thunderstorms ripped through much of Maryland this week, the skies should finally clear up through Labor Day weekend.

Maryland's Renaissance Festival has banned fursuits, saying members of the furry subculture distract from the festival and don't abide by guidelines for courteous behavior. They say they are being unfairly attacked.

Marylanders say they need $1.2 million to retire comfortably, less than the national estimate but far more than many have saved.

Control MoCo Spending fell 302 signatures short of qualifying its proposed charter amendment for November’s ballot, according to the Montgomery County Board of Elections.

Residents of a quiet Frederick neighborhood are watching as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles have sat outside their homes for more than 36 hours — without knowing why.

Layne Lundeen, 67, of Tucson, Arizona, is charged with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct.

The 6,000-square-foot mezzanine, which sits about 150 feet underground, will allow Metro passengers to connect to the Purple Line, and vice versa.

A bomb threat and suspicious package investigation near City Hall was called “unfounded” on Friday afternoon, Baltimore Police said.

Members of the Friends of Jerusalem Mill say the Maryland Department of Natural Resources wants to amend its 20-year lease to formalize procurement processes and create a centralized approval system for who occupies public lands and buildings.

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch on Friday until 9 p.m. for the area outside of Washington, D.C., as well as the western edge of the state.

Robert “Bob” Draper Jr., one of Baltimore’s first Black orthopedic surgeons, died Aug. 29. He was 79.

At least three people were injured after a large tree fell on a Maryland Transit Administration bus in Reisterstown on Friday morning, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.

Prince George’s County Public Schools are closed Friday following overnight storms that left a large number of buildings without power.

Three workers were fired from the Baltimore housing office that placed a mother and six children in a rowhome later condemned as unsafe.

At least 59 people have died because of complications from heat since the start of May, according to the health department — a sharp jump from the 36 reported heat deaths last year.

Residents living near the CAA Park in Catonsville thought they had finally found peace.

Multiple thunderstorm clusters are moving from Pennsylvania into the region on Thursday. It will be hot and humid through Friday, with heat indexes between 100 and 105 degrees, said Luis Rosa, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service.

The shooting led to the closure of lanes along the I-695 outer loop for about an hour Wednesday, a state police spokesperson said.