Community issues

Vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit delivered a graduation address to the next generation of doctors coming from University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Though construction has begun for the multiyear, $6 billion project, major digging is still at least a year away.

Zaxbys is a Georgia-based chain with locations in Northern Virginia and other Maryland spots planned for the Eastern Shore.

In-person classes will resume at the National Fire Academy, over 10 weeks after they were paused amid the Trump administration’s review of federal spending.

Kimi Yoshino, who has led The Baltimore Banner for three and a half years as its first editor-in-chief, will leave to become a senior editor at The Washington Post.

Memorial Day is often billed as the unofficial start of summer. In Howard County, it heralds the return of several beloved community events, from free summer movie nights at The Wine Bin in Old Ellicott City to the second season of Savage’s new(ish) farmers market.

Prosecutors, meanwhile, dropped 26 out of the 55 charges against Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, who’s standing trial in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.

“I’m gonna miss that goddamn goat,” said Cornish, “He done travelled the whole Baltimore city with me.”

The Howard County Police Department arrested a fifth person in connection with the shooting death of 17-year-old Lance Carrington, officials announced Wednesday.

If you planned a trip for Memorial Day weekend, you’re a part of the nearly 873,000 Marylanders expected to travel for the holiday, the American Automobile Association predicts.

Southwest is the first U.S. airline to restrict the use of portable chargers like this.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball says committing to treating adult addiction saves lives and builds healthier communities.

Baltimore County was charging 1999 prices for its bond funds. This was problematic for finishing projects. It took a quarter century to fix it.

Maryland Attorney General’s Office released the names of a Dundalk man who was fatally shot during a mental health crisis and the Baltimore County Police officer responsible.

Maryland lawmakers joined a call from the Office of People’s Counsel for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to stop supply costs from surging this summer.

David Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, was found guilty in 2024 in Baltimore County Circuit Court of four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.

According to police, forensic pathologists determined that Heather Elizabeth Beaver died of blunt force trauma, ruling she died at the hands of another.

In a Tuesday order, three Appellate Court of Maryland judges granted the state’s request to slow the case against James Strachan Houston.

Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.

Both teens were transported to a nearby hospital and are in stable condition.