Community issues

For the second day in a row, the Baltimore region experienced record-breaking temperatures as a heat wave settled over much of the eastern United States.

Three people were arrested for allegedly luring in victims by asking for directions or offering blessings, then yanking jewelry off the victims and fleeing in Catonsville, police said.

A 20-year veteran of the Anne Arundel County Police Department has been charged with assault and reckless endangerment.

The legislation prevents counties from being parties in cases filed under the Walter Lomax Act.

Lawrence Martin Jr., 64, was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other person was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Baltimore County Police.

A 42-year-old man died after a pickup truck struck the lawn mower he was driving in Caroline County Wednesday afternoon, Maryland State Police said.

Baltimore County’s proposed $5 billion budget for fiscal year 2027 includes a nearly 4% increase in spending and no new tax hikes.

As Baltimore’s proposed Red Line light rail faces mounting obstacles, the Maryland Transit Administration will present alternative options.

A Columbia mother and her boyfriend gave different answers to police about what caused the bruises on her daughter’s face or how the 3-year-old came to ingest a bottle of melatonin.

The Howard County Public School System extended its contract with Zum, the controversial school bus company, for five more years.

COLUMN | When Northwood-Appold United Methodist’s BGE bills totaled nearly $7,000 in January and February, the congregation banded together to take care of it.

Paula Hollinger, a nurse who served in the Maryland General Assembly for nearly three decades, died March 25 of leukemia. She was 85.

Downtown Partnership leader Shelonda Stokes got an assist from a Baltimore designer for this year’s annual report for Charm City.

The Johns Hopkins University’s global aid nonprofit Jhpiego was among several groups to receive massive federal funding increases in the last fiscal year.

Launched last fall, Maryland Youth Mental Health Corps is the newest addition to the Maryland Corps/Service Year Option for 18 to 29-year-olds.

The injunction prohibits building and operating detention space inside the facility while awaiting further arguments in the federal court case.

Several signs on the doors and inside the post office in Fells Point warn customers before entering: There are no stamps.

The Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board took the first step to limit the cost of a common diabetes drug, with Ozempic potentially next.

Lawrence E. Smith, the decorated former Dunbar High football coach, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for stealing $215,000 in overtime pay as a city schools police officer.

Baltimore broke an 85-year-old heat record Wednesday when the temperature reached 91 degrees, the highest ever recorded on April 15 in the city, according to the National Weather Service.