Community issues

Sandlot, a popular event and community space that began in Washington, D.C., will be the first sign of life for a larger development of downtown Largo, the Promenade at Lottsford, which will break ground in summer 2027.

Hyattsville has a thinner financial cushion than previously thought, including a general fund balance that dropped 71% from fiscal year 2023 to 2024, according to a recent audit.

An Elkridge funeral business that transforms human remains into compost as an alternative to burial and cremation says it’s buying land in rural Snow Hill on the Eastern Shore, where the loamy byproduct will be used to cultivate a forest of native trees.

Baltimore’s local media landscape took another hit Thursday as WBAL NewsRadio eliminated local jobs and replaced several locally hosted programs with nationally syndicated shows, according to employees affected by the cuts.

A lawsuit announced Thursday by the state seeks about $380 million in damages.

The impacted employees work at transitioning Capital Medical Group offices.

An international search for a 27-year-old man wanted in Howard County for fatally stabbing an Ellicott City woman has ended after authorities apprehended him in India.

A 69-year-old woman from Bowie was identified as the woman killed in a collision with a man who fled from a traffic stop on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Baltimore City Public Schools is the only Maryland district to sign on in this newest wave of OpenAI partnerships.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is escalating his dispute with Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming by asking a state appellate court to intervene and releasing documents that allege Cumming abusing her access to records.

Gregg Domroe, a retired FBI agent, said he resigned for personal reasons but will stay on in a temporary, part-time capacity and assist in the search for his successor.

A Pasadena man died after the motor scooter he was operating collided with an SUV near Riviera Beach on Monday morning, Anne Arundel County Police said Wednesday.

Strong thunderstorms are expected Thursday, according to the National Weather Service, with damaging winds, hail and isolated flooding possible.

A Baltimore youth correctional officer admitted Thursday to slamming a child to the ground at the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center in 2025 and then lying about it.

Construction is underway once again at the proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Elkridge after a federal judge reinstated the project’s construction permits this month.

Thieves are using electronic devices available at a modest cost to clone car key fobs or swipe signals.

Here’s what to do this weekend in the capital region, including Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week and a culinary tribute to Dolly Parton.

The first six of 78 new railcars began ferrying passengers on Baltimore’s lone subway line at the beginning of the year. Seven months in, riders are dealing with new, frustrating delays amid a long transition away from the old fleet.

Hot spots for car theft include Silver Spring, Wheaton and Gaithersburg.

COLUMN | An Aberdeen mother recently told police she had left her two young children alone because she had to work but could not afford childcare. This simply should not be the case in a country this rich.