Community issues

An attorney for Smith sent Moore and his communications staff a letter on June 29 demanding that Moore retract a statement and apologize.

A major runway at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is temporarily closing next week as construction crews kick-start tarmac rehabilitation.

Thirty people were shot — two of them fatally — during an annual event called Brooklyn Day on July 2, 2023.

State police and corrections officials are conducting a “potential criminal misconduct” investigation into staff at a Western Maryland prison after the latest in a rash of killings of prisoners across the state.

The order came a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a Colombian man in Maine, renewing criticism of the agency’s tactics during enforcement operations.

Reginald Gray spent five years in federal prison, was legally prohibited from owning or using a gun, and threatened his son’s mother and maternal grandmother.

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for much of Central Maryland, including Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Harford, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.

A three-member Maryland Democratic Party committee will discuss Ronald Rosenbluth’s fate Wednesday.

Maryland residents had their natural gas and electricity service shut off for nonpayment nearly 115,000 times last year, according to data filed with state regulators.

A 46-year-old man was fatally shot by police on Sunday evening after officers responded to reports of an armed person at a bus stop in Gaithersburg, said state investigators.

Police said homicide investigators are working to determine how the shooting took place but described the incident as “accidental.”

Central Maryland could see a high of 102 on Wednesday and a high of 101 on Thursday.

The Montgomery County Police Department is upgrading its drone program to expand its coverage area and improve efficiency.

John Bates Sr. was struck by a 2025 Hyundai Elantra at the intersection of Liberty Road and Old Court Road around 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Baltimore County Police Department.

Anne Arundel County is offering emergency grants to affected businesses.

As the races prepare to leave Laurel Park, the community worries that a fund for local nonprofits may leave with it.

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General is seeking video of a fatal police shooting Sunday in Gaithersburg after a man allegedly loaded a gun at a bus stop.

The B&O Railroad Museum will become the National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation as part of a $38 million campus transformation.

Baltimore City fire crews extinguished a blaze on a ship docked in the Canton Industrial Area on Monday.

Michelle García won the primary race for District 1 County Council with more than 67% of the vote. She is the only winner in Prince George’s to participate in the new public financing.