Community issues

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.

Howard County Public Schools cannot keep up the pace with students who are vandalizing bathrooms. Their quick fix is locking up bathrooms throughout the school day.

Sequoia Snyder has performed with jazz luminaries such as Jason Moran and Herbie Hancock, but she’s carving out her place back home in Bowie.

Prince George's County Police said a suspect who fled a traffic stop in Bowie on Wednesday struck another vehicle, killing its driver.

Baltimore Police are investigating a suspicious death and a fatal shooting, officials said Monday.

Justin Reeves, 29, of Remington, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to malicious destruction of property by fire. He was implicated in three fires in the Hampden community.

Yaakov Reichman, 32, turned himself in to police on Monday. He is charged with involuntary manslaughter and neglect of a minor, according to court documents.

Judge Robert Thompson ruled that lawmakers violated their own deadlines for ballot measures.

Crews have largely completed the installation of trestles — overwater wooden platforms that jut over the Patapsco River — to use during the construction of the bridge.

Jones, a Woodstock council member seeking to become the county’s first Black male executive, reported $83,842 in the bank.

A 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and a 32-year-old woman was taken to the hospital.

Thursday’s eclipse will be partial but notable: 96.3% of the moon’s surface will be covered and visible to billions of people across all of North and South America, as well as parts of Europe and Africa.

Baltimore ethics director J. Christoph Amberger’s past at Agora Companies resurfaces as the city pursues a consumer protection lawsuit against the Baltimore-based publishing company.

Sgt. Mark Rutkowski, 51, of Canton, who’d been with the department for more than 25 years, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to theft and misconduct in office.

Green Party candidate Nater Kane is taking on Democrat Vanessa Atterbeary for Howard County executive in November 2026.

The Maryland State Fair is back again this year in Timonium, bringing three weekends of food, competitions, concerts, rides and more.

Civil rights attorney Billy Murphy says Baltimore County Police have historic pattern of ‘excessive disproportionate force.’

The Baltimore City Council is debating a bill that even its sponsor acknowledged rattles landlords and property managers.

A TikTok video got people thinking: Does Owings Mills have a downtown?

Keisha Hudson said she was unfairly punished by the Department of Corrections after reporting her supervisor’s discrimination against her.