Community issues

Anne Arundel County firefighters responded to a townhouse that was “well involved in fire.”

Concerns about the reliability of the agency’s data emerged after The Banner questioned the growing number of child maltreatment fatalities in Maryland that had seemingly gone unnoticed by elected officials. Worry about the accuracy of human services data has widened since then.

County officials are lauding the work of the intelligence unit, called the Real Time Information Center, as a vital tool that will help police respond to crime faster while keeping officers and the public safer.

Hospitals say the system is on the verge of crisis, with access to care increasingly at stake.

The Amazon driver who ran over a woman in the Butchers Hill neighborhood and fled on Tuesday night turned himself in, according to Baltimore Police.

The Maryland Supreme Court ruled that Moira Akers’ internet searches about abortion earlier in her pregnancy were irrelevant, and a judge should not have allowed the jury to hear that information.

Joseph Gillespie’s attorneys asked for two years, but the request was denied by U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett, who expressed extreme disappointment with Gillespie’s conduct.

The White House posted a picture of April Amaya-Luis on its X account as an example of crimes it claims were committed by immigrants.

Sister Patricia McCarron, the longtime head of Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, will become superintendent of the Baltimore area’s Catholic schools system in August.

Baltimore police are investigating a shooting that unfolded inside a senior living facility Thursday morning, a police spokesperson said.

Maryland continues battling brutal cold and high winds, but updated forecasts call for little to no snow in the Baltimore region Thursday.

Rebecca F. Gaffney of Oxford was moved by Rick Hutzell’s piece about his beloved dog, Rooster.

Over nearly two weeks, Richard Hall wasted away at a Howard County detention center under the eyes of staff. The county settled with Hall’s family for $1.25 million.

Maryland lawmakers are weighing an expansion to Howard County’s liquor laws that would pave the way for movie theaters to serve alcohol as well as for licensed taverns to offer delivery service.

A 29-year-old woman crossing the street Tuesday night in Butchers Hill was run over by an Amazon driver who got out of the truck and checked on her before fleeing the area, according to Baltimore Police.

Malik McCormick, 24, of Parkville, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to first-degree murder and related crimes in the killing of Jaymyra Burrell, who was five months pregnant with their daughter, Zuri, on Dec. 4, 2022. She was 19.

Last week, BWI’s largest carrier said it was cutting about 1,750 jobs.

Baltimore County residents are treated for nonfatal opioid overdoses more than 1,500 times a year, according to state data.

Other jurisdictions in Maryland use drones to assist police work, but not as first responders.

The Baltimore area will likely see less than inch of snowfall on Wednesday as other parts of the state could get hit with up to 4 inches.