Community issues

Michael Burnett, 37, was charged with first-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the death of India Johnson, 32.

Prince George’s County Police arrested a 31-year-old suspected of stealing more than 60 reptiles from pet stores in Maryland and Virginia.

COLUMN: Dirt bikes, part of Baltimore City’s Black culture for decades, are illegal on the streets. Advocates want to talk to law enforcement and others to figure out how to promote a safe way to continue that history.

Harrison Brandon, 28, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to misconduct in office and received two years of probation. He was also ordered to perform 120 hours of community service.

This month, a contractor for Baltimore-based MCB Real Estate filed an application with the city for construction permits on several parcels along and near Baltimore’s waterfront.

The parade train was listed on Facebook Marketplace in Essex a few weeks ago for $35,000.

The 80th annual Howard County Fair runs through Aug. 15. It’s open daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

More than 3,000 Baltimore buildings have been vacant for two decades or longer.

A 67-year-old man died two weeks after a Toyota truck hit him in Gaithersburg, police said.

The Perseid meteor shower will peak over the next few days. The show will be most visible when the shower peaks on the night of Wednesday Aug. 12, into the early morning of Thursday Aug. 13.

Among the latest grant recipients: Community Health and Empowerment through Education and Research (CHEER) in Long Branch and Takoma Park and the Ebenezer Church of God’s back-to-school supplies drive in Landover Hills.

Harold Christopher Christner died Saturday in a crash between two vehicles near Damascus, Montgomery County Police said on Tuesday.

Baltimore County Police are investigating two shootings that left three people dead in Essex on Monday, officials said.

Howard County is sending $260,000 in emergency funding to keep Grassroots Crisis Intervention, the nonprofit that answers calls, chats and texts to the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline, afloat after losing its federal funding.

Mark Reginald Melton was arrested this month for allegedly stabbing a person in the bathroom of a Silver Spring restaurant on July 10.

Mahmood Chaudhry, 66, of Owings Mills, fatally struck Gerald Pettaway Sr. on Old Road Court Road near Bedford Avenue in Pikesville on Nov. 11, 2025.

The Crazy Mason Milkshake Bar on Ellicott City’s Main Street is closing at the end of August.

Erica Schwartz, who earned a law degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, will lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Maryland State Police are investigating a shooting that left a 5-year-old girl dead and an adult injured in Linkwood on the Eastern Shore.

Rain will continue to hit Baltimore and most of Maryland through the rest of the week, so keep umbrellas and rain jackets nearby.