Community issues

If you’re a Columbia dater who’s endlessly swiping left and going on dates that seem to lead nowhere, there’s probably a reason for that.

Bishop Donte Hickman, head of Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore, held a celebratory ground breaking ceremony for the new Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center expected to open in 2027.

Hillendale Country Club has been sold for more than $3 million in a foreclosure auction, months after it closed amid financial struggles. The buyer’s name was not revealed.

Planners will install LiDAR systems at five intersections along West North Avenue to understand how cars and pedestrians interact.

If police are right, Luigi Mangione will be remembered as a herald of 3D-printed gun violence, of a weapon spreading so fast it is outpacing ways we think of protecting ourselves.

Baltimore’s TIF-backed developments are, slowly but surely, making money, a new report finds.

The fatal shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO has focused attention on the anger and frustrations of people around the country and in Maryland.

Baltimore County will invest $9.5 million in a project to redevelop the Pikesville Armory, an aging military site and community hub. Backers say it will expand recreational opportunities.

The man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was not a client of the medical insurer and may have targeted it because of its size and influence, a senior police official said Thursday.

Authorities are investigating a possible explosion in the Glen Burnie area in Anne Arundel County. Several businesses reported hearing a “boom.” No damage or injuries have been reported.

The apparent targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the menacing threats that followed have sent a shudder through corporate America and the health care industry in particular, leading to increased security for executives and some workers.

Black Marylanders make up about 30% of the state’s population but more than 70% of the people incarcerated in state prisons, the most pronounced racial disparity of its kind in the country, and a dubious distinction that criminal justice reformers say exemplifies the state’s regressive policies around mass incarceration.

Department of Defense deputy chief Frederick Douglass Moorefield Jr., of Anne Arundel County, sentenced for dogfighting.

Mosby, 44, a Democrat, served two terms as the Baltimore City’s top prosecutor from 2015 to 2023.

Corren Johnson, Baltimore’s director of transportation for the last two years, has resigned effective immediately, Mayor Brandon Scott said Thursday.

Maryland is planning to begin milk testing for bird flu by January, on par with a recent announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s national milk testing strategy to monitor any aviation influenza outbreaks, state officials said.

Wesley Lyons Jr. was found guilty of a shooting at his child’s birthday party inside the Harford Mall last June, according to Harford County State’s Attorney Alison Healey.

Red Shed Village’s eponymous structure burned down on Thanksgiving. The community of unhoused people who live around it, and the unusual church that supports them, is working to build back.

The ghost gun in the Luigi Mangione case — a pistol with 3D-printed parts and a 3D-printed silencer — has highlighted the growing use of 3D-printed firearms.

The Gilman School, his alma mater, stayed mostly silent as national media descended.