Community issues

Vince Leggett, a conservationist who worked to preserve Black history and culture along the Chesapeake Bay, died Saturday. He was 71.

The city of Baltimore and the state of Maryland declared Nov. 25, 2024, to be Joe Gans Day in honor of the Baltimore native and first Black boxing world champion’s 150th birthday.

On a day of joy and accomplishment, there were also concerns as Trump’s campaign has promised to “seal the border and stop the migrant invasion.”

Forty people were charged in local, federal takedown of alleged criminal organizations in Southwest Baltimore.

Buckel, 53, a Republican who represents Allegany County, entered an Alford plea to one count of driving while impaired by alcohol and received probation before judgment.

Anne Arundel County got two new speed cameras Monday, but there will be a 15-day grace period with only warnings issued to speeding drivers.

One person was taken to the hospital Saturday following a two-alarm fire at an asphalt processing plant in East Baltimore, fire officials said.

Mulled wine and bratwurst fans rejoice. The Christmas Village, inspired by the Nuremberg Christmas Market in Germany, kicks off this weekend in the Inner Harbor.

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The death of a Bowleys Quarters man who fell into a fire pit is Baltimore County’s 11th fire-related death of 2024.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced he has nominated Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins University pancreatic surgeon and Fox News contributor, to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

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The first snowfall of the winter in Maryland has seen just a couple of inches accumulating out west and only trace amounts sticking to the grass closer to Baltimore.

The principal of Lothian Elementary School in Anne Arundel County surprised the chief custodian with news that school leaders had voted unanimously to rename the gym and the cafeteria after him for his 51 years of service.

Medical malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder was convicted in a federal attempted extortion case.

Bark Social, the popular, dog-friendly bar, abruptly closed all its locations.

ALDI, a discount grocery chain, will take over a space at the Edmondson Village Shopping Center that was damaged in a fire.

Maloney, an independent, feisty and eccentric woman who spent much of her life in Baltimore as a bartender at The Drinkery, died on Nov. 8. She was 92.

Hospitals are seeing an increasing number of homeless patients walking into emergency rooms. After they’re admitted, some refuse to leave. This is the story of a lawsuit Sinai Hospital filed against one such patient.

More than a dozen parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will celebrate their final Mass this weekend, part of a yearslong process of consolidation.