Community issues

To keep travelers safe during Thanksgiving weekend, officials are reminding people to drive sober, slow down, leave with extra time and move over for stopped vehicles.

Timothy “Timmy” Cartwell died after an on-the-job incident on Nov. 8 while he was collecting trash for Baltimore’s Department of Public Works. He was 60.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources lifted the statewide burn ban that was put in place Nov. 1 to help prevent the spread of wildfires amid dry conditions.

Medical malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder’s federal attempted extortion case is headed to closing arguments.

Top state officials approved a permit Wednesday needed to begin an offshore wind project in the Delmarva Peninsula.

Tyler Mailloux, 24, of Berlin, is charged in Worcester County Circuit Court with 17 counts in the deadly 2022 crash.

Isaiah Shackleford, a shy and kind 22-year-old and the youngest of eight children, was shot on Nov. 7 while driving on Maryland Route 295 toward Annapolis. He died the next day.

A group of nurses at St. Agnes Hospital have asked for a vote to decertify their union.

The U.S. 40 Highway to Nowhere has scarred West Baltimore for decades. Baltimore’s new plan won’t remove it, but will try to transform the area around it.

Whether you want to square dance at Mobtown Ballroom & Café or eat breakfast with Santa at the B&O Railroad Museum, we’ve got you covered.

Baltimore County has played an outsized role in shaping state politics. Since 2002, only one candidate has lost statewide office while winning the county.

There are places that become part of us, and places where part of us of remains. Corpus Christi, one of dozens of Baltimore-area Catholic parishes set to close at the end of the month, is that kind of place for my family.

Police say a Baltimore man who allegedly shot and wounded a co-worker on Interstate 95 in Howard County may have blamed the victim for a demotion.

After Howard County Library System workers overwhelmingly voted to form a union in February, workers have been stuck in wage negotiations with the library system’s board of trustees. They planned to ask for contract provisions at the board’s Wednesday night meeting.

Prosecutors accuse trial lawyer Steven L. Snyder of exceeding the demands of his client when he demanded $25 million from the University of Maryland Medical System.

The replacement for the Key Bridge would vertically dwarf the felled span and have slightly more space between its main piers, preliminary designs show.

Baltimore County Circuit Judge Nancy M. Purpura on Wednesday sentenced Jalen Green, 23, of Northwest Baltimore, to 10 years for first-degree rape and use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence.

The new survey comes as advocates for the bay are gearing up for a potentially pivotal meeting next month.

A body and a car were recovered from a marina in Baltimore County on Wednesday, according to the Maryland Natural Resources Police.

Bill Kidd’s has been locally owned and operated by three generations of the same family for more than 60 years.