Community issues

Fire crews responded to the 2100 block of Old Frederick Road where they successfully pulled a man out of the confined space.

Kathy and Matthew Schmale, both 63, died early Tuesday in a five-alarm fire that affected at least eight homes on Keswick Road in Hampden, family said.

Hampden’s American Legion post is accepting donations and is offering space for memorials and gatherings. The post has also reached out to funeral homes for assistance with the costs, said Tom Longest, the post commander.

That prisoner was airlifted Tuesday night by Maryland State Police to a nearby hospital “for treatment of his injuries.”

Howard County Schools’ superintendent reassured the school community that safety and finding answers are his first priorities after the arrest of a Howard High School student in the shooting death of a Baltimore man.

The affidavit lays out a series of chats with Teekaye discussing joining various branches of the Islamic State in Africa and, at one point, plotting to attack Jews and supporters of Israel living in Maryland.

The Baltimore County Council is poised to pass a resolution opposing a proposed $424 million, 70-mile energy transmission line.

Mosby, 44, a Democrat who served two terms as Baltimore state’s attorney from 2015-2023, argued the change was necessary because of a new job.

After the Key Bridge fell, the immigrant advocacy group CASA and Esperanza Center sprang into action, helping at least 34 family members who live overseas secure permission to travel to the U.S. and book their flights.

There are now around 534,000 people who identify as multiracial in the state and multiracial adults now make up about 7% of Maryland’s electorate.

Barack and Michelle Obama joined Stevie Wonder, a music legend and member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, on stage Tuesday night at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore.

Toward the end of an almost four-hour sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson told William Rich, “There’s a lot more to your life than what you did.”

Nine Baltimore nonprofits will receive a cut of a $4 million commitment from JPMorgan Chase.

A five-alarm fire early Tuesday affected at least eight rowhomes and drew a large response from the Baltimore City Fire Department.

Howard County Police arrested a 17-year-old boy Tuesday in the killing of a man last week.

Police said they have identified a potential suspect but are not releasing his name.

Baltimore jail officials lost track of nearly 92,500 methadone pills — controlled substances that carry a high street value — over a three-month period.

Eleven months after the National Zoo in Washington sent its three wildly popular pandas back to China, a new pair of bears arrived.

The Maryland Transit Administration is hosting meetings soon to get public feedback on different proposed routes.

The parents of a 5-year-old girl who died in East Baltimore Monday afternoon have been arrested and charged with first-degree child abuse.