Community issues

A Washington County official sent an email to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in February requesting assistance in getting federal dollars for a highway-widening project, claiming the state isn’t funding it. The only catch? Maryland is.

Under the bill, Maryland district court commissioners would no longer be able to issue arrest warrants other than to police or a state’s attorney.

A professional cornhole champion who is a quadruple amputee awaits extradition to Maryland after he was accused of killing a friend in Charles County late Sunday, authorities say.

Fort Washington Park remained closed Monday as Prince George’s County and federal officials investigated explosive devices found in the wooded areas of the historic site.

Baltimore Police are investigating a Sunday evening shooting near the Maryland Science Center along the Inner Harbor.

City Council President Zeke Cohen wants to ban data center development in Baltimore for at least a year. Proposed legislation would block data centers that use at least 10 megawatts.

Assistant State’s Attorney Rita Wisthoff-Ito said prosecutors will retry Eric Kibler, 44, of Hagerstown, on two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related offenses.

A Montgomery Circuit Court judge sentenced Jonathan Leon-Chacon, 28, to 75 years in prison for the 2022 shooting death of Willians Anderson Alberto Cruz, 19, in Silver Spring.

On Sunday, airport officials alerted travelers to arrive at least three hours ahead of their scheduled departure times, as security lines full of spring break travelers grew.

Officer Mamoudou Diallo accused a woman of lying about the identity of her abuser and then falsely arrested the father of her children.

In Maryland, the average gas price is trending slightly above the national average at about $3.49 per gallon for regular unleaded gas, according to a press release from AAA.

Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, officials said.

Monday is Crossover Day, the deadline for bills to pass one chamber — the Senate or the House of Delegates — and cross over to the other for the best chance of full passage.

A Baltimore developer was at the center of a charged conflict over the future of a dump in the Remington neighborhood, a controversy that has gotten him thinking bigger about the future of the beloved and beleaguered Jones Falls stream.

COLUMN | Tristan King is not my kid, but his ordeal makes me, as the mother of a brown son who looks a little like him, wonder why the systems failed and how we can shore them up.

Some acupuncturists haven’t had their claims paid this year by the state’s largest insurer, putting access to patient care at risk.

Being the top prosecutor in Maryland’s smaller jurisdictions means taking on daunting caseloads for less pay than a legal professional could earn in private practice.

Adrian Dantley, a two-time NBA scoring champion, is still a tall, lean master of the game. He’s also a sought-after coach and referee. On any given Sunday, you can find him at a rec center in Gaithersburg.

President Trump made clear on Sunday that he was going ahead with the plan to assist the Transportation Security Administration.

A controversial Baltimore statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered a new home near the White House, according to the artwork’s owners.