Community issues

Bendann, 40, of Baltimore, was found guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Wednesday on all counts of sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child pornography and cyberstalking. What’s next in his case?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved two new versions of the coronavirus vaccine.

Jason Billingsley, 33, of Sandtown-Winchester, previously pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree murder in an attack on a man and woman in West Baltimore on Sept. 19, 2023.

Syed was the subject of the hit podcast “Serial” and served more than 20 years in prison in the killing of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School. He has always maintained his innocence.

The fire happened shortly after midnight Monday at the Loch Raven Village Apartments in Towson.

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Andrea Rodriguez Avila was found dead in her residential hall on the campus of Rice University in Houston. The family of the 21-year-old issued a statement, saying her "precious life was lost to horrific violence."

Adnan Syed received international attention in 2014 with the release of the podcast "Serial."

A volunteer fire department in Baltimore County is raising $1.2 million to purchase a new boat so it can continue responding to emergencies in the Chesapeake Bay.

The Anne Arundel County health department provides the drug overdose reversal drug naloxone at vending machines at eight locations.

The five fires, which all broke out in the afternoons or evenings in late July, exclusively erupted at elementary/middle school facilities, according to incident reports.

Maryland officials found the insidious chemicals in water at 34 schools.

The Howard County Conservancy recently welcomed a new friend to the grounds: Monty the owl. His big debut to society will be in a few weeks at a 500-person event, and then he will be on his way to meet students at school for them to learn about animals.

Inspections at the plant have been suspended and it will remain closed “until the establishment is able to demonstrate it can produce safe product,” U.S. Agriculture Department officials said in a statement Thursday. Boar’s Head officials halted production at the Jarratt, Virginia, plant in late July.

Bendann, 40, of Baltimore, worked at the private, independent all-boys school in Roland Park from 2007 to 2023.

The Maryland State Department of the Environment published a draft permit Thursday morning that would allow CSX Transportation to continue operating its coal terminal in South Baltimore.

Johnnie Teague, 51, was arrested Wednesday inside his home in Southeast Baltimore where his stepson was found unresponsive in January.

A woman was arrested Wednesday on charges associated with a Bay Bridge crash in January.

Transportation officials have estimated finishing construction and opening the bridge to traffic in the Fall of 2028.

The Maryland Supreme Court is expected to hand down its long-awaited opinion in the case against Adnan Syed.