Community issues

Two Harford County schools are experiencing contaminated water and students are encouraged to avoid drinking the water.

The only criminal case against a real estate investor Jay Walsh accused of running a Ponzi-style international investment scheme that affected thousands of homes in Baltimore and Philadelphia is underway this week in Baltimore District Court.

The smallest and least suspecting victims of Baltimore’s opioid epidemic are young children. Since 2020, 15 young children have died of overdose.

PJM Interconnection has planned for the region’s energy transition and renewable energy, says company spokesperson Susan Buehler.

Annapolis native Christian Siriano has the golden touch when it comes to dressing women in the political sphere — whether that be Michelle Obama and Jill Biden or the next potential leader of the free world, Kamala Harris.

Marilyn Mosby, who served two terms as Baltimore state's attorney from 2015 to 2023, is appealing her perjury and mortgage fraud convictions.

The man was in a “brief verbal altercation” with an unidentified man who assaulted him around 2:45 p.m. Saturday on Eastern Avenue, police said.

David Philpot, who was assaulted Saturday in Fells Point and died Sunday, was a regular sight in the neighborhood even to those who did not know him.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture, along with the Anne Arundel County Health Department, will enhance mosquito control services in certain areas due to public health concerns about potential mosquito-borne diseases.

A 36-year-old man died and the other conditions range from stable to critical condition.

Ayman Nassar said he withdrew from Maryland's hate crime commission after an “online harassment and smear campaign was launched” against him.

At fan appreciation day Sunday, visitors browsed Preakness and Pimlico merchandise from years past and left with up to two items.

The teen died during practice in Reisterstown after experiencing a medical emergency.

The Perdue Foods recall comes after some customers reported finding metal wire embedded in the products.

Flood protection measures were activated in Old Ellicott City as storms dumped inches of rain throughout Maryland on Sunday evening.

Howard County Public School System officials say they've been hard at work understanding what happened last August and how to stop it from happening again.

Chris Bendann, a former teacher at the Gilman School, is set to stand trial on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child pornography and cyberstalking.

Nicholas Bendy was arrested allegedly for driving under the influence after an Ocean City police officer saw him speeding and changing lanes.

“She had a lot of charm, and she inspired a lot of loyalty," said "The Wire" creator David Simon about Laura Schweigman, who worked her way up from a TV writer's office assistant to producer positions.

It wasn’t supposed to be this complicated but it was. It would take about a year and a half to get a handful of plastic bollards installed, bolt a pedestrian sign into the road and some paint at an intersection, according to the people involved.