Community issues

Howard County Police are searching for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old male at The Mall in Columbia on Saturday night.

The Howard County Council voted Monday to approve a resolution needed to get a proposed inspector general office on November’s ballot.

An apartment fire in Howard County left about 40 people displaced and three pets dead Saturday morning, officials said.

A developer’s unexpected death has led to the abrupt closure of a day care tucked inside a historic Mount Vernon church, leaving parents scrambling to find alternative childcare with just days’ notice.

A library would be a benefit to the entire Columbia community, one reader argues.

The federally subsidized apartment complex in Southwest Baltimore County has been a prolific source of complaints from residents — for years, if not decades.

The federal funds will be used to plan improvements along the Hanover Street Corridor, including sidewalks, new bike lanes and better connections to waterfront parks and trails.

Details about Dazhon Darien's troubled work history were listed in a national database.

He shared details of the vandalism with his 1.7 million TikTok followers and has seen an outpouring of support.

Police said the investigation is ongoing and that no additional information was available.

They’re now applying the infectious, youthful energy they captured working on the Kamala Harris campaign throughout Maryland — often in the political sphere.

Louis Giles has been working for three years to put a new gravestone in place for Samuel Neale, a Black Maryland veteran who worked as a steward and a medical assistant to a surgeon during the War of 1812. On Saturday, Giles completes that mission.

The Baltimore Banner sat down for a Q&A session with Ricky Smith, executive director/CEO of the Maryland Aviation Administration.

The entire health care ecosystem, and the communities it serves, have been uplifted by the transformational generosity of Michael Bloomberg, says Mohan Suntha, president and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical System.

Workers at the Towson Apple store have secured a union contract, the first of its kind in the country.

A 52-year-old Owings Mills man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in scams while posing as a government official dealing in gold bars.

Snyder, 77, who was one of the most successful plaintiffs’ lawyers in Maryland, is accused of threatening to extort the University of Maryland Medical System for $25 million in 2018.

Because of the community support of Howard County’s proposed inspector general, the council will move the bill to voters in the November election to enshrine the office in the charter.

Police say a teenage driver struck a 31-year-old man on a scooter at the intersection of North Conkling Street and Pulaski Highway and left the scene. The man died of injuries suffered in the crash, and the 16-year-old driver was later arrested and charged in the incident.