Community issues

“Open borders are often portrayed as compassionate and virtuous,” said Michael Morin, 40, of Churchville, Maryland. “But there is nothing compassionate about allowing violent criminals into our country and robbing children of their mother. My sister’s death was preventable.”

The Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project would bring a 70-mile energy transmission line to central Maryland. But the plan to slice through three counties to fuel data centers is worrying residents in Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick counties.

The number of high school-aged teens shot in Baltimore has fallen by more than two-thirds compared to last year’s 10-year-high watermark.

Maryland law enforcement officials and the NTSB are investigating a small plane crash that is believed to have left a person dead in Royal Oak on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

The undisclosed funding came from two Chinese companies, both of which have been viewed with skepticism in the U.S.

Gervonta Davis, 29, now of Parkland, Florida, will be allowed to travel from July 19 to Aug. 12 to support and advise Team USA boxing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Anthony Guglielmi, who was the top spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department a decade ago, is chief of communications for the U.S. Secret Service, which is now navigating a historic crisis after the failed assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.

The State Highway Administration is reminding motorists to drive with caution and prepare for delays during overnight hours.

Jim Hadley, one of the church elders, said on Sunday the church has “engaged” Rachael Denhollander as a consultant. Denhollander is a Michigan attorney and former gymnast who was the first to publicly come forward with allegations that Nassar had abused her.

When Trea Ellinger left a drug rehab facility last summer, he assured his anxious mother that everything was fine. By the following afternoon, he was dead — not from the violence his mom feared he might face, but because he didn’t survive an encounter with first responders in downtown Baltimore.

The National Weather Service’s excessive heat warning is continuing into Tuesday for much of Maryland, with temperature indices estimated to reach 110 degrees in some places.

Howard County’s Bynia Reed is taking her Hyper Kidz indoor playgrounds national through franchising.

A Q&A with Shawn MacInnes, the new president and CEO of the Columbia Association.

The Maryland Department of Transportation recently installed a historic marker on Route 413 in Crisfield to commemorate the 86th anniversary of a strike by about 600 workers — predominantly Black women — for fair wages in the seafood industry. It’s part of a statewide effort to recognize history that has been left out or gone unacknowledged.

Under the Renew Baltimore amendment, the city’s property tax rate would have to decrease for seven consecutive years until it is at nearly half of its current level.

Mayor Brandon Scott and other officials announced permanent funding for a program that helps formerly unhoused people stay in their homes.

Organized groups are targeting people after they leave ATMs or banks and robbing them at gunpoint.

Tristan Jackson was stabbed in the eye at the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center, according to his attorney.

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump dismissed the prosecution, siding with defense lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed.

The five individuals who receive the most votes will be named Baltimore Homecoming’s Homecoming Heroes of 2024.