Community issues

A public health researcher at the Johns Hopkins University who was arrested by immigration officials while boarding a domestic flight has been released after spending days in federal custody across three states.

After a start-and-stop construction process, The Paramount, an $86 million venue hosting up to 4,000 concertgoers, is expected to open soon near M&T Bank Stadium.

Phillip Groh, local tradesman who never hesitated to help others, died from injuries that he sustained in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident. He was 22.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has transferred Fatima Ameaka, a public health researcher at Johns Hopkins, to a detention facility in Louisiana, according to a government website that tracks those detained by ICE.

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy instructor Berhanu Kibret won a teacher of the year award this month right before federal immigration enforcement agents arrested him for allegedly overstaying his visa.

Maryland state health officials warned of possible measles exposure after someone visiting the state tested positive in Cecil County this week.

A Maryland man once considered a hero for preventing a shooting at Perry Hall High School from turning deadly has been charged in connection with a human trafficking case.

Maryland Department of Health officials announced Friday a capital region resident tested positive for West Nile virus, the first confirmed human case in the state this year.

The cuts to Hughes Network Systems, a satellite subsidiary of EchoStar, come as the telecommunications company navigates financial woes and debt repayment.

Two counts, conspiracy and intercepting electronic communications, remain.

After The Banner's reporting on the sheriff’s strange eviction arrangement, his chief of staff, Tracy Brown, criticized the president of the deputies union on social media. She was recently put on administrative leave while the office’s internal affairs division investigates.

Matt Tacka, who worked as a host and producer at WYPR for over a decade, died Saturday of respiratory failure. He was 55.

In late June, with throngs expected at the Inner Harbor’s Sail250 event, Baltimore added checkpoints and extra rules for people entering Fells Point. Over a month later, the city is sticking with the increased enforcement through Labor Day.

Annapolis has received a petition to annex about 5.4 acres of land along Bay Ridge Road — property that would potentially be developed into about 40 townhomes.

The empire of the once-splashy real estate developer Chasen Cos. is being divvied up, though some properties are languishing without new owners.

Iris “P Nut” Cormier, a beloved bartender at Drummer’s Lot Pub in Annapolis, died this month. He was 66.

This year, organizers contracted a new ticket vendor, Big Tickets, that has streamlined the process in a fashion that seems to be paying off.

A Johns Hopkins University public health researcher and former Fulbright scholar was detained this week by immigration agents while boarding a domestic flight as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement efforts at airports.

Two confirmed tornadoes touched down on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and three hit Anne Arundel County during Tuesday night’s storms, weather officials said, leaving a trail of damage behind.

Ivan Rivas, the longtime Montgomery County schools bus driver involved in a fatal crash in October that killed a middle school student, paid a $390 fine on Thursday to avoid going to trial.