Community issues

As of Thursday morning, the Eastern Shore is under a drought watch, according to state officials.

Social Security Administration executive Randolph “Randy” Edwin Abrams died at 74 of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. A public viewing will be held July 11, while a graveside service will take place July 12.

The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including Maryland, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

The city now hopes to expand the whole-block model used in the tiny East Baltimore neighborhood to more parts of the city, perhaps using financing methods usually reserved for commercial developments.

In an exclusive Wednesday interview with NBC News’ Tom Llamas, Julio Cervantes said he saw family members disappear to his left and right into the water beneath them.

A USA Boxing official says the Baltimore boxing champion would be a “key asset” at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

With $960,000 in a federal funding grant, Howard County will be better connected to Baltimore suburbs with two heavy-duty transit buses, allowing for more local transit options for commuters.

The inspector general made an emergency visit to the Cherry Hill Department of Public Works Facility early Wednesday morning and released the report just hours later.

An environmentally-focused upgrade to Maryland’s electric grid will require more than 70 miles of overhead powerlines across several counties.

The robberies in the first case happened between November 2023 and January. Five people between the ages of 17 to 20 are charged with armed robberies and motor vehicle thefts in Baltimore, Baltimore County and Howard County.

The agency recovered 1,316 vehicles nationwide, meaning about 26% of them were stopped in this region, which covers the ports of Baltimore; Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia; Philadelphia; and Wilmington, Delaware.

Questions abound about how the money will be used to combat overdoses.

The Baltimore County Police Department plans to activate speed cameras at five new locations in school zones on Thursday, July 11, 2024.

Red Maple Place, a proposed 56-unit housing development in historic East Towson, will not be subject to new design standards.

The production of “Lady in the Lake” used the state’s Film Production Activity Tax Credit, an incentive of the Maryland Film Office that helps attract productions to film on location in the state and provides refundable tax credits for certain costs incurred during filming.

Kanawha County Circuit Judge Kenneth Ballard approved the settlement for the estate of Edmond Exline. The lawsuit said he died at a hospital after three troopers tackled and handcuffed him and used a Taser to immobilize him Feb. 12, 2023, along Interstate 81 near Martinsburg.

The rapper, whose real name is Davante Harrison, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to one count of racketeering conspiracy.

Darius Gaines, 33, of Joppa, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to theft, theft scheme, making false entries in public records and misconduct in office.

Overnight, Howard County Police recovered 31 stolen airbags and arrested the two suspects.

Rodney Burton was ordered held pending trial by U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.