Community issues

The contract promises to swiftly implement encrypted chip technology used in credit and debit cards — along with a myriad of other protections — for Marylanders that use the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other cash assistance.

Helen Williams, 43, of Baltimore, is at least the fourth person to die in 2024 in the custody of the city’s jail system.

This weekend also brings high heat, with thunderstorms expected Friday and Saturday, when temperatures could reach a high of 96 degrees. Sunday will be mostly sunny with a forecast high of 94 degrees.

Dundalk resident Anthony Edward Connolly, 19, and Westminster residents Evan Michael Barnette, 19, and Jonathan Daniel Colon, 19, are facing misdemeanor charges for second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and other counts related to property destruction and possession of a replica gun.

A state employee union alleged that hospital employees were not paid overtime for working extra hours. Instead, the state Department of Health had them to pick up extra shifts as independent contractors, paying them a lower rate.

Charlene Bowie’s Bible has a bullet lodged in Jeremiah, right between chapters 29 and 30.

Hoau-Yan Wang is accused of fabricating aspects of his research on a drug treatment for Alzheimer’s disease when applying for federal grants, including making false or misleading statements to “enrich himself.”

The alleged victim told police that Johnson, 40, overheard her on the phone talking about a boy and became enraged, assaulting her throughout the night, including punching her, strangling her until she lost consciousness and raping her.

Anne Arundel County Police chief Amal Awad and U.S. Park Police Chief Jessica Taylor said during a press conference that the chase started at about 12:15 p.m. in southern Anne Arundel County when officers spotted a white BMW suspected of being involved in more than 40 armed robberies in the region this year.

When the Archdiocese of Baltimore announced plans to close dozens of Catholic churches, Our Lady of Victory in Arbutus was on the list. But parishioners, including many Burmese refugees, fought successfully to save a church that many say has become like a second home.

The state is requiring new training as companies increasingly turn to use of private security guards to fight crime as fewer people become police officers.

Maryland District Court Judge Marsha Russell declined to release Laury, who will await trial in the Baltimore County Detention Center. Russell deemed Laury a threat to the public based on the charges and the alleged sexual contact with a minor.

Isaacs and her colleagues are frantically contacting rescue organizations to house some of the rabbits as they recover from being spayed and neutered. Once the rabbits are medically cleared, they will be adoptable from the BCAS website.

Maryland officials have revived the Red Line transit project to connect East and West Baltimore. Now it falls to MTA Administrator Holly Arnold, a transit “true believer,” to help make it a reality.

Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 23, is charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree rape, third-degree sex offense and kidnapping. He’s being held without bail in the Harford County Detention Center.

Police said they believe the shooting was accidental, and they do not believe that anyone outside of the home was involved nor did they find “any indications of foul play.”

Anthony Jacob Fritz, 38, was arrested on Friday, June 28. He was released that same day on a $10,000 bond, according to court records.

When Baltimoreans hit the polls in November, they’ll have the chance to vote on whether City Hall should give a one-time payment of $1,000 to parents upon the birth or adoption of a child.

The Edmondson Community Organization filed the case on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.

June saw at least three drownings in the region. Here’s how to stay safe.