Community issues

The scanner chatter contradicts statements made by the state’s public safety chief, Carolyn Scruggs, that there were no clear warning signs that Sewell posed a risk to Martinez.

The earthquake was centered in Montgomery County, Maryland, in Spencerville, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Baltimore City fire officials said the cause of the blaze, which broke out in the 3000 block of Hudson Street, is under investigation.

A lawsuit filed last week is the latest addition to a pile of civil claims tied to ABC Capital and Castle Title that keeps growing as the Maryland Insurance Administration investigates discrepancies raised by a civil lawyer and reported by The Baltimore Banner.

The finalized plan by the Archdiocese of Baltimore affects many of Baltimore’s predominantly Black churches.

In a season of change, the new owners of Baltimore Sun Media stopped publishing the Maryland Gazette, which carried news of the Declaration of Independence on July 11, 1776. The Big Glen Burnie Carnival ended a summer run that started in 1908. And down in Ocean City, the city is phasing out a century-old seasonal police officer program.

A woman reported that an acquaintance sexually assaulted her in 2023. Then a series of delays and scheduling conflicts began to upend the trial in Baltimore Circuit Court.

Baltimore County detectives arrest Randallstown High School teacher and charge him with sexually abusing a minor.

A work zone along I-695 where six construction workers were killed by a high-speed crash last year has sat dormant ever since. Not for much longer.

The Baltimore area broke at least two heat records last week. This week, conditions should be cooler.

Howard County residents have voted to name a new tunnel-boring machine “Rocky.” Its first order of business is to cut through 5,000 feet of granite, part of an effort to tame floodwaters in Ellicott City.

Marquis Whitfield, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene after the city’s dive team pulled him to the shore, according to Baltimore Police.

A Maryland couple was among the more than 1,300 people who died during extreme heat at the Hajj pilgrimage in the Middle East.

Federal and Maryland authorities are setting ample safety precautions for the Dali’s voyage Monday from the Port of Baltimore to Norfolk, Virginia.

I joined more than 150 people Sunday as part of the inaugural Harbor Splash organized by the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore.

State and city officials are gearing up to make a major announcement regarding the planned Red Line transit project in the coming days. A key question is whether the project will be light rail or bus rapid transit.

Anne Arundel County installs first-ever speed cameras to increase roadway safety and reduce traffic fatalities and injuries.

“We are being attacked,” said Greater Grace church's head pastor, Thomas Schaller.

Baltimore's Waterfront Partnership is trying to make the Inner Harbor swimmable. More than 150 people jumped in Sunday morning to prove it's possible.

Newly passed legislation will force current members of the Maryland Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention to reapply to the commission. Attorney General Anthony Brown said he is eagerly looking forward to the application process that will populate the new commission.