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Lisa Adrienne Lea, 54, of Randallstown, faces 28 counts, including one that alleges she was driving impaired by drugs, though the indictment does not specify what substance. After police were initially unable to locate her, state police said she turned herself in on Wednesday morning.

Maryland Occupational Safety and Health cited the State Highway Administration for a deadly crash on I-695 that left six workers dead.

Melachi Duane Darnell Brown of Windsor Mill is one of two drivers who were charged in the crash, which happened on the inner loop of Interstate 695 in 2023.

Melachi Duane Darnell Brown, 21, of Windsor Mill, had pleaded guilty to six counts of negligent vehicular manslaughter in the crash, which happened on March 22, 2023.

The National Transportation Safety Board has provided new details on the fatal crash on Interstate 695 that killed six construction workers in 2023.

Maryland State Police identified the six victims killed in Wednesday’s crash.

Life as a highway construction worker: We ‘don’t know who’s gonna go home that day’

Their collective samples became known as the GBMC slides. And after many years of these frozen slides growing ever colder, Baltimore County law enforcement announced its laboratory would process the remaining 1,400 slides by the end of 2024.

The ship’s owner, Singapore-based Grace Ocean Private Ltd., made what’s known in maritime law as a “general average” declaration.

Following a period of rapid growth, CFG Bank has moved into its new headquarters in Baltimore Peninsula.

Jonathan Daniels was in his seventh week on the job as executive director of the Maryland Port Administration when the Key Bridge collapsed. Now he is tasked with overseeing the growing port’s return to regular operations.

The New/Next Film Festival returns to Baltimore this year, with expanded programming.

A lifelong Baltimore resident says five days of jury duty changed him and gave him a new understanding of how criminal justice is administered in the city.

Nearly every respondent — 98% — said crime was a major or minor issue in the city, eclipsing litter, taxes and affordable housing.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball unveiled $2.4 billion operating budget request, including $1.14 billion for the Howard County Public School System.

“Work zones are temporary, but actions behind the wheel can last forever,” is the message that state officials have for Maryland motorists.

Mexican officials have identified the fourth victim of the Key Bridge collapse whose body was recovered Sunday as that of Carlos Daniel Hernández.

For the last decade, children have been traveling to the U.S. southwest border in record numbers, with more than 33,000 unaccompanied children arriving in Maryland since October 2014.

Baltimore prosecutors will announce Wednesday that an arrest has been made in the 2017 killing of an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer who was gunned down in Northwest Baltimore, sources said.

Everything you need to know about the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.