Community issues

Samuel Warren, a correctional officer who initiated an attack and cover-up at Eastern Correctional Institution, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.

Lt. Welai Grant, Sgt. Mark Rutkowski and former Officer Harrison Brandon are facing charges in Baltimore Circuit Court, including theft and misconduct in office.

Former Lt. Gov. Melvin “Mickey” Steinberg, who served in state government for nearly three decades and later pursued a career as a lobbyist, died Tuesday after a short stay in hospice. He was 92.

The Renaissance Harborplace Baltimore Hotel — once a part of downtown’s rebirth — will soon be owned by its lender, DR VII REIT Holdings, a subsidiary of New York-based Torchlight Investors.

A man was taken into custody on Wednesday after driving his van into a security barrier outside the White House, authorities said.

The measure, introduced by Demoratic Councilman Izzy Patoka, prohibits law enforcement from wearing face coverings and requires officers to wear visible identification.

Baltimore arts nonprofit Wide Angle Youth Media, which educates and trains city students in media, has ambitious plans for 2026 and beyond.

Police said two autocycle vehicles struck an SUV at an intersection of Pulaski Highway.

Maryland’s electric vehicle drivers — who are concentrated in Montgomery County — are immune from the rising gas prices tied to the Iran war.

A problem with processing sewage sludge at Baltimore’s largest wastewater treatment plant has driven one of its operators to ship local sewage out of state at a cost of millions of dollars a month to the city.

A Baltimore Police officer and a suspect were shot in a Northwest Baltimore neighborhood, officials said.

Attorney General Anthony Brown is asking a court to stop work at a Washington County immigration detention center until a separate legal challenge is decided in court.

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a 31-year-old man who was jailed at Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover.

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman told the County Council on Tuesday that a development moratorium covering part of northern Anne Arundel County is a “five-alarm fire” that he wants to move quickly to resolve.

Unique Thorne, 27, of Johnston Square, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to second-degree murder and use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence.

A 17-year-old Gaithersburg High student was arrested Tuesday after he was found with a loaded handgun on campus.

The FBI on Tuesday increased to $1 million the reward for information leading to the capture of one of its “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives,” a man suspected of killing his wife in 2015 at a doughnut shop in Anne Arundel County.

A Maryland commission that investigates wrongdoing by judges recommended that the state’s highest court remove Anne Arundel County Orphans’ Court Judge Marc Knapp from the probate bench.

Two construction workers were buried in a collapsed trench on Tuesday afternoon in Bethesda.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown sued DHS, alleging it blocked a state probe into immigrant detention conditions at Baltimore’s Fallon Federal Building.