Community issues

The number of people sickened by the cyclospora parasite continues to rise in Maryland, reached 110, a 59% increase over last week, the Maryland Department of Health reported Wednesday.

A driver crossed into oncoming traffic, setting off a chain-reaction accident that sent a school bus carrying students from the Maryland School for the Blind crashing into a Parkville pharmacy Tuesday, according to Baltimore County Police.

A beloved Eastport restaurant is closing because of issues with its lease, and former mayor Gavin Buckley is selling a prime building he co-owns downtown.

The third annual Black Books Matter Fest is happening Aug. 1 and boasts a lineup of prominent award-winning authors and writers, including Nikole Hannah-Jones, Alex Elle and S.A. Cosby.

The Howard County Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint filed against County Council member Deb Jung by developer Brian Kim, who claimed her scrutiny of the planned community center was driven by her campaign for county executive.

The Wayside Inn, a 246-year-old bed and breakfast in Ellicott City, remains closed after a lightning-sparked fire damaged the building’s first floor and basement.

Sarah David’s friendship with former NBC producer Brooke Nevils informs how she will run the Baltimore County State’s Attorney Office.

Since 2023, Maryland has had more prison homicides than all of its neighboring states combined. Its homicide rate last year was nearly four times the national average, based on available data gathered by The Banner.

Laurie Gillespie, known to her neighbors as ‘L,’ lived out of her car in Bolton Hill for the past five years. After she died last month, her car turned into a makeshift memorial and tribute to her life.

Hundreds of flights canceled at Baltimore, D.C.-area airports.

One child and two adults had minor injuries after a school bus carrying at least a dozen people crashed into a building in Parkville on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

Maryland Transportation Authority Police are investigating after a concertgoer said a man urinated on him and his family while at Morgan Wallen’s Baltimore show.

A man and woman from Rhode Island wanted for allegedly kidnapping their two young children and fleeing the state with them were arrested in Baltimore County this week.

The Maryland Supreme Court found that the county had the authority to restrict guns, but had overstepped in some cases.

Montgomery County Police asked the public to help them identify a driver in a June 19 hit-and-run that killed 61-year-old Hanna Wegayehou in Silver Spring.

Kaylee Hottle, the teenage actor who played Jia in “Godzilla vs. Kong” and its sequel, died in a single-vehicle car crash in Frederick County early Tuesday morning.

Most eye-popping among the findings was the state’s failure to terminate SNAP benefits for a person who won a $2 million lottery prize in July 2023.

Maryland is trying to combat a housing affordability crisis — and incentivize more public transit use in the process — by building denser development near train stations. Nearly 100 acres of Prince George’s County land could be the biggest yet.

An Upper Marlboro resident and former U.S. Census Bureau official was sentenced to two years in prison for a procurement and kickback scheme that netted her $790,000.

Officials say a legal loophole has allowed disbanded businesses to continue abuse under new licenses.