Community issues

Maryland officials on Thursday released a plan for reducing greenhouse emissions. Recommendations include promoting cleaner ways to produce electricity, putting more electric vehicles on the road and making buildings more efficient.

After several days of foggy, rainy weather, forecasters are predicting partly sunny skies and mild temperatures for Baltimore over New Year’s weekend.

Look back at 15 compelling storylines from the greater Baltimore region.

Instead of trying to fill the void, some bereaved moms search for other women who have one, too.

Through fashion shows, sip-and-paints and slumber parties, the women remind themselves that hobbies are healing.

Baltimore typically sees a small increase in homicides at the end of the year, but not this year.

The Maryland bar counsel on Friday filed a petition to suspend the law license of former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who was convicted of federal perjury charges last month.

My friends from Birmingham, Alabama, wonder how I will deal with all the crime when I move to Baltimore. Crime rates are generally higher in my hometown.

Nearly 75 firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire, which took almost an hour to bring under control.

From Baltimore to Ocean City, here’s where you can ring in the New Year with a fireworks show.

Maryland Chef Ashish Alfred appeared on “Good Morning America.”

A Baltimore Banner data analysis from 2022 found that two neighborhoods on Orleans Street, Dunbar-Broadway and CARE, have had the first- and third-highest accident rates per resident when looking at the more densely populated parts of the city.

The weather is expected to clear up ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Anthony Barksdale, a former deputy police commissioner, returned to the city in 2022 as the deputy mayor overseeing public safety.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott shared the news of his engagement to girlfriend Hana Pugh on Facebook on Dec. 25, 2023. No wedding date has been publicly announced.

Students and professors at Morgan State University testing technology for roadway safety they believe could be groundbreaking.

Maryland officials have bet big on using offshore wind to meet renewable energy goals, but industry trends are making that difficult.

The former hospital that treated African Americans was known for mistreating patients.

When a Morgan State University freshman, loaded down with duffels and suitcases, missed his train home for the holidays, a MARC train conductor figured out how to get him on it anyway.

Savage, Maryland, could have had a different history of becoming a permanent Christmas village, and 75 years ago this was reality. The new Savage Mill owner, who also bought hundreds of homes in the town, hosted a one-ring circus, reindeer and Santas as far as the eye could see for yearly celebrations and put a small town on the map.