Community issues

The revitalization of rec centers and public spaces for city youth are a favorite issue of Scott’s and he's chosen to launch his reelection campaign at Leakin Park's Cahill Recreation Center.

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Three people were shot Friday while their van was leaving a Maryland funeral, police said as they searched for possible suspects.

County police said Jaward Hannah, 81, was found unresponsive at his longtime home in the 3400 block of Kelox Road on Nov. 10. He suffered trauma to the upper body.

Four Baltimore police officers fired 36 shots at a man with a gun fleeing from them in the western part of the city earlier this month, Police Commissioner Richard Worley said Friday.

Drones cannot be flown within 3 miles of a stadium starting one hour before a scheduled game until one hour after the event ends for any National Football League or Major League Baseball.

Created in the 1930s as part of a New Deal work and housing program, Greenbelt has a historic old town surrounded by more modern homes. The federal government has chosen it for the new FBI headquarters.

People characterized as anti-vaxxers should know others feel as they do, Josh Mazur, an Annapolis supporter of Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, says.

A foundation named for Baltimore native Yeardley Love is returning to her hometown. The One Love Foundation, named for the former University of Virginia lacrosse player, is moving from New York, WJZ reported.

A faint brown haze enveloped Baltimore and much of Maryland Thursday from wildfires in western Virginia that have been burning for weeks, fueled by drought and steady wind.

Cejus Watson pleaded guilty on Thursday to theft for leaving work, selling the cannabis at his tattoo shop in Baltimore County and going home before his shift ended on Sept. 29, 2022.

Workers at the Baltimore-area store and more 100 Starbucks locations nationwide are striking on one of the coffee chain’s busiest days of the year.

Johns Hopkins Hospital has placed its director of pediatric cardiac critical care on leave while it investigates anti-Palestinian social media posts from a now-deleted account.

Stretches of Orleans Street block pedestrian access and are a threat to neighborhood children, Fatima Wilkerson, a Southeast Baltimore resident and community activist, says.

Between July 2022 and June 2023, 208 Baltimore teens were charged with auto theft, according to juvenile services data. What happened to them?

Amid a nationwide rash of vehicle theft, Prince George’s has one of the highest car theft rates in Maryland.

The former Baltimore state’s attorney is accused of making false statements on mortgage applications to buy Florida vacation properties.

Jose Tapia is charged in two new cases with 53 counts including obstruction of justice, forgery and identity theft scheme.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced two new positions to help address the causes and effects of climate change.

The legislative package would increase penalties for gun theft and violent firearms offenses, authorize law enforcement to search vehicles based on the smell of cannabis alone and limit eligibility for bail or reduced sentences for those charged with or convicted of violent crimes.