Community issues

But advocates for a better path and trail network say that funding doesn’t match the county’s apparent goals laid out in the plan. Based on current funding levels, it would take the county between 22 and 38 years just to complete less than 10 miles of infrastructure.

Ultimately, Hardy said the aim is to let kids be kids, however that manifests for each of them. It’s a luxury he wasn’t afforded.

“These cost-cutting measures employed by Hyundai and Kia at the expense of public safety are unacceptable,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement. “They have left our residents vulnerable to crime and are significantly burdening our police resources.”

Both bills advanced to second reader, though City Council members said they remained largely unfinished and would need to be refined ahead of another vote.

An autopsy later found 4-year-old Amir James had skull injuries and died from bleeding in his brain.

Prosecutors once said Ethan Newberg, a more than 28-year veteran, engaged in a “pattern and practice of harassment and intimidation.”

A strong El Niño weather cycle doesn’t guarantee a big winter storm, but it could bring several inches of snowfall in Baltimore.

Private attorneys working for the state of Maryland aimed their fire at the independent medical monitor overseeing a 2016 settlement agreement on health care delivery in the state-run city jail system.

Given the chance Sunday, I joined a record-breaking 18,000 others to walk and run across the 4.3-mile eastbound span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. I thought a lot about the future of Maryland’s defining engineering feat.

People still want to buy Kias and Hyundais. Why? Used car salesman Carl Moore says they're “nice-looking” affordable cars with decent warranties.

Tino Bertin has owned Tino Auto Service and Sales in Northeast Baltimore for nearly a decade, but says he's never seen people so embolden to steal cars, despite his attempts to deter them.

Each time a recovered stolen Kia or Hyundai arrives to Rosedale Auto Services for repairs, shop owner Greg Ey tapes a plastic sheet over the shattered window and disables the vehicle so it can’t be pilfered from his lot.

Auto thefts aren't the only factor that influences your insurance rate — but they're having an impact.

Salifou Savadogo towed a dozen stolen cars a week this summer, all of them Kias and Hyundais.

People whose cars are stolen aren't the only ones affected by this spike in auto thefts. The industries that tow, repair and sell cars have had to handle the surges, too.

Baltimore City has borne the brunt of the auto theft crisis in Maryland, but Baltimore County has not been exempt.

One bill would require all new developments exceeding a certain size and value to reserve a portion of units for people earning below the Baltimore-area median income. Another would allow developers to apply for a property tax credit.

Maryland Transportation Administration spokesperson Courtney Mims said the car was discovered Saturday night and removed midday Sunday.

Earl Lee, 27, is charged with first- and second-degree murder, use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence and related offenses, according to court records.