Community issues

On Friday, the Columbia Association published an 82-page report detailing the last seven months of board infighting that led to three members being removed.

A fight involving middle school students at a Towson bus stop on Monday spiraled into chaos and further confrontation, including amongst parents, that led to nine arrests, Baltimore County Police officials said.

The Nike missile program’s legacy lives on in western Baltimore County, where volunteers spent years restoring a former installation in Granite called BA-79.

Michael Maurice Johnson — cleared in the high-profile 2010 killing of 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes — was convicted Friday of raping and assaulting a woman in Baltimore County.

A husband and wife were found dead in a Nottingham home Friday morning after Baltimore County Police responded to reports of a shooting, according to the department.

Shantay Lashay O’Donnell, 46, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, is accused of shooting 65-year-old Rab Nawaz while he was working, according to Howard County Police.

Maryland health officials confirmed two more cases of measles in the state, bringing the total infections this year to three.

Kaloyan Stoev was found guilty of a 2025 double murder in Rockville. He shot one of the victims more than two dozen times, according to the Montgomery County state’s attorney’s office.

The Maryland Supreme Court tossed Baltimore’s $266 million victory in its opioid lawsuit against a pair of drug companies in a brief order issued Friday.

Andrew Britt, 28, of Windsor Hills, is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and related offenses.

Police charged Scott A. Kirby, 33, with second-degree murder more than a year after he called 911 to say his girlfriend, Heather Elizabeth Beaver, had died of an overdose.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House is closing its Eastport location and moving to Annapolis Town Center by the end of 2026.

Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates reported $1.8 million in outside income last year as matters from his time as a private defense attorney were resolved and he sold real estate.

The Baltimore County Revenue Authority will charge only $1 for parking after 5 p.m. in three of its downtown Towson garages in an effort to boost local business.

Downtown Annapolis businesses are gearing up for the Spring Sailboat Show this weekend, an event organizers said attracts thousands of visitors and cements the city’s sailing identity.

Zoila Guerra Sandoval, a native of Guatemala who has lived in Maryland for nearly two decades, is the former partner of José Mynor López, one of the workers repairing the Key Bridge overnight when the Dali struck it in March 2024.

In 2021, Paul Gable’s company restored the iconic Domino Sugars sign. He says it’s one of the highlights of his career and one of the company’s biggest successes.

Leaders and scientists warn that these drops threaten future medical breakthroughs, the state’s economic health, and the nation’s global leadership in scientific research.

Three members of the Columbia Association’s board of directors were removed for alleged ethics violations on Thursday, April 23.

A Baltimore Police officer is being held in jail after being arrested for allegedly pulling a shotgun on a woman at his Northeast Baltimore home.