Community issues

Public health experts who specialize in suicide prevention say parents should be proactive about discussing traumatic events and emotions with their kids.

Prince George's Community College and neighboring Largo High School were put on temporary lockdowns following a shooting on the community college’s campus. The teenage boy who was shot is in stable condition.

Baltimore will soon start supplementing water from its reservoirs with water from the Susquehanna River amid drought conditions, officials said Monday.

The union warned of scare tactics as the district faces financial strain.

A strong nor’easter is developing off the East Coast. While forecasts suggest the worst of the storm could miss Maryland, the National Weather Service said that a lot about the storm’s path and strength remains uncertain.

A looming nor’easter is threatening the star-studded Oceans Calling music festival in Ocean City.

The family of a 3-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a 14-year-old driving a stolen car in Baltimore voiced frustration Wednesday after the teenager was sentenced in juvenile court.

Although the NFL identifies Brazil, with the world’s seventh-largest population, as an emerging market, American football is more of a fasciation than a passion and fans there yearn for better access.

Some western Howard County residents are pushing back on a proposed housing development they say could hurt their neighborhood’s reliance on well water. A developer has proposed building an age-restricted 26-home community on a rural Triadelphia Road parcel.

Hamilton Elementary/Middle School parents were worried about their kids’ science teacher. Then they found out where he was.

Police and Mayor Brandon Scott say they were following protocols in a high-profile case involving an elusive suspect. They accused Bates of disrespecting the privacy of the families of the victim and suspect.

Volunteers at Welcome Home Neighbor help people, many of whom have experienced homelessness or domestic violence, reset their lives with donated home furnishings. But the group will soon lose its storage space and is in need of a permanent home.

A 14-foot python was found on a trash wheel in Gwynns Falls Tuesday.

Howard County Police have identified an 18-year-old Elkridge resident as the victim of a fatal single-vehicle collision that occurred in Ellicott City on Friday.

The man found guilty of murdering 23-year-old Britrain Marcelus Gray while he was working in a McDonald’s drive-thru in Gambrills was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years.

Federal officials said this week that the Strategic Management of Airspace Routing Trajectories system, or SMART tool, is launching for the capital region’s three main airports — BWI, Dulles and DCA — ahead of a broader rollout.

The Baltimore County Council on Tuesday narrowly approved an agreement to continue sending massive quantities of garbage to a city incinerator for years, possibly another decade.

The case has long fueled speculation about Hoggle’s mental state and the whereabouts of the children, whose bodies were never found.

The Baltimore County Council voted on key legislation related to data centers, housing, Lutherville Station, the Office of the Inspector General and trash.

On Sept. 29, four Banner reporters who cover Baltimore County will be at Manor Mill in Monkton for a panel discussion on how their stories come together.